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AM Frequency of the Week: 960

cyberdad

cyberdad

Let's revisit the middle of the dial this time. What are you hearing these days on 960.

Here, 40 miles northwest of Chicago during the day it's a fairly quiet spot sandwiched between two Fair-weak signals. WNTD Chicago (950) and WHA Madison, WI (970). Around sunset, WSBT South Bend, IN sometimes sneaks in while still on 5kw day power. But the pattern does not favor me.

At night, there's no one station that rises to the top on a consistant basis. I've heard WSBT a couple of times as well as WERC from Birmingham, AL. But the best catch in recent years has been CFAC from Calgary, AB. Not a regular by any means, but I've heard it 3-4 times in each of the past few winters. I'm guessing they may be using "hockey power".
 
At my location in the near north Chicago burbs WSBT is the daytime regular, not strong, but in there steady. At night it's A weaker WSBT in a mix where nothing really stands out.
 
Warminster PA(Philadelphia area):

Daytime: WHYL Carlisle PA(very weak)
Night: mess of stations, including WHYL and WTGM Salisbury MD
 
Reynoldsburg, Ohio ...

Daytime: A weak WKVX from Wooster, Ohio, about 90 miles northeast. 1,000 watts daytime.
Night: WFIR from Roanoke, Va. usually gets through well enough to hear, though not at powerhouse status by any means. I was surprised to find moments ago when I looked at their night pattern that Columbus actually seems to be in a null. I never would have known.
 
Eastern Iowa:
Daytime: WDLM East Moline, IL
Nighttime: Most often KMA Shenandoah, IA. CFAC Calgary, AB comes in from time to time. I have heard WSBT from South Bend, IN on rare occasion.
 
960 here is mostly slop daytime from our semi-local WJKB. Once in a while on the coast you can get Jupiter, FL on 960. At night, it is usually Athens, GA (WRFC) or Roanoke. Roanoke has a very good signal through much of the lower Mid-Atlantic and Carolinas, especially for 5,000 watts.
 
Here in the greater Seattle metro I hear splatter during the day, and a combination of KALE Richland WA, KLAD Klamath Falls OR, and CFAC Calgary at night, with CFAC the strongest -- sometimes coming in around S3-S4.
 
960 during daytime on all my radios is unfortunately an image of my #2 nemesis, 760 KTKR, which throws 50 kW my way from 20 miles east. There's nothing in the null of it, but underneath is a weak KGKL in San Angelo, a 5 kW news/talk/ESPN station that's 171 miles to my NW. On my best radios that signal is good enough to hear an ID and make out some of the talk.

When KTKR drops to night power around sunset, the image finally disappears and KGKL becomes most prominent. KROF in Abbeville, LA, often makes a good showing around that time but is usually gone by the time it's completely dark.

At night XEK "La Estación Grande" in Nuevo Laredo can be heard in KGKL's null, and it will sometimes take over KGKL. XEHK in Guadalajara is sometimes heard in that null as well. Occasionally I'll hear a weak WERC, and one late night back in January I logged WAGB in Greenwood, MS, which was playing a mix of rock and r&b tunes.
 
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