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"Guess FM" on AM

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Pat3

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The other night I heard "Guess FM" on an AM station on a pocket radio. It had analog tuning so I'm not sure the frequency but it was somewhere around 750-800Khz according to the dial position. The signal was as loud as a local. I haven't heard the station again so I'm guessing it was a station on daytime power at night, probally with an FM simulcast. Does anyone know what station I might have heard? The format was similar to "Jack FM" with lots of 80's hits.
 
WGUE Memphis, TN on 830khz. It is supposed to be 3KW daytime only, but obviously no one is shutting it off at sunset, probably trying to screw up WCCO's nighttime coverage as well.

-crainbebo
 
I've heard this one messing with WCCO at night a few times myself. Where I am, however, WCCO typically has an excellent skywave signal and pretty much keeps the interloper in the background.
 
In looking at the FCC database at http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WGUE they're allowed to run 8000 watts during critical hours and flea power at night, but 830 has been running higher than legal power at night at times since they were KTMO in Kennett, MO. Even with new owners and a move to Memphis, it still happens.

WGUE is actually the primary station for W257CY, a translator on 99.3 in Memphis, that is being marketed as Guess 99.3: http://guessfm.com/
 
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