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Another Buffalo Flip

Theater of My Mind said:
Maybe the BetQL network is happy to have 'KB's big nighttime skywave coverage area. Is this an advertiser-supported format where ratings matter or more of a direct-response business model where they make money from the listeners betting?
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The real issue is that radio listening at night is about a third of the 6A-7P level, and falls off even more after 8 PM. That's lf no interest to advertisers. And those listening to distant AM disappeared about two generations ago.
 
When it comes to AM, if you're available online about the only place it really makes a difference these days is in the car.
 
DavidEduardo said:
The real issue is that radio listening at night is about a third of the 6A-7P level, and falls off even more after 8 PM. That's lf no interest to advertisers. And those listening to distant AM disappeared about two generations ago.
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No argument here...Tune across the dial listen to what there is to choose from! :(
 
A couple years ago I was communicating with a DXer in Sweden who described KB as "a pest". By that he meant that the signal from Buffalo was so strong that he couldn't pick up any other station on or near 1520. He even emailed me an MP3 of KB. Back in the 1960s the KB personalities did record hops as far away as Maryland. If you look at HoundDogLorenz.com you'll find quite a few memories submitted by people who listened to George Lorenz from hundreds of miles away between 1955 and 1958 when he worked for WKBW. So the skywave signal is far from worthless regardless of whether agencies will buy it.
 
I can see the comment coming now, yes that was the 1050's things are different now....

Okay now that we have that out of the way. I can hear KB every night here in North Carolina. Speaking of Maryland, I found that both WGR and KB had excellent signals there at night.
 
I noticed that Audacy's other "Bet" stations, like 1430 KAMP in Aurora, mostly rebroadcast CBS Sports Radio, which leaves not that long for betting related programming? 1520khz, depending on local ground conductivity, has a very small daytime footprint, while it's skywave signal can be monstrous. In the plains, the high end of the band gets out quite nicely, like KOZN, KVAM, and KMSR. The latter has 1,500 watts, and makes it at least 80 miles out.
 
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