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AM Frequency of the Week: 960

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cyberdad

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Faar northwestern Chicago Suburbs....

Days: 960 is pretty much blank here. Minimal splatter from first adjacents WNTD (950) and WHA (970).

Nights: A weak WSBT (South Bend Indiana) is on top most of the time. WTCH from Shawno, WI is sometimes present, and even makes it to the top occasionally. KZIM from Cape Giradeua, MO, and CFAC, Calgary AB, are also occasional visitors. KMA ffrom Shennandoah, Iowa sneaks in on a very rare basis.

Other Location: I'm writing this from our beach location near Pernsacola. WERC from Birmingham, Alabama owns 960 here most nights Usally with a good signal from about 200 miles north of me. During the daytime, 960 is typically blank.
 
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In the near north Chicago suburbs: daytime WSBT South Bend, with some splatter from WNTD.
At night still mostly WSBT. From time to time I've heard WTCH, CFAC, and KMA.
 
*waives Hi from the "Virtual" WTCH 960 overnight studio where im on 11pm to 5am 7 days a week :)
 
DXer flashback: early 60's from Ohio 960 was clear on Monday morning after 2 AM and I got a dose of KABL with its distinctive cable car ring and very well crafted liners and imaging. McLendon meets Mantovanni.
 
DFW, Texas

Daytime: Slop from local 970-KHVN.
Nights: WERC Birmingham, AL when aiming E/W. KMA Shenandoah, IA when aiming N/S. KZIM Cape Girardeau, MO is also frequently heard.
Sunrise: KGKL San Angelo, TX when going to day power.
 
DavidEduardo said:
DXer flashback: early 60's from Ohio 960 was clear on Monday morning after 2 AM and I got a dose of KABL with its distinctive cable car ring and very well crafted liners and imaging. McLendon meets Mantovanni.
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I remember hearing KABL when I was in the SF area. Never heard it in the midwest.
 
East Tennessee: Daytime: A weak WQLA. LaFollette, TN.
Night: assorted stuff and junk, including WERC and Radio Reloj

Retro/other: Western Ohio: We had WSBT weak during the day, stronger at night.Otherwise:, WFIR was most dominant. Before our current seasonal time change schedule, the last week of October was a time to catch stations on the air at the same clock time as the rest of the month (not realizing they needed to sign off an hour earlier than last week). I'd get WPRT, Prestonsburg KY during that time.
Quincy, IL: KMA, Shenandoah IA. A one time reception
 
DavidEduardo said:
DXer flashback: early 60's from Ohio 960 was clear on Monday morning after 2 AM and I got a dose of KABL with its distinctive cable car ring and very well crafted liners and imaging. McLendon meets Mantovanni.
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There used to be a reasonably good recreation of KABL streaming about ten or so years ago. Complete with the Ccable car chimes. I don't think it's still out there. I actually liked the original's approach to the easy listening format. Most of my trips to NorCal were centered around Silicon Valley, where the signal was noticerably inferior to the "big boys" from San Francisco, but still listenable 24/7.
 
From the southwest suburbs of Chicago:

Unlike the Chicagoland folks north of me, WSBT South Bend reception is pretty rare here. Early morning is the best bet. Even driving around – and I used to go to the area a lot covering Notre Dame – 960 doesn't waft in until you're east of Lake Station on the Indiana Toll Road.

Otherwise, over the years I've gotten these 960s at home: KFVS Cape Girardeau, Mo. (500 W night, now KZIM); CKWS Kingston, Ont.; WERC Birmingham, Ala.; WFIR Roanoke, Va.; HJHN Magangue, Colombia (120 kW); and the most recent catch, KLTF Little Falls., Minn., early morning on 4/16/2020.

As chance would have it, KLTF, all 38 spunky nighttime watts of it, is fading in and out above the hash right now.
 
From Cheyenne, WY:
Days... I can recieve a faint 960 KNEB Scottsbluff (about 74 miles away), but there can be significant splatter from KKSE.
Nights: Usually a moderate CFAC Calgary (801 miles away) comes in with their Sports programming. I usually can't recieve anything under CFAC, but last winter there was a News/Talk station, and I'm still trying to sort that out.

Travel:
KNEB Scottsbluff is strong in Wheatland, otherwise, an empty frequency.
 
Here in Wood Dale, IL in the near NW suburb of Chicago:

Daytime: weak WSBT
Nightime: usualy WSBT or KMA

DX/RETRO: WERC and CKWS used to be common back in the 70's/80's. Other DX includes KZIM (Cape Girardeau, MO), KLTF (Little Falls, MN), WFIR (Roanoke, VA), WJAZ (Albany, GA), WWGR (La Follette, TN) during a DX test, WTCH (Shawano, WI), CFAC (Calgary, ALB)
 
cyberdad said:
There used to be a reasonably good recreation of KABL streaming about ten or so years ago. Complete with the Ccable car chimes. I don't think it's still out there. I actually liked the original's approach to the easy listening format. Most of my trips to NorCal were centered around Silicon Valley, where the signal was noticerably inferior to the "big boys" from San Francisco, but still listenable 24/7.
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When WYNR gave up their music format they actually ran tapes of KABL for a few weeks before they became WNUS in 1964. Both owned by Gordon Mclendon.
 
Daytimes here is always faint-ish but steady WHYL Carlisle, Oldies, 5000 K directional to reach Harissburg to its East. They vanish at night when they drop to what TVNut called a 'spunky' 22 watts. Lol TVNut!
SSS has brung in WELI New Haven (taped) and WEAV Plattsburg NY
In the cool of a Feb evening once, WFIR Roanoke was there.
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The biggest pain-in-the-biscuit 960-er was the now-defunct WPMR Mt. Pocono. Being newer than the others to've signed on, they had 5000 in the day with four trapezoid-array towers, but directional away from WHYL. Further made aware that a DXer was co-linear between Carlisle and Mt. Pocono, enginnering adjusted their null even further, in order to ensure I would not be able to hear this station in my same area code. I tried numerous times but could never hear them.
One evening after having been driving that way earlier, the 'off' car radio was tuned to 960. I heard some pretty good pop music station in the car, and they mentioned 'Stroudsburg' a few times. Whoa now .... since when does Stroudsburg get to put on an even newer 960 ......
The station was carrying WSBG-FM Stroudsburg's programming. Evidently 960 WPMR had augmented their night pattern to the west, sending out just enough of a little tongue. The station was like that for about a week.
 
Anecdotally, the first DX I ever did was helping my grandmother find and tune in WSBT when we lived between Warsaw and Elkhart, IN. We usually had WOWO locked in, but this was the day of the Palm Sunday tornadoes and she was trying to get coverage from South Bend.
 
Another one that's pretty quiet here in central Ohio. A close listen might be able to nab classic hits WKVX from Wooster, but their 1,000-watt signal is extremely weak by the time it reaches Columbus.
I've heard WFIR several times at night. Not strong by any means, but listenable with some patience.
 
Daytime is all slop from local 950 KPRC. At sunset, WERC is usually on top aiming E/W, with KZIM aiming N/S. KGKL is usually in there close to their sunset. At night usually KZIM and WERC, with occasional KGKL but have heard KMA once. Around sunrise, KZIM is the strongest, with KGKL there as well.
 
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Another one that's pretty quiet here in central Ohio. A close listen might be able to nab classic hits WKVX from Wooster, but their 1,000-watt signal is extremely weak by the time it reaches Columbus.
I've heard WFIR several times at night. Not strong by any means, but listenable with some patience.
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Which probably is the old WWST
 
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