Indeed, KWMT does have an awesome signal on a very low AM frequency and only with a daytime power of 5,000 watts. From what people have been saying on this thread, it sounds like they may not have been powering down for the past couple of nights or so here. From my location in East Moline, Illinois, I can normally hear KWMT Fort Dodge, Iowa during daylight hours and, after it powers down to 170 watts at night, is harder to hear but not always impossible, depending on skywave conditions for that particular night, as well as whether or not the skywave conditions are favoring the 540 kHz frequency.
The only place in the midwest where I have been unable to hear KWMT at is in the northern parts of Minnesota. Of course, this was during Summertime, when the weather is warmer, and AM reception is generally poor. The ground conductivity might not be as good in the northern Minnesota lakes region, and I believe KWMT's antenna patterns are nulled to the north and northwest to protect CBK both day and night. However, I'll bet that KWMT was probably audible in northern Minnesota last night and tonight!! Or perhaps any Winter day, night, or SR or SS skip for that matter.
This is truly amazing to hear of KWMT reaching Ohio and Kentucky. In addition to CBK Watrous, Saskatchewan, and WAUK Jackson, Wisconsin, a couple of other stations on 540 kHz, particularly in the south I can think of that might challenge a 5 kilowatt KWMT at night for residents of Ohio, Kentucky, and surrounding states are WFLF Pine Hills, Florida (Orlando), and WKFN Clarksville, Tennessee. Both WFLF and WKFN are 50 kilowatts. Also, there is a 5 kilowatt KMLB in Monroe, Louisiana on 540, as well as WDAK in Columbus, Georgia, but WDAK is supposed to power down, just like KWMT does, in WDAK's case, from 4,000 watts daytime to only 38 watts nighttime, so no real challenges there unless WDAK forgets to power down as well.
