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Back in Early 90s....What was i hearing on AM 1480????

M

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I never was able to ID this station, but back in like 92-93,,,from my location near indianapolis I used to hear what was either an Urban,,Or a Rhythmic station on AM 1480.. It seemed to come in shortly after winter night fall, but later in the night it would fade,,, and then I would here multiple Unidentified stations on 1480.... I remember them playing stuff like Wrecks n Effects-Rump Shaker,, but it was just above the noise floor and I dont remember if i ever heard a station ID, but I never did hear a City of License...... I only seemed to receive it a few times during the winter of 92-93 and then I never heard it again... I assume the station and format are long gone now,,, I doubt anyone can answer this for sure, but you guys in the past have uncovered alot of my past AM DXs from years back,, way before I had access to other radio people or any data base or FCC listings.... I guess the station may have been from Canada, but IDK,,, it seems most of the music stations I logged in the 80s and 90s turned out to be from Canada,,, some of which were nearly 2000 miles away.... The really cold winters we had back then,, and plus the dial wasnt so clogged up, I was able to log alot of stations that still played music back then....
 
It may have been WCIN in Cincinnati which is heard on 1480-AM. At that time, the station had what I term a "rhythm & blues" type of format and had studios in the Avondale section of the city. Since signing on in 1953, WCIN is best remembered for that kind of format and featured black DJ's for much of its history. It switched to classical music for a brief time before returning to the R & B sound. For the past year or so, the station has featured a jazz format.

Interestingly, WCIN was not really a station you associate with DX'ing. It's daytime reception, although not great, covers the Greater Cincinnati area fairly well. After dark, it is basically only receivable in the urban areas of the city.
 
In the late 70s I could pick up WCIN like gangbusters in the Celina, OH area (100 or so miles north) around sunset, so it's likely they would have made it there as well.
 
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