Mediafrog+ said:
During the daytime KLIF, KSKY, and WBAP can be heard in Amarillo. KLIF makes it all the way to the New Mexico border, as does WBAP (on a good radio.)
Last summer at a lunch stop in Tucumcari, New Mexico I could hear KSKY underneath KTNN at high noon.
At night I recall hearing WBAP in Southern California years ago. That was before it was drowned out by co-channels. Also heard it in Central Florida in the mid 70's.
I could go on and on about where I've heard the various DFW AM's, day and night.
570 used to be so strong, I could hear them on a Radio Shack portable in Midland - and actually listened to them at a pool out there. They were better top-40 than the local station. In NW Houston, they were almost like a local, a little weaker than KLVI, but still static free. Those days are over with IBOC sapping their power.
KMKI 620 came in perfect C-Quam stereo as far West as a rest stop near Crosbyton on a Sony SRF-A1. They were listenable enough in Lubbock there was a small, but devoted group of listeners there that I discovered quite by accident. Post IBOC, those listeners complained the signal was greatly diminished. 620 was strong enough in Abilene and had enough listeners I believe they did at least one remote from there. They throw a strong null towards Houston, but at night are probably the strongest Radio Disney affiliate in the area, providing you are not too close to the local 610. North, they are quite listenable in Oklahoma City.
KSKY 660 at night is much stronger than KMKI because they use more power. They had a power increase a few years ago that made them even more listenable. I would not be surprised if there was a small, but devoted audience in West Texas. I have heard them listenable as far as Dumas.
KAAM 770 is another case of IBOC power loss. There were a few Houston listeners after a local standards station switched, but after their power dropped due to IBOC those listeners are probably gone. KAAM was another station that was in perfect C-Quam stereo at that rest stop in Crosbyton, but listening in Lubbock was problematic because KKOB increases in strength quite a bit between Crosbyton and Lubbock.
WBAP goes as far as Roswell on an old Delco radio with a 60 inch whip - incredible ground wave. They are almost like a local in Houston, very listenable. A small Radio Shack loop will clear them to static free on even a cheap radio. WBAP is one of those heritage clear channels that has been heard all over the world - remarkable because some of those long hauls like Australia contain considerable daylight signal paths.
The new station on 850 has a really good ground wave, I've heard it in Lubbock and as far North as Dumas. It is daytime only, of course. I was a bit disappointed to have it come on the air, because KOA was an occasional daytime catch in Plano.
KRLD 1080 is another curious case of a station that gets out a lot better than it ought to. I can pull it out, with difficulty, in far NW Houston, although it probably suffers from IBOC power drain as well. Pre-IBOC, they were almost like a local in Conroe, TX, fighting off adjacent channel hash from a local 1070. I'll have to re-check at that location now that they are running IBOC. My gut feeling, though, based on other stations, is that they will be weaker than they were.
Let's not forget that little station on 540 and KKLF 1700 - I've heard both in Lubbock - pre IBOC on KKLF. Even nighttime, KKLF is smothered by an oldies station in Houston.
I haven't checked how some of the new stuff in the 1100's gets out - lack of time to fool around with them. Houston's 1560 sometimes booms into Dallas at odd times, I bet the 1540 from the DFW area gets South, too - I haven't checked.
