I can null WNVR, I can easily hear WBZ with WNVR still present. My oldest son lives about 12 miles northeast of me near Fox Lake. At his location at night, WNVR is totally absent, and 1030 is all WBZ.
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I can null WNVR, I can easily hear WBZ with WNVR still present. My oldest son lives about 12 miles northeast of me near Fox Lake. At his location at night, WNVR is totally absent, and 1030 is all WBZ.
That's exactly how it is, not surprisingly, where I am. You'd never know WNVR is on at night.
Getting back to KCKN, I tried shortly before sunrise this morning to hear it, but all I got was a fairly weak KDKA fading into the daylight.
Same thing here. I tried a little later than you around 6:20AM CDT. All I heard was a weak KDKA and something behind it which I couldn't ID.
I've been getting them between 10 - 12 pm in recent days with partially nulled KDKA. Usually they play light religious music in Spanish. On top of the hour there is an English language ID with mentions of several Radio Vision affiliates including KCKA as well as Radio Vision Cristiana mentions.
Thanks CADXER, I'll give it a try.
Heard KCKN here in west central Georgia last night under KDKA. Around 11pm to midnight. Was able to null KDKA in one direction with my radio to hear weak KCKN signal which faded in and out but never disappeared. Spanish religious music and Spanish religious talk.
My first New Mexico station! Thanks for letting us know about this.
My first New Mexico station! Thanks for letting us know about this.
No luck here just north of Chicago. I just tried after 10:30PM, but all I hear is KDKA even when I try to null it.
I know it’s illegal to remain on day power during the night, but can an AM station stay on their night-time pattern all day? I guess it could cause unwanted interference, especially for the rare stations that actually increase power from daytime to nighttime.
In my quest to hear KCKN during "critical hours" this morning, I logged a new station on the frequency at sign on: WPEO in Peoria, a 1kW, ND daytimer.
Retro: WPEO was the first Top 40 station in Peoria before WIRL. In the mid to late 1950s, the morning drive slot was filled by Harry Harrison where is was known on air as the "mayor of Peoria." Harrison left for for WMCA in New York in approximately 1958. I know he later had a long successful run on WABC. Yet another alumnus of Peoria radio.
Bob
Retro: WPEO was the first Top 40 station in Peoria before WIRL. In the mid to late 1950s, the morning drive slot was filled by Harry Harrison where is was known on air as the "mayor of Peoria." Harrison left for for WMCA in New York in approximately 1958. I know he later had a long successful run on WABC. Yet another alumnus of Peoria radio.
Bob
Nice catch on WPEO.
It certainly happens. Obviously nowhere near as often as when stations stay on day power all night, or operate all night when they're supposed to be off. It's undoubtedly say that stations run their night authorizations during the day, its probably due to some sort of transmitter or pattern issue which makes them unable to make the switch. That said, I'm sure, it can also happen unintentionally.
+1 I'm a little surprised the 1020 from Omaha didn't intrude.
KMMQ switches to 50kW directional at a later time than sign on time in Peoria. The only time I receive this station is very faintly during the cold winter months. I am in a null. At night, I typically receive a surprisingly strong KDKA.
Bob
Thanks, Bob. I didn't realize that KMMQ's pattern was as tight as Radio-Locator indicates. I was under the impression that they sent more signal to the south and southwest.
Meanwhile, my quest to hear KCKN is going absolutely nowhere. I've tried several times. My problem is too much WNVR (1030). Even though the stick is only 3 miles from me, there's been too much splatter on 1020 for anything besides KDKA to break through in identifiable form.
The same problem here. All I hear is KDKA whenever I try for KCKN.
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