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KDKA heard in Dallas!!

C

ChrisTheListener

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Hi there all you folks from Pittsburg!

I recently picked up your KDKA 1020 here in Big D, and I was very amazed! Great job, and Go Pirates! haha.

Regards from Texas,
CTL
 
More watts than content: KDKA.



> Hi there all you folks from Pittsburg!
>
> I recently picked up your KDKA 1020 here in Big D, and I was
> very amazed! Great job, and Go Pirates! haha.
>
> Regards from Texas,
> CTL
>
 
> More watts than content: KDKA.

I'm glad you said that, so that all I have to say is "Amen, brother!"
 
> Hi there all you folks from Pittsburg!
>
> I recently picked up your KDKA 1020 here in Big D, and I was
> very amazed! Great job, and Go Pirates! haha.
>
> Regards from Texas,
> CTL
>

CTL,

Obviously you Texans have no taste!

Mr. Music
 
Jeez, folks, let's be a bit nicer to Chris...he was just giving us a QSL from Dallas. Thanks for writing, Chris.

As is evident, alot of us radio folk (me, too) wish that the radio station that could be one of our best regional exports would tighten up its format, freshen its sound and, sigh, even pay more attention to the basics. But it's good to know the signal made the trip. And in all fairness, they have improved a bit lately...and before anyone says it, I know...how could they have *not* improved <g>.
 
> Jeez, folks, let's be a bit nicer to Chris...he was just
> giving us a QSL from Dallas. Thanks for writing, Chris.
>

I don't think anyone's being rude to Chris as much as they're justifiably slamming KDKA for mostly wasting a 50kw signal.
 
> Hi there all you folks from Pittsburg!
>
> I recently picked up your KDKA 1020 here in Big D, and I was
> very amazed! Great job, and Go Pirates! haha.
>
> Regards from Texas,
> CTL
>

Thirty years ago, this would have been unremarkable news.

Today, with the proliferation of post-sunset allocations all over the place, it's almost a miracle you could pick it out.

Congrats CTL, and here's hoping it isn't a one-time window, and you can get The Big K consistently.
 
Yeah, you're right...just didn't want his welcome to the board to be so negative. Chris, if only you could find the ghost of Gordon McClendonn for us <g>. He'd fix KD in a heartbeat...
 
Give the guy a break!

> Congrats CTL, and here's hoping it isn't a one-time window,
> and you can get The Big K consistently.

Why would anyone wish someone else a fate like that? Catching KDKA once in Dallas is cool, because it's so far away. But being stuck listening to KDKA is something you shouldn't wish on your worst enemy.

Unless, of course, CTL is 87 years old.
 
YOU GUYS ARE GREAT!!!

HaHaHaHa!!!

We need more humor on our Dallas board!!! You guys are awesome!

Thanks to all of you. Actually, I have only had luck twice with KDKA, on many tries. I thought I heard another one though...

I was fine-tunig my radio and I was around the upper-900's. I THOUGHT I heard the station ID say WBGG. I know it was a FoxSportsRadio show. Again, I thought it was WBGG. But when I got on the web and looked up WBGG, it sayed Pitsburgh, and I thought "No way". But then it sayed it was a 5000 watt! Do you think it is even possible for me to have picked up a 5000 watter over 1000 miles away?? I dont think so.. but I know it was FX Sports Radio and I also thought I heard WBGG. What do you guys think.

Thanks a million guys,
Yall are great.

CTL

PS - I love to pick up long distance stations. Ive been posting in all the cities I've heard from, and they have all been good to me. But none of them as humorous as yours!! Rock on Pit!



> Hi there all you folks from Pittsburg!
>
> I recently picked up your KDKA 1020 here in Big D, and I was
> very amazed! Great job, and Go Pirates! haha.
>
> Regards from Texas,
> CTL
>
 
Re: Give the guy a break!

> > Congrats CTL, and here's hoping it isn't a one-time
> window,
> > and you can get The Big K consistently.
>
> Why would anyone wish someone else a fate like that?
> Catching KDKA once in Dallas is cool, because it's so far
> away. But being stuck listening to KDKA is something you
> shouldn't wish on your worst enemy.
>
> Unless, of course, CTL is 87 years old.
>

I happen to like KDKA, Realist, so shove it in your ear. :)
 
Re: Give the guy a break!

> > > Congrats CTL, and here's hoping it isn't a one-time
> > window,
> > > and you can get The Big K consistently.
> >
> > Why would anyone wish someone else a fate like that?
> > Catching KDKA once in Dallas is cool, because it's so far
> > away. But being stuck listening to KDKA is something you
> > shouldn't wish on your worst enemy.
> >
> > Unless, of course, CTL is 87 years old.
> >
>
> I happen to like KDKA, Realist, so shove it in your ear. :)

Sorry, I didn't realize you were that old.
 
Re: YOU GUYS ARE GREAT!!!

> HaHaHaHa!!!
>
> We need more humor on our Dallas board!!! You guys are
> awesome!

The reason this board has so much humor (intentional and unintentional) is that almost none of the really funny and/or creative people who ever worked in Pittsburgh radio are still on the air. They've all been replaced by voice-tracking.

However, if you're into nostalgia, there are some low powered AM stations here in the 'Burgh where you can hear dead-on accurate recreations of Top 40 Radio from the 1960's. These nostalgia shows are so perfectly crafted, you'd swear you were listening to actual tapes made in the 1960's.

But as for anything new on the air in Pittsburgh, there isn't anything.

> Thanks to all of you. Actually, I have only had luck twice
> with KDKA, on many tries. I thought I heard another one
> though...
>
> I was fine-tunig my radio and I was around the upper-900's.
> I THOUGHT I heard the station ID say WBGG. I know it was a
> FoxSportsRadio show. Again, I thought it was WBGG. But
> when I got on the web and looked up WBGG, it sayed
> Pitsburgh, and I thought "No way". But then it sayed it was
> a 5000 watt! Do you think it is even possible for me to
> have picked up a 5000 watter over 1000 miles away?? I dont
> think so.. but I know it was FX Sports Radio and I also
> thought I heard WBGG. What do you guys think.
>
> Thanks a million guys,
> Yall are great.
>
> CTL
>
> PS - I love to pick up long distance stations. Ive been
> posting in all the cities I've heard from, and they have all
> been good to me. But none of them as humorous as yours!!
> Rock on Pit!
>
>
>
> > Hi there all you folks from Pittsburg!
> >
> > I recently picked up your KDKA 1020 here in Big D, and I
> was
> > very amazed! Great job, and Go Pirates! haha.
> >
> > Regards from Texas,
> > CTL
> >
>
 
> > Hi there all you folks from Pittsburg!
> >
> > I recently picked up your KDKA 1020 here in Big D, and I
> was
> > very amazed! Great job, and Go Pirates! haha.
> >
> > Regards from Texas,
> > CTL
> >
>
> Thirty years ago, this would have been unremarkable news.
>
> Today, with the proliferation of post-sunset allocations all
> over the place, it's almost a miracle you could pick it out.
>
>
> Congrats CTL, and here's hoping it isn't a one-time window,
> and you can get The Big K consistently.

Being a native Yinzer now living in Dallas, I often try to hear KD late at night while driving home from work. On rare occaisions the signal has been listeneable for short periods of time. Mostly though, I have to try and pick it out of the 'cocktail party'. While visiting Pittsburgh recently, I've tried to hear WBAP with slightly better results.
 
KDKA heard in Pittsburgh?

First, a new question: How many out there scan and have their AMs bypass KDKA, even here in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties?

To whit ... Scan, 620; scan, 660 (this is obviously during the day): scan, 730; scan, 770; scan, 810; scan 860; scan, 970; scan, 1080? (My scan regularly bypasses 1020. Go figure.)

Now ... as someone who enjoys nighttime DX (and works late enough to truly enjoy it, while mainlining coffee to stay awake driving home), my AM scan at night pulls in some interesting combinations, even again here in Pittsburgh's hinterland.

But at night, my radio can again bypass KDKA, winding up on WBZ 1030. (OK, I am east of Pittsburgh, but not THAT far east.)

For what it's worth, when the scan hits WSM 650 (classic country tops the modern country-fried rock-and-roll anytime) or KYW 1060 (still a great all news station despite Infinity), I'm in heaven.
 
Re: KDKA heard in Pittsburgh?

> First, a new question: How many out there scan and have
> their AMs bypass KDKA, even here in Allegheny and
> Westmoreland counties?
>
> To whit ... Scan, 620; scan, 660 (this is obviously during
> the day): scan, 730; scan, 770; scan, 810; scan 860; scan,
> 970; scan, 1080? (My scan regularly bypasses 1020. Go
> figure.)
>
> Now ... as someone who enjoys nighttime DX (and works late
> enough to truly enjoy it, while mainlining coffee to stay
> awake driving home), my AM scan at night pulls in some
> interesting combinations, even again here in Pittsburgh's
> hinterland.
>
> But at night, my radio can again bypass KDKA, winding up on
> WBZ 1030. (OK, I am east of Pittsburgh, but not THAT far
> east.)
>
> For what it's worth, when the scan hits WSM 650 (classic
> country tops the modern country-fried rock-and-roll anytime)
> or KYW 1060 (still a great all news station despite
> Infinity), I'm in heaven.
>

It's one of the vagarities of AM signals in Pittsburgh. KDKA has a decent dial position, and has 50kw-U. But SW Penna. has some of the worst topography for AM ground systems. To wit, KDKA is on a hill--with Rt. 8 on its west side. And in such close quarters as Allegheny County, the skywave isn't going to be much of a factor.

Comapre that to 620 KHB--they've got an even better dial position, but at 5.5kw. They're on more flat, solid ground, so the ground wave carries better.

Alot of it depends really where you are in the metro when getting KDKA. In the valleys of Washington County, no scan stops on 1020; on I-79, it's stuck on 1020.

Also, don't discount the disruption to the signal (and its auto-reception) by electrical wires, even those that aren't high-voltage.
 
Hey, RR

I hear what you're saying below- agree with it a bit (though it does have some "old fogieishness" to it)- but I wish to ask you.

Name me a city where the current radio climate is one that breeds creativity and humor?

I don't think it's just Pittsburgh.

And in reference to the Dallas guy- hey- might Pittsburgh just in general be more of a town of characters than Dallas- or just about any other place for that matter?




> > HaHaHaHa!!!
> >
> > We need more humor on our Dallas board!!! You guys are
> > awesome!
>
> The reason this board has so much humor (intentional and
> unintentional) is that almost none of the really funny
> and/or creative people who ever worked in Pittsburgh radio
> are still on the air. They've all been replaced by
> voice-tracking.
>
> However, if you're into nostalgia, there are some low
> powered AM stations here in the 'Burgh where you can hear
> dead-on accurate recreations of Top 40 Radio from the
> 1960's. These nostalgia shows are so perfectly crafted,
> you'd swear you were listening to actual tapes made in the
> 1960's.
>
> But as for anything new on the air in Pittsburgh, there
> isn't anything.
>
> > Thanks to all of you. Actually, I have only had luck
> twice
> > with KDKA, on many tries. I thought I heard another one
> > though...
> >
> > I was fine-tunig my radio and I was around the
> upper-900's.
> > I THOUGHT I heard the station ID say WBGG. I know it was
> a
> > FoxSportsRadio show. Again, I thought it was WBGG. But
> > when I got on the web and looked up WBGG, it sayed
> > Pitsburgh, and I thought "No way". But then it sayed it
> was
> > a 5000 watt! Do you think it is even possible for me to
> > have picked up a 5000 watter over 1000 miles away?? I
> dont
> > think so.. but I know it was FX Sports Radio and I also
> > thought I heard WBGG. What do you guys think.
> >
> > Thanks a million guys,
> > Yall are great.
> >
> > CTL
> >
> > PS - I love to pick up long distance stations. Ive been
> > posting in all the cities I've heard from, and they have
> all
> > been good to me. But none of them as humorous as yours!!
>
> > Rock on Pit!
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi there all you folks from Pittsburg!
> > >
> > > I recently picked up your KDKA 1020 here in Big D, and I
>
> > was
> > > very amazed! Great job, and Go Pirates! haha.
> > >
> > > Regards from Texas,
> > > CTL
> > >
> >
>
 
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