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AM Frequency of the week: 910

cyberdad

cyberdad

Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA.....

Days: On a good radio in an open, noise-free area, WSUI, University of Iowa NPR radio from Iowa City is usually audible and identifiable. A 5kw non-directional signal that definitely over-achieves. They don't call it "The Big Pig" for nothing.

Nights: WSUI goes directional and mostly disappears into the slop, but still is the most likely signal to rise to the top.

Sunset: KLCN from Blytheville, Arkansas has a history of being a relatively frequent visitor. It's been a while since I've heard them, however.

Other Location: During my college days about 40 miles from their stick, it was WSUI with a good signal 24-7. More recently, WSUI is still an easy skywave catch in most of Minnesota and Western Wisconsin.
 
East Tennessee: A weak WJCW, Johnson City

Retro/other: Dayton, OH. WPFB, Middletown, OH, now a Catholic outlet. I have done traffic reports on this station
I did clearly pick up WJCW in WPFB's null on occasion.

Quincy IL: You mentioned WSUI, and that was my experience in the Hannibal/Quincy area.




cyberdad said:
Crystal Lake, Illinois, USA.....

Days: On a good radio in an open, noise-free area, WSUI, University of Iowa NPR radio from Iowa City is usually audible and identifiable. A 5kw non-directional signal that definitely over-achieves. They don't call it "The Big Pig" for nothing.

Nights: WSUI goes directional and mostly disappears into the slop, but still is the most likely signal to rise to the top.

Sunset: KLCN from Blytheville, Arkansas has a history of being a relatively frequent visitor. It's been a while since I've heard them, however.

Other Location: During my college days about 40 miles from their stick, it was WSUI with a good signal 24-7. More recently, WSUI is still an easy skywave catch in most of Minnesota and Western Wisconsin.
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In the near north Chicago suburbs WSUI is quite rare for me. I have heard it during critical hours. What I usually hear during the day is
WGTO Cassopolis, Mi. It's weak, but there. At night it's a bit messy.

Retro: Years ago I used to hear WSBA York, Pa, but that was quite awhile ago.
 
After WFDF signed off at 12:30 AM, I would usually hear KGLC/KVIS Miami, OK in SE Michigan. In SE Michigan in the null of the old antenna, you frequently heard WAVL Apollo, PA around Sunset. Near Chicago, WSUI used to sign off early and you heard KGLC/KVIS. I heard WFDF from the old location in Benton Harbor once when it was 5 kW Day 1 kW Night. A few years ago, I heard WFDF near Union Grove, WI with the 50 kW Day 25 kW Night facility. WFDF blasts in at Night in the Straits area of Michigan. Days, it mixes with WDOR Sturgeon Bay. I've heard WABI/WAEI Bangor, ME once.

WGTO Cassopolis, MI is owned by Chicago Fire Department spokesman and former WMAQ Sports Talk Show host Larry Langford, Jr.
 
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Here in Wood Dale, IL (near NW suburb of Chicago):

Daytime: both WGTO and WSUI are possible catches at daytime at my location
Nightime: wide open frequency at night

DX/Retro: quite a few DX catches on this frequency including my only Am station log from Maine (WABI, Bangor). Other notable catches include KVIS (Miami, OK), KLCN (Blytheville, AR), KPOF (Denver, CO), KCJB (Minot, ND), WALT (Merifdian, MS), WJCW (Johnson City, TN), WSBA (York, PA), WDOR (Surgeon Bay, WI), WGBI (Scranton, PA), WFVR (Wellborn, FL), CKLY (Lindsey, ON). Also Radio Reloj (Cuba), and YVQR Caracas, Venezuela
 
Schroedingers Cat said:
WGTO Cassopolis, MI is owned by Chicago Fire Department spokesman and former WMAQ Sports Talk Show host Larry Langford, Jr.
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Larry Langford also did news for several years on WIND. And his mom....Anna Langford....was a longtime member of the Chicago City Council.

WGTO is a tough catch for me, but I have heard it a couple of times on day power. If you look at radioman's original post, then CA DXer's, and then min in sequence, you get a rough idea of what happens with 910 as you move a grand total of about 30 miles or so west (inland) from the Lake Michigan shore.
 
Back in the quieter days here in NEPA, it was a weak-ish daytime mix of WGBI Scranton and WSBA York. I suppose the two still might be jousting, though doubtless there are fewer people who can hear either one.

One sunset, in came WRKL from Rockland County. That was a treat. Got 'em taped, too. I remember back when they first signed on, and were broadcasting from two trailers and two towers.

A nighttime catch here, also taped, was CKLY.

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910, of course, used to be plagued by a whistle or a 'birdie' from radios that weren't peculiarly fussy about the 2 X 455 khz noise they generated.
 
From NW San Antonio:

Day: Semi-local KNAF in Fredericksburg with a moderate signal.

Sunset: A weak KRIO in McAllen, TX, comes up under KNAF; a little later, a weak KKBE in Roswell, NM, pops in and out. Aiming NE, I can hear a weak KATH in Frisco, TX.

Night: There's some splatter from 900 XEW at times. KNAF drops to 174 watts and is heard less often, so it's usually KRIO and KATH swapping in/out. Radio Metropolitana in Cuba can sometimes be heard when I aim SE. Aiming E/W, a weak WUBR is often in/out.

Sunrise: KATH is most dominant. As it fades, KKBE can usually heard under KNAF until it's back to just groundwave.

Note: WUBR has changed from CBS sports to regional Mexican music. This was throwing me off throughout the week as I was trying to figure out what this station could be. At times I've heard a sweeper with "Mega" or "Buena," but I've been unable to figure it out because the signal is too weak and muddy. Yesterday morning I was finally able to ID the station when I heard the call sign and a Baton Rouge reference at TOH.

Wildthangjim and WCJ: Are either of you able to hear WUBR? If so, can you tell me what the new branding is?
 
I remember that CKLY Lindsay, ON used to come in a little in Northern Michigan. WSUI would usually come in before pattern change but not much after. WFDF at 5 kW would blare in until Sunset and then somewhat at 1 kW. WDOR Sturgeon Bay, WI came in some Days if you turned the radio. It came in well as you approached the Lake Michigan Shoreline.
 
Steve Green NEPA said:
Back in the quieter days here in NEPA, it was a weak-ish daytime mix of WGBI Scranton and WSBA York. I suppose the two still might be jousting, though doubtless there are fewer people who can hear either one.

One sunset, in came WRKL from Rockland County. That was a treat. Got 'em taped, too. I remember back when they first signed on, and were broadcasting from two trailers and two towers.

A nighttime catch here, also taped, was CKLY.

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910, of course, used to be plagued by a whistle or a 'birdie' from radios that weren't peculiarly fussy about the 2 X 455 khz noise they generated.
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Back in the day KIXI Seattle was on 910 and they often referred to the birdie on-air as the "KIXI whistle." Lemonade outta lemons I guess. The "IXI" in their calls of course is a sorta "91" in Roman numerals but obviously not that important as they kept the calls when they moved down to 880. "Music of Your Life" nostalgia- every time an ambulance goes by you say "there goes another Kixie listener..." sad but true. Also sad- ownership had them simulcasting on 106.9-HD2 but they got demoted to HD3 as HD2 is 24/7 Christmas music. The Christmas HD2 actually gets ratings, at least a little.

I am in everybody's null on 910 NE of Seattle. Nothing at all daytimes. I do seem to get Calgary most nights, at least last time I checked.
 
jim-satx said:
From NW San Antonio:

Day: Semi-local KNAF in Fredericksburg with a moderate signal.

Sunset: A weak KRIO in McAllen, TX, comes up under KNAF; a little later, a weak KKBE in Roswell, NM, pops in and out. Aiming NE, I can hear a weak KATH in Frisco, TX.

Night: There's some splatter from 900 XEW at times. KNAF drops to 174 watts and is heard less often, so it's usually KRIO and KATH swapping in/out. Radio Metropolitana in Cuba can sometimes be heard when I aim SE. Aiming E/W, a weak WUBR is often in/out.

Sunrise: KATH is most dominant. As it fades, KKBE can usually heard under KNAF until it's back to just groundwave.

Note: WUBR has changed from CBS sports to regional Mexican music. This was throwing me off throughout the week as I was trying to figure out what this station could be. At times I've heard a sweeper with "Mega" or "Buena," but I've been unable to figure it out because the signal is too weak and muddy. Yesterday morning I was finally able to ID the station when I heard the call sign and a Baton Rouge reference at TOH.

Wildthangjim and WCJ: Are either of you able to hear WUBR? If so, can you tell me what the new branding is?
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WUBR comes in here weakly, but listenable, I'll try to get a TOH for you.
 
Originally, 910 was a Canadian Clear Channel, and was only occupied by CBF, which would have moved to 940, and CKY, which would have moved to 990, but was "kicked downstairs" to 580. When many stations changed from 880 to 910 in 1941, the problem became more apparent to those with superheterodyne receivers. The IF COULD be changed to 450 kHz, but it was probably expensive to do the realignment. A lot of the PLL receivers used 450 kHz, and the oscillator stability made the problem less apparent. Auto radios often used a 262 kHz IF, and had good TRF front end stages, so neither the 910 whistle problem or IF images were a problem.
 
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