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AM Frequency of the Week: 890

surprised no one has yet mentioned the 1kHz "het" on WLS - maybe it's not there anymore, but back in the day, I believe there was a Monster 891kHz out of the middle east (Algeria perhaps, though that's N. Africa) that would give a distinctive whine to WLS in my Metro Detroit listening location.
 
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In west Houston TX, daytime is slop from locals 880 KJOZ and 900 KREH. Around sunset, WLS and Radio Progreso start to come up depending on conditions. I've heard KTXV at times. At night, WLS and the Cuban. I've heard KVOZ Radio Christiana at sunrise.
 
From NW San Antonio:

Day: Blank

Sunset: KTXV "Radio Punjab" in Mabank, TX, comes up first, with WLS mixing in a little later. Aiming SE I can hear Radio Progreso in Cuba coming up.

Night: WLS is strong with few fades. There is occasional slop from 880 KJOZ in Conroe, TX. I can null out WLS pretty well and hear Radio Progreso, but it has a less solid signal and is occasionally taken over by WLS.

Sunrise: Daytimer KTLR in in Oklahoma City comes up under WLS at sign-on and sticks around after WLS fades. Later, KTXV dominates when it signs on for the day.

DX/Retro: I've heard daytimer WHJA in Laurel, MS, just twice, both times at sunset. Likewise, I've logged KCEG in Fountain, CO, twice (first when it was KJME), both times at sunrise. Also, I logged XEAK "La Mejor" once at night back in 2017 before it was retired.

KVOZ in Del Mar Hills, TX, is apparently off air. Until about April of this year, I used to hear it with a weak but audible signal during the day and a strong signal at sunrise and sunset. I tried for years to hear KTXV but was never able to catch it until this year when KVOZ went missing.
 
KBBI's 10kw nd full time pounds in 350 miles away at night
 
In east-central Iowa. All WLS all the time. However, its daytime signal is not as good here as it was a few decades ago. Sometimes I can hear hints of the Cuban station under WLS, but seldom.
 
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In east-central Iowa. All WLS all the time. However, its daytime signal is not as good here as it was a few decades ago. Sometimes I can hear hints of the Cuban station under WLS, but seldom.
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When I was a junior high student in Centerville (south-central Iowa just 10 miles away from Missouri) some 50 years ago, I found that I could get WLS in the daytime only on very cold days, preferably on days when there was snow on the ground. Even then it was kind of faint. But it was fun to hear the kind of big-city sound and presentation that you didn't get on KIOA.

Interesting enough, there were still direct rail connections between Centerville and Chicago in those days - it was reputed that Chicago gangsters would hang out in Centerville from time to time if things got too hot for them in Chicago - and the local stationery store sold the daily Chicago Tribune, which was the same-day early edition.
 
Tonight - a special from Pleasant Hill, CA - KVMX Olivehurst, CA (Sacramento) - mostly very strong with occasional fades; programming was a Spanish-language call-in program.
 
Western Detroit, MI suburbs:

Day: Weak WLS.

Night: WLS with a great signal most nights. IBOC hash from WFDF is present and annoying when listening. WFDF is one of the only stations in the Detroit market still transmitting HD.

Other: Several years ago (2018? 2019?) during a CME event WLS was totally absent here and Cuba was blasting in like a local.
 
Central Kentucky:
Days: Very weak WLS. Just audible enough to identify.
Nights: WLS with a hint of Cuban underneath at times.
In my youth, in the late 60s and early 70s, listened often at night as countless others did.
Of course, WAKY was my daytime go-to...but at night, it was WLS, WCFL, WABC, WLAC, and on occasion, CKLW...
 
In Wilkes-Barre(Northeast PA). Nothing during the daytime, but at nights it's mostly WLS from Chicago. Sometimes, I could get other stations, especially during sunsets, and it's also possible I could get a Cuban station underneath WLS.
 
Boise Idaho local KYWN is back on blasting away :ROFLMAO: with something like 500 watts.
Located some 12 miles away from me but gets obliterated at night by KDXU St George UT..
SRS SSS KVMX Olivehurst CA dominates 890 again obliterating KYWN.
Have heard WLS under the mess.
 
Whaaa? No CJDC where you are? They pound in at night on 890 when conditions aren't rotten.

CJDC/KDXU/sometimes KYWN slobbering all over each other all night here in Yakima. Rarely, WLS Chicago, KVMX Olivehurst CA dominates at the sunset time and occasionally when conditions are auroral. I don't have Arroyo Grande CA here...which is surprising. Nor do I have the now-KCEG, ex-KJME Classic Country in Colorado Springs, which used to be "890 Yesterday", all-Beatles! Or KBBI in Homer AK...WELL-wanted. I have heard Democracy Now! early AMs when conditions are good, but no ID = no log...
 
Daytime yields the aforementioned KTXV Mabank, which has a back door lobe aimed directly at Tyler. Signal strength is on par with our own in-town AMs, including KTBB. Like a local, even though it's not.

Nighttime is almost always WLS . Progreso underneath to varying degrees. Very rare for it to overcome WLS here.
 
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