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Hurricane updates in Biloxi

From Forest I am getting on AM 1640, WTNI simulcasting WLOX-TV. It seems to be the most DXable station next to WWL and covers the Mississippi Gulf Coast other than New Orleans. WLOX's CBS affiliation will be covering the RNC tonight while the ABC channel is covering Storm Coverage. I haven't tried MPB yet.
 
I listened to some of the coast stations last night on my iPhone. The Triad stations were simulcasting WLOX. Kicker 108 was doing its own coverage.
 
I had been watching, too. The stations have gone back to regular programming, but DirecTV put up a message stating that they will resume carrying coverage when they go back to news programming.
 
So in times of emergency, like a hurricane, WTNI would be allowed to use their daytime power of 10,000 watts at night instead of dropping back to 1000 watts as usual. Is this why two DX reports are listed in this thread or do you normally pick up WTNI in your locations?
 
I don't know about the other posters, but I can hear 1640 nightly in Memphis. 1000W is plenty if the frequency is clear.

DE
 
I heard 660 AM in Mobile fairly clear in the Jackson area before the hurricane with recorded hurricane messages. I normally don't pick them up so it must have been on daytime power or non directional.
 
If the WGOK simulcast on 660 was carrying it's standard gospel programming, they should have been using their normal power. If they were carrying news/info then non-directional daytime power would be a good guess.

I assume you are listening from Jackson, Mississippi or Tennessee or Louisiana, reception of 660 in Jackson, Alabama may be weak, but it shouldn't be unusual to catch it there.
 
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