Clear channel radio listing from 1989

[dustintv]

I found a Rand McNally atlas from 1989 and on the last page it listed several 50kw stations. Obviously some of these stations have changed call signals or frequencies(WNBC and WFAN at 1050 were already outdated in 1989!) as well as other various things. I also suspect some stations have been left out. Here is how Rand McNally listed for clear channel stations of 1989:

Alaska:

660 KYAK Anchorage
750 KFQD Ancorage
820 KCBF Fairbanks

Arizona:

660 KTNN Window Rock

Arkansas:

1090 KAAY Little Rock

California:

940 KFRE Fresno
640 KFI Los Angeles
1020 KTNQ Los Angeles
1070 KNX Los Angeles
1140 KRAK Sacramento
1530 KFBK Sacramento
680 KNBR San Francisco
810 KGO San Francisco
1100 KFAX San Francisco

Colorado:

850 KOA Denver

District of Columbia:

1500 WTOP Washington

Connecticut:

1080 WTIC Hartford

Florida:

710 WAQI Miami

Georgia:

750 WSB Atlanta

Idaho:

670 KBOI Boise

Illinois:

670 WMAQ Chicago
720 WGN Chicago
780 WBBM Chicago
890 WLS Chicago
1000 WLUP Chicago

Indiana:

1190 WOWO Fort Wayne

Iowa:

1040 WHO Des Moines
1540 WXEL Waterloo

Kentucky:

840 WHAS Louisville

Louisiana:

870 WWL New Orleans
1130 KWKH Shreveport

Maryland:

1090 WBAL Baltimore

Massachusetts:

680 WRKO Boston
850 WHDH Boston
1030 WBZ Boston
1510 WSSH Boston

Michigan:

760 WJR Detroit

Minnesota:

830 WCCO Minneapolis
1130 WDGY Minneapolis

Missouri:

1120 KMOX St. Louis

Nebraska:

880 KRVN Lexington
1100 KFAB Omaha

Nevada:

720 KDWN Las Vegas
780 KROW Reno

New Mexico:

770 KKOB Albuquerque
1020 KCKN Roswell

New York:

1540 WPTR Albany
1520 WWKB Buffalo
660 WNBC New York
710 WOR New York
770 WABC New York
880 WCBS New York
1010 WINS New York
1050 WFAN New York
1130 WNEW New York
1560 WQXR New York
1180 WHAM Rochester
810 WGY Schenectady

North Carolina:

1110 WBT Charlotte
680 WPTF Raleigh

Ohio:

700 WLW Cincinnati
1530 WCKY Cincinnati
1100 WWWE Cleveland
1220 WGAR Cleveland

Oklahoma:

1520 KOMA Oklahoma City
1170 KVOO Tulsa

Oregon:

1120 KPNW Eugene
1190 KEX Portland

Pennsylvania:

1060 KYW Philadelphia
1210 WCAU Philadelphia
1020 KDKA Pittsburgh

Rhode Island:

900 WEAN Providence

South Carolina:

660 WESC Greenville

Tennessee:

650 WSM Nashville
1510 WLAC Nashville

Texas:

1080 KRLD Dallas
820 WBAP Fort Worth
740 KTRH Houston
1200 WOAI San Antonio

Utah:

1160 KSL Salt Lake City

Virginia:

1140 WRVA Richmond

Washington:

710 KIRO Seattle
1000 KOMO Seattle
1090 KING Seattle
1510 KGA Spokane

West Virginia:

1170 WWVA Wheeling

Wyoming:

1030 WTWO Casper

 

[rickradio]

I respectfully submit that WESC Greenville, SC wasn't a "clear channel" station. It's a daytimer (or it was) to protect WNBC (or WFAN by then?) at night.

Casper's 1030 is KTWO.

 

[RadioDze]

Same for the two North Carolina entries, since both WBT and WPTF are directional at night. True clear channel stations, of which there are approx. 27, operate fulltime with 50,000 watts AND are authorized for non-directional day and night operation (though some still opt for this, such as Boston's WBZ which directs its signal away from the Atlantic). Similarly, neither Virginia's WRVA nor the District of Columbia's WTOP (Now WWWT) are true clear channels.

 

[dustintv]

Thanks guys for commenting, seems even Rand McNally makes mistakes(but hopefully, not on the road maps!)

This site expands on what RadioDze is saying:
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/bluenote/706/namrp/amradio.htm

By the way, what happened to WEAN in Providence.