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When it was on the air as a Top 40 station, anyone heard this station though E-skip??

When I was in Pacifica, CA/Vallejo, CA that station would come in for me at night, before KCBS had a side band bazzsaw

Whe did it go off the air??
 
From: Beaverton, OR

The CKLG call has not been on 730 for a number of years. It is now on an FM station that calls itself "Jack" FM.
AM 730 is now CHMJ, all traffic 24 hours a day. Here is their web address: http://www.am730.ca/


Pat
 
I caught it while stationed in Alaska IIRC. Their pattern favored its NW.

In August 1980, I had to leave that duty station to report to one near Boston....my friend and I alternated driving the car (he had to take a plane in Minneapolis). While on the Alaska Highway, in northeast British Columbia or NW Alberta, LG was booming in one night in the overnight.

BTW E-skip doesn't apply to AM. It is indeed "skip," but it's nightly.

www.am730.ca can cure insomnia!! :)
 
I get CHMJ (formerly CKLG) day and night. In Yakima, it comes in at night only, due to KULE Ephrata, WA blocking CHMJ, and its distance (~175 miles??)

-crainbebo
 
cd637299 said:
www.am730.ca can cure insomnia!! :)
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Definitely true, but I've gotta say, I find myself tuning in rather often when I'm up there. Vancouver traffic can get crazy any time of the day....or night. For those unfamiliar, Vancouver and suburbs are built largely on islands...which are connected to each other and mainland areas by a series of bridges (and at least one tunnel). Doesn't take a lot to throw this system completely out of whack.

They also broadcast border crossing and ferry crossing wait times....which is useful information as well.

All of that said, IMHO, it seems like a bit of a waste to put the all-traffic format on 730's relatively big signal.
 
cyberdad said:
cd637299 said:
www.am730.ca can cure insomnia!! :)
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Definitely true, but I've gotta say, I find myself tuning in rather often when I'm up there. Vancouver traffic can get crazy any time of the day....or night. For those unfamiliar, Vancouver and suburbs are built largely on islands...which are connected to each other and mainland areas by a series of bridges (and at least one tunnel). Doesn't take a lot to throw this system completely out of whack.

They also broadcast border crossing and ferry crossing wait times....which is useful information as well.

All of that said, IMHO, it seems like a bit of a waste to put the all-traffic format on 730's relatively big signal.
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I heard this station at night when I was in Hawaii a few years ago & I have to admit, useful or not it did put me right to sleep. ;D
 
cyberdad said:
All of that said, IMHO, it seems like a bit of a waste to put the all-traffic format on 730's relatively big signal.
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Well they are planning on doing the same thing in Montreal at some point, resurrecting 690 and 940, two 50kw CC stations that have been silent since early 2010. The 690 signal would be French and the 940 signal would be English. They plan to run both at 50kw which seems to be kind of a waste but I guess its the same thing thats happening in Vancouver.
 
spunker88 said:
cyberdad said:
All of that said, IMHO, it seems like a bit of a waste to put the all-traffic format on 730's relatively big signal.
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Well they are planning on doing the same thing in Montreal at some point, resurrecting 690 and 940, two 50kw CC stations that have been silent since early 2010. The 690 signal would be French and the 940 signal would be English. They plan to run both at 50kw which seems to be kind of a waste but I guess its the same thing thats happening in Vancouver.
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Are they going to put "all traffic" on both Montreal frequencies?
 
Its better than just leaving them silent. But I am surprised they want to run them both at 50kw just for traffic. You'd think something smaller even 10kw or 25kw would do unless the equipment in place there only does 50kw.
 
spunker88 said:
Its better than just leaving them silent. But I am surprised they want to run them both at 50kw just for traffic. You'd think something smaller even 10kw or 25kw would do unless the equipment in place there only does 50kw.
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I think you hit the nail on the head. They still have those two frequencies & nothing to do with them.
 
AM in general really seems to be struggling in Canada. Smaller markets near me like Kingston and Cornwall are left with no AM signals. Kingston lost its last 2 AMs around 2007 and Cornwall lost its last AM in 2010. It probably would be struggling in the US as well if it wasn't for the surge of the talk radio format especially after the Fairness Doctrine was abolished.

As far as these 2 Montreal AMs go, you have 2 working 50 kw broadcast sites. I didn't think these would be going to waste.
 
I joked on e-mail last year that AM 730 might be the future of AM radio in general. I think that things like traffic and other TIS-style info might keep AM breathing a bit.

Or not. :)

cd
 
I presume the plan would be French on 690 and English on 940. The all-traffic format may not be a bad idea. Montreal traffic is pretty awful. Among the various choke points, the Autoroute Décarie is as nasty a little road as you'll find anywhere!

Anyway, I agree that 50kw would be a waste for these two. I'd think you could easily get the job done with 5kw.
 
cyberdad said:
I presume the plan would be French on 690 and English on 940. The all-traffic format may not be a bad idea. Montreal traffic is pretty awful. Among the various choke points, the Autoroute Décarie is as nasty a little road as you'll find anywhere!

Anyway, I agree that 50kw would be a waste for these two. I'd think you could easily get the job done with 5kw.
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Do they have to get these signals back up by a certain date in order to keep them & the rights to those frequencies?
 
I don't think there is a date. Its not like there is a race to sign on new AM stations. But I don't think the whole northeast needs to hear Montreal traffic at night. Since these are 2 clear channel AM stations they shouldn't have to worry about interference at night. In order to maintain Class A clear channel status they must run at at least 10kw, so maybe that would be a good level to run at.
 
spunker88 said:
I don't think there is a date. Its not like there is a race to sign on new AM stations. But I don't think the whole northeast needs to hear Montreal traffic at night. Since these are 2 clear channel AM stations they shouldn't have to worry about interference at night. In order to maintain Class A clear channel status they must run at at least 10kw, so maybe that would be a good level to run at.
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I agree. I like the fact that 690 is open in the midwest & east & I can hear more stations.
 
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