AM signals at night

[cyberdad]

That's a pretty good list, cyberdad. About Steve Bridges -- his morning show is an interesting listen. I haven't caught it lately, but that guy can be pretty entertaining just by basically running his mouth. It's unusual stuff in this era of radio. I remember him well from 99 Plus KFMH days, which I listened to a lot as a teenager. He's a character, for sure.

I was leaving KWPC in Muscatine just at the time he was coming in. I'm not sure if he was "my replacement" or otherwise. I remember him (by reputation only) as a relentless hard worker, and eventually his efforts and dedication paid off. BTW...another KWPC "alum" who actually WAS on staff when I was there, was Jeff Pigeon, who went on to spend nearly three decades at WIBC in Indianapolis....mostly as morning man. Jeff's talent was obvious. No surprise that he went on to have a great career. "CaptainSteve's" successful career is no surprise, either.

 

[dxho]

More or less regular night signals into central Virginia:
530 Radio Enciclopedia, Cuba
540 WFLF Orlando
550` WGR Harrisburg
570 Radio Reloj, Cuba
590 WLES local
610 WIOD Miami
610 Cuba
620 WDAE St. Petersburg
620 Cuba
630 WMAL DC
630 Cuba
640 Cuba
650 WSM Nashville
660 WFAN NY
660 Cuba
670 WSCR Chicago
670 Cuba
680 WPTF Raleigh
690 CKGM Montreal
690 Cuba
700 WLW Cincinatti
700 Cuba
710 WOR NY
710 Cuba
720 WGN Chicago

and so on. Cuba (at ~1000 miles from me) owns the band some nights.
Northern lights really kills reception from that direction (like last night).

 

[gar hi]

Wow, I'm impressed with those Florida catches, especially WDAE and WFLF.

You don't hear any WIP at night on 610? Getting WIOD as a regular there is surprising too.

I once heard WIOD up in Bethlehem, Pa when I nulled out WIP and what made it strange is that they both came from about the same direction. Never heard it again when I tried after that.

 

[dxho]

Wow, I'm impressed with those Florida catches, especially WDAE and WFLF.

You don't hear any WIP at night on 610? Getting WIOD as a regular there is surprising too.

I once heard WIOD up in Bethlehem, Pa when I nulled out WIP and what made it strange is that they both came from about the same direction. Never heard it again when I tried after that.

Signals from Florida's east coast travel mostly over water to me, so I'm guessing that helps.

I've picked up WIP (now WTEL), but they aim their signal at right angles to me. So it's the rare reception, even though it's just over 200 miles (and Miami is 800).

 

[ajhanson]

Agree with everything schmave says. You'll find a warm welcome over at DX and reception.

So, I'm a little late to the party, but here's what I can hear (or have heard on occasion) from Iowa at my location about 44 miles northwest of downtown Chicago....

540: KWMT, Fort Dodge. Daytime, under WAUK from the Milwaukee area. Nulling WAUK can produce a listenable KWMT.
600: WMT, Cedar Rapids. Reliable daytime signal. Still present at night, but often gets swallowed up by other signals.
640: WOI, Ames. Very weak, but audible under WMFN (Grand Rapids, MI area) daytime. Stronger, but not always dominant at night
800: KXIC, Iowa City. Very weak, but audible daytime on a good radio. Sometimes mixing with CKLW (Detroit/Windsor)
910: WSUI, Iowa City. A little stronger than KXIC during daytime, but not by much. Disappears at night
940: KPSZ, Des Moines. In it's days as KIOA, it could be an occasional visitor around sunset before going to night pattern and power
1040: WHO, Des Moines. I used to be just out of range of their day signal. Generally a good signal at night. Local pest on 1030 doesn't help matters
1170: KJOC, Davenport. Occasional nighttime visitor
1300: KGLO, Mason City. Sometimes audible around sunset before going to night pattern
1420: WOC, Davenport. I'm just beyond their max day range, but once in a while thy turn up at night
1460: KXNO, Des Moines. "Back in the day" as KSO, they were reliable here at night. As KXNO, not so much, but they still turn up once in a while.
1540: KXEL, Waterloo. Monster night signal here. Strongest Iowa Signal by a significant degree
1600: KCRG, Cedar Rapids. I think the call letters have changed, but as KCRG this was a fairly easy night time catch

Finally, there are three x-banders. 1630, 1650, and 1700. Iowa City, Cedar Falls, and Des Moines, respectively. 1630 is KCJJ (Run by the legendary "Captain Steve" Bridges...who I once just missed being on the same staff with). The other two stations have changed calls once or twice. All have fairly reliable night signals here, with KCJJ usually being just a tad better than the other two.

Totally forgot to include KXEL. Sometimes listen to it over WHO during the day and night. Very clear here in Ames.