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Freeport Maine AM Daytime Bandscan

Carltheradioguy

Carltheradioguy

I also did an AM Bandscan, refer to the FM Bandscan on information on the location. I used a Tecsun PL-390 with just the internal ferrite. There was so much noise that a loop wouldn't have helped.
How I grade Signals
1. Very Weak/Barely Receivable
2. Weak but Audible
3. So-so Some Hiss
4. Fairly Strong
5. Local or In like Local

560 WGAN Portland ME 15 Miles Away News/Talk 5,000 Watts (5)
590 WEZE Medford MA 111 Miles Away Religious 5,000 Watts (2) I swear, this signal is everywhere
630 WPRO East Providence RI 156 Miles Away News/Talk 5,000 Watts (1) RI and CT signals boom in at night in Southern ME
730 WJTO Bath ME 13 Miles Away Nostalgia 1,000 Watts (5)
780 WTME Rumford ME 50 Miles Away Sports 1,000 Watts (1)
800 WNNW Andover MA 98 Miles Away Spanish 3,000 Watts (1)
850 WEEI Dedham MA 123 Miles Away Sports 50,000 Watts (2)
870 WLVP Buxton ME 23 Miles Away Oldies 10,000 Watts (3-4)
900 WCME Brunswick ME 3-4 Miles Away Full Service 700 Watts (5) Really Really Strong
930 WPKX Rochester NH 57 Miles Away Fox Sports 5,000 Watts (1)
950 WROL Saugus MA 107 Miles Away Religious 5,000 Watts (1)
970 WZAN Portland ME 19 Miles Away ESPN Sports 5,000 Watts (5) They used to have NASCAR on this station, I remember in 2014 listening to a race all the way from Wareham MA to Wellfleet MA with a fairly solid signal
1030 WBZ Hull MA 115 Miles Away News/Talk 50,000 Watts (5)
1060 WQOM Ashland MA Catholic Radio 50,000 Watts (1)
1090 WILD Medford MA China Radio International 4,800 Watts (1)
1200 WXKS Newton MA Talk 50,000 Watts (1)
1240 WEZR Auburn ME 19 Miles Away Hot AC 1,000 Watts (3)
1260 WBIX Quincy MA 119 Miles Away Portuguese 5,000 Watts (2)
1270 WTSN Dover NH 59 Miles Away News/Talk 5,000 Watts (1)
1280 WJYE Farmingdale ME 31 Miles Away Classic Country 5,000 Watts (1)
1300 WJDA Quincy MA 118 Miles Away Portuguese 1,000 Watts (1)
1310 WLOB Portland ME 15 Miles Away News/Talk 5,000 Watts (5)
1330 WRCA Newton MA 121 Miles Away Bloomberg 25,000 Watts (1)
1340 WMDR Augusta ME 37 Miles Away Religious 1,000 Watts (1)
1400 WVAE Biddeford ME 31 Miles Away Adult Contemporary 1,000 Watts (1)
1420 WASR Wolfeboro NH 58 Miles Away News/Talk 5,000 Watts (1)
1430 WKOX Medford MA 111 Miles Away Spanish Pop 5,000 Watts (1)
1440 WRED Westbrook ME 18 Miles Away Sports 5,000 Watts (4)
1450 WOXO South Paris ME Country 1,000 Watts (1)
1470 WLAM Auburn ME 16 Miles Away Oldies 5,000 Watts (4)
1490 WBAE Portland ME 15 Miles Away Adult Contemporary 1,000 Watts (5)
1540 WXEX Exeter NH Classic Rock 5,000 Watts (2)
1570 Unknown
1600 WUNR Newton MA Ethnic 20,000 Watts (1)
 
Being a 60's AM DXer, I find some of those cities-of-licenses really odd.
WEZE 590 Medford? They used to be WEEI Boston
WPRO 630 is EAST Providence? What's the difference, hi
WEEI 850 used to be, staunchly, WHDH 'Boston'
WROL 950 'Saugus' used to be WORL 'Boston'
When the hull did WBZ become 'Hull' ?
WQOM 1060 'Ashland' used to use Newton as their COL
WILD Medford? (I've heard of stations trying to move INTO a major market. But OUT of?)
WBIX 'Quincy' used to be WEZE Boston.
WRCA 1330 is always known here as WCRB Waltham, not Newton ....

.... and so forth.

I'm s'sposing that you were referencing the transmitter sites, Carl. Either that, or lots have changed since the 60's.

(Your 1570 might've been WVMX from Beverly MA)

Is the Desert of Maine still there in Freeport, Carl ? Lol
 
Interesting scan Carl. I'm surprised that you didn't hear WRKO especially considering all the other MA stations you heard.
Thanks for the scan.
 
These stations applied for technical changes at one point or another. To get the changes approved, they had to apply to provide the "first or second aural service" to an unserved/underserved community, thus "East Providence" (apparently separately incorporated) and "Saugus".
 
But Hull is well known as WBZ's transmitter location. It's never been a city of license, has it? Same for the others cited here. I think it's a quirk of the OP, who wants to measure distance from transmitter to receiver as accurately as possible.
 
radioman148 said:
Interesting scan Carl. I'm surprised that you didn't hear WRKO especially considering all the other MA stations you heard.
Thanks for the scan.
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I was thinking the same thing. Especially with the "Boston": 1200 audible. Also, you mentioned 970 WZAN. I used to hear them quite often on the Northern Ireland SDR.

Anyway, great stuff, Carl. Thanks for posting.
 
Steve Green NEPA said:
Being a 60's AM DXer, I find some of those cities-of-licenses really odd.
WEZE 590 Medford? They used to be WEEI Boston
WPRO 630 is EAST Providence? What's the difference, hi
WEEI 850 used to be, staunchly, WHDH 'Boston'
WROL 950 'Saugus' used to be WORL 'Boston'
When the hull did WBZ become 'Hull' ?
WQOM 1060 'Ashland' used to use Newton as their COL
WILD Medford? (I've heard of stations trying to move INTO a major market. But OUT of?)
WBIX 'Quincy' used to be WEZE Boston.
WRCA 1330 is always known here as WCRB Waltham, not Newton ....

.... and so forth.

I'm s'sposing that you were referencing the transmitter sites, Carl. Either that, or lots have changed since the 60's.

(Your 1570 might've been WVMX from Beverly MA)

Is the Desert of Maine still there in Freeport, Carl ? Lol
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Should have indicated that they were transmitter sites. I don't like using City of License because that's not where the towers are from. Yeah, it might have been 1570. It was really really weak. Yes, Desert of Maine is there haha but most of the sight seeing I did was outside of Freeport. It was just a home base
 
OK I see what the OP did, he was using the transmitter location, not city of license. WBZ has always been licensed to Boston as far as I know.
 
cyberdad said:
I was thinking the same thing. Especially with the "Boston": 1200 audible. Also, you mentioned 970 WZAN. I used to hear them quite often on the Northern Ireland SDR.

Anyway, great stuff, Carl. Thanks for posting.
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Thank you! 970 is one of those 5KW signals that seems to have quite the range!
 
CTListener said:
But Hull is well known as WBZ's transmitter location. It's never been a city of license, has it? Same for the others cited here. I think it's a quirk of the OP, who wants to measure distance from transmitter to receiver as accurately as possible.
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Yes! I don't like using the City of License because it's usually not accurate. Many transmitters aren't located in the licensed city and often quite far away (Particularly on FM but some on AM too) It can be 10,20 miles and even sometimes farther from the city of license.
 
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