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KTNN 660 loud and clear in Burbank tonight

What do you mean by strange?....

KTNN is the voice of the Navaho nation, located at Window Rock AZ.
It plays standard country western music and Navaho chants. Voice is both in English and Navaho languages.

Instead of strange I'd call it interesting. At times it's alot better than listening to all the BS on coast to coast.
 
When I was living in Orange County, KTNN was a regular at night. To cover the reservation with the ground conductivity the way it is out here, you need 50 kW.
 
The ground conductivity is good out there.

http://filebay1.home.comcast.net/~filebay1/ground.jpg

I'm surprised a trace of KTNN can't be heard even in the daytime in Southern California.

KFI's groundwave can be heard daytime at least as far as Santa Cruz on the coast and in the valley as far north as Los Branos on I-5.

I've confirmed catches in both locations first hand.
 
gar fla said:
I'm surprised a trace of KTNN can't be heard even in the daytime in Southern California.
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It can not even be heard particularly well in Prescott, although with effort you can find it on a car radio along with a lot of noise. Prescott is right at the limit of the theoretical 0.5 mV/m signal of KTNN.
 
Yeah, the ground conductivity around the Navajo lands doesn't seem as good as the map suggests, in my experience. I know that map has been questioned and criticized a lot and that area may be an example of where it's not wholly accurate. Just my opinion.
 
I can certainly vouch for the performance of KTNN not matching the 'predicted coverage'. Over the years I've been through the Navajo lands and around them a few times and while it does manage to serve the entire nation during the day, it isn't as robust and one might think.

I find the station (and the Navajo and Hopi cultures) to be rather fascinating and would love to get back out there and do some real exploring there. It's really a whole other world in some places. There are now a smattering of FMs here and there, I think one belongs to the Hopis (whose land is all inside the Navajo Nation, but a separate nation unto itself I believe) but none of them come close to covering everything from Tuba City to Window Rock. And I don't think any of the FMs do full time Navajo-geared programming, either.

Also, KTNN ran C-Quam stereo at one point, but I don't think it's on anymore, either. I tried it and a station in Gallup, NM that was on the AM stereo list and neither came through. The caveat being the radio itself might be dysfunctional, though. I can't find a strong local stereo signal to verify it with and WLS at night is usually buried under Cubans where I live.
 
Always have liked hearing KTNN fade up on 660. I remember when I first heard them, it was during a road trip and we were in the Four Corners area, checking out Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon. It's a fascinating area of the country.

At the time (late 1980's) I think there was another station in the area playing a similar Native American format, but memory may be faulty.....

Later on during the 90's I heard KTNN here in WA and it brought back memories. Periodically they rise up above CFFR (Calgary) and KXOR (Oregon) and the other stations buried in the rumble.
 
Last time I drove through Gallup, there was a station broadcasting in a native American language but I believe the it was religious.

With Sirius/XM I don't pay too much attention to the locals any more.
 
KGAK 1330 in Gallup is all-Navajo, but not all-religious (though I think there's some religious content on there). KGAK also has a sister station up in Farmington, KNDN 960, the original all-Navajo-language station.
 
KGAK 1330 in Gallup is all-Navajo, but not all-religious (though I think there's some religious content on there)
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A few years ago when I lived in Tucson, I used to hear KGAK under the local 1330 (or at least I assume that's what it was). On Friday nights they would run what sounded like HS sports, with the announcers alternating English and Navaho.

KTNN was also audible there most nights.
 
KTTN puts out a great signal.  Actually the conductivities around Window Rock are not very good.  M-3 shows them at an 8ms for about 140 km.  M-3 estimates are usually overstated compared to actual.  But at night, this station is pointed right at the west coast. It should rock.
 
KTNN sometimes shows up here in Western WA with the Najavo chants. I have also heard their sister station KWRK 96.1 via E-skip here one summer. I've also gotten KXXI 93.7 and KYAT 94.5 from Gallup, both via E-skip propagation.

KXOR also has been pounding 660 to the South. If not for Calgary, it would pound anything in its path.

-crainbebo
 
stacker said:
KTTN puts out a great signal. Actually the conductivities around Window Rock are not very good. M-3 shows them at an 8ms for about 140 km. M-3 estimates are usually overstated compared to actual. But at night, this station is pointed right at the west coast. It should rock.
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you're right on about that one. I am in Phoenix and KTNN is like a DX station at night here. I bet the West Coast has better reception than us, frankly.
 
KTNN comes in strong day and night in Cottonwood and Jerome, AZ - can be picked up on both a Sangean and Radio Shack portables during the daytime.

Anyone recall when KCLS 600 Flagstaff (now dark) broadcast in both English and Navajo and had a one hour Navajo show hosted by Selena Manychildren - the Larsen Chevrolet ads were fun to listen to.

rickity
www.gulchradio.com
 
When I originally thought KTNN might be able to be heard daytime in Southern California, I didn't realize how fer east in Arizona Window Rock actually is.

I assumed for some reason that it was not far from Phoenix until I actually looked at the map.

My bad.
 
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