asian on 890

[flytrap]

I heard some loud asian language possibly Vietnamese on 890 AM drowning out WLS. For the last several years I've only heard Spanish on 890 with occasional WLS in the background. Back in the day I used to listen to WLS every night, but the last few years its almost impossible because of the other stations jamming them. Where are these stations/stations coming from. And what about the Vietnamese? Was that the same station that is normally spanish?

 

[Mid West Clubber]

I beleave the asian you heard may have been Voice of China,, Ive picked it up here, only 150 miles from WLS Tower.. I used to hear spanish on there too sometimes.

 

[radioman148]

I heard some loud asian language possibly Vietnamese on 890 AM drowning out WLS. For the last several years I've only heard Spanish on 890 with occasional WLS in the background. Back in the day I used to listen to WLS every night, but the last few years its almost impossible because of the other stations jamming them. Where are these stations/stations coming from. And what about the Vietnamese? Was that the same station that is normally spanish?

Where are you located Flytrap?

 

[Tincap]

Probably 'Radio Saigon Dallas' KXTV, before shutting down their 20kW daytime power (to protect WLS, as per Wikipedia).

~BG

 

[jd]

I've noticed recently that KTXV has been just a little late in shutting down. One evening they were on daytime power a full hour and a half after sunset, maybe a little longer. At 7:00 they were still on daytime power, but when I checked back about 8:30 or so they had vanished. Their licensed times for November call for them to cut power at 5:30.

Earlier this year KTXV applied to become a daytime-only station (and filed for an STA that same day to do it immediately), stating that there are "no known Vietnamese speakers" near the transmitter site. I'm familiar with the area and relatively close to the KTXV site so I suspect that's true. Their 20-kW daytime pattern does reach into Dallas fairly well but the 250-watt night signal was a waste of electricity. It was getting the triple-whammy of WLS, KVOZ Del Mar Hills (Laredo) TX and Cuba's Radio Progreso.