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Best AM signals in Ct

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To sort of rip off Andy Rivers last posting, how about the best AM signals in CT

WTIC 1080
WDRC 1360 (sadly for such a strong signal it broadcasts garbage and ratings
show it).
WLAT 910 (but not after dark north of Hartford).
WNEZ 1230 (surprisingly good for a 100 watt station).
WCTF 1170 (not bad north/east of Hartford).
WACE 730 (booms from Springfield)
WHYN 560 (even with the power reduction at night, comes in well)
WNNZ 640 (again like WHYN).
 
I get the impression that the idea of that discussion wasn't what stations we each hear best, but rather, which CT stations have the best COVERAGES. WICC and WTIC are the first two AM's that come to my mind.
 
I took the question to mean AM signals that originate here in Connecticut. You also have to draw a distinction between night and day patterns. Day or night, WTIC is tops. After that, it's a tossup for number two in day coverage between WICC and WELI, with WLAT after that. Others that have decent day coverage include WATR (despite a null southwest and interference from two New Haven second adjacents), WMRD, WDRC. WPOP is directional day and night, but it goes south pretty well during the day down I-91. If you look at what out-of-state signals blanket Connecticut best, WFAN and WCBS have to be winners hands down.
 
My posting was from my perspective. Living in a valley area, my AM signals are little bit skewed. WCBS and WFAN from NY come in very well as does WBZ from Boston.
 
WTIC-AM 1080 would be tops if their audio didn't sound like crap these days. For out-of-state, it's easily WCBS-AM 880 and then WFAN-AM 660 here in the south end of New Britain.
 
For 2500 watts (by day anyway) WXCT 990 has a good signal. When I was interning there we got calls and signal reports from as far away as Poughkeepsie New York, Northampton Massachusetts, and Chappequa New York. And personally once (back in August 2001) I received them at 6:30AM on a Walkman in my hotel room on Route 5 in Brattleboro, Vermont. I've picked them up on a car radio in Danbury. Another regular caller we had lived in Glastonbury.
 
Of course WTIC 1080 can be heard throughout the state with their 50000 watts. They had a regular caller from Queens on Arnold Dean's Sports Talk show way back. They were the station for Red Sox Nation before there was a Red Sox Nation. WICC 600 does a great job with their 1000 watts. I've heard them on a walkman in midtown Manhattan. Another 1000 watter that gets out is WRYM 840.
 
WRYM-AM 840 certainly does better here in the daytime than WPRX-AM 1120 does. Even in the daytime (south end of New Britain), WPRX-AM's signal is crap.
 
WICC has, no question, the BEST possible site for an AM station: An ISLAND, out in Long Island Sound! That salt water does wonders for propagation! It's 1kw signal covers about as well as 10kw would with a more standard site further inland.
 
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