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MW Frequency of the Week - 740 kHz

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Buckeyes2001

I know this frequency was discussed before, but with the threads from before the switchover being nearly impossible to search and locate I thought we could discuss it again and I remember there being a lot of responses before.

What do you all get on 740 kHz?

Here in Vermilion, OH it is CFZM/Toronto with the nostalgia/oldies format with a weak to moderate signal during the day (as long as you are near the Lake Erie shore as signal diminishes fairly quickly as you go inland. Nights is a stronger CFZM.
 
No changes in the 740 in the last few years. In northern VA I get the weak WRNR 500W Martinsburg, WV during the day and at night, I get the usual Toronto station; sometimes KRMG Tulsa, OK is heard when I null out CFZM.
Yes, Mario, It was I who started the 740 thread. But there may be changers to what's being heard on AM 740 afterwards.
 
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Near north Chicago burbs it's CFZM loud & clear. Sometimes I will hear something weak underneath it. Have heard KRMG ia few times in the past
 
Located in W. WA: KCBS San Francisco from the South, CBX Edmonton from the North. Sometimes just KCBS -- usually weak signals, also. I'm pretty sure I have heard other UNID signals on this freq. from time to time but nothing substantial.
 
Nothing in the daytime here in Marysville, WA.
Nights I get KCBS San Francisco and CBX Edmonton, AB, mixing, but that's not always the same. I've gotten CFZM Toronto, ON and KVOX Fargo, ND (940W) here at night as well, so 740 is a great frequency especially with a loop (which is in storage, @#%&!)

-crainbebo
 
Nothing but the flamethrowing KTRH at 740 here in SE Texas.
 
WNOP Newport,KY Days and CFZM at night. KRMG is in second place at night here in south central Indiana.
 
CFZM here on the north shore of Chicago... not as solid as they are in SW Michigan though. They have a gorgeous sounding signal and are practically the only skywave signal worth actually listening to for any length of time where I live. WSM used to be in that category until they started getting chewed up by splatter from WSCR again. Incidentally, it's interesting to compare 740 and 860 since they are both coming from the same stick. Sometimes one will be up and the other will be practically in the noise at my QTH.
 
This frequency always spawns interesting discussions. So much shoehorned in, especially in the Southwest where Tulsa, Texarkana and Houston all have 740s that have to stay away from each other.
Here in Columbus, the answer is simple ... a very weak WNOP from Cincinnati and all CFZM at night. I've heard CFZM with a moderate daytime signal in Conneaut. Where I used to live in Houston, obviously all KTRH all the time (50K day night, estimated 150-200K lobe WSW over the city at night). But going north and east of the city any considerable difference changes things dramatically.
 
Back in the Long Island DXing days, Schmave, I got KRMG Tulsa but never a peep out of KTRH Houston.

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Here in the sloth-festooned DXing days of Northeast Pennsylvania -- Coal Country, between Hazleton and Pottsville :

The DX log shows CBL (or whatever they are now) ....... daytime regular (weakly) WVCH from near Phillly .....
sunset catches WRNR from WV, WMBL NC and WNYH Long Island.
 
Living in Cincinnati and also in an area receiving one of WNOP's night lobes, it's WNOP day and night, though I can null them enough to pick up Toronto and occasionally Tulsa.

We were on I-74 driving back to Cincinnati from Indy the weekend before last, and WNOP was the dominant signal in Batesville IN. Batesville is about 35 miles from the WNOP transmitter. To be fair, the atmospheric conditions may have been such that CFZM was not its usual self.
 
@Mario, If you are referring to KCBS 740 in San Francisco--in VA, I have never heard KCBS. It's too far away. The farthest station in the US I've heard is KOA.
 
Steve Green NEPA: That is not a surprise. KTRH sends most of its 50 kilowatts straight into the Gulf to protect KCMC in Texarkana. At night, you lose KTRH around Willis to the north, around 50 miles give or take. On the other hand, KTRH is basically a local signal in Corpus Christi to the southwest. Last time I went to New Orleans, KTRH sounded about like WWL does here, which is not bad but not local either. I'm willing to bet you can hear 740 in Mexico's Yucatan, and fellow member gar fla has reported KTRH at his location numerous times.

Here is a map from radio-locator. It is a bit generous in its estimation of the northern reach of the signal, but that's radio -locator for you.

Day: http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KTRH&service=AM&status=L&hours=D

Night: http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KTRH&service=AM&status=L&hours=N
 
Far northwest suburbs of Chicago....

Day: Nothing...slight splatter from WGN, second adjacent.

Night: CFZM....usually good, but sometimes prone to fading. KRMG sometimes creeps in.

Tonight I'm in Iowa City. Earlier this evening, KBOE (Oskaloosa, IA) was trashing CFZM. Supposedly with 10 watts from 62 miles away. I'm guessing KBOE "forgot" to power down, but actually, they're a regular at night in Amana....20 miles west of here. (in the direction of KBOE).

I certainly agree with the observation that it's interesting to note what happens with CFZM and CJBC being on the same stick west of Toronto. As often as not one is "up" and the other "down" for no readily apparent reason. CFZM is usually the stronger of the two, but CJBC is more free of interference at my QTH.
 
I've been to Buckeye2001's neck of the woods and had a weak signal from CFZM in Sandusky. In Knoxville CFZM predominates at night mixed with and sometimes overtaken by KRMG
 
I'm not sure what's the furthest east KCBS has ever been heard but if there's a good E/W opening I imagine it could be heard near sunrise in Indy before WNOP or WVLN go to daytime power and if you null CFZM enough. If kilokat7 is around he can chime in on that. He has caught other west coast stations from western Michigan which would be virtually the same distance from SF as Indy
 
I've read here that KRMG can make for quite a battle with CFZM as far north as Kentucky. With that being only 150-200 miles south/southwest of me, it surprises me all the more that I've never once heard KRMG here in Columbus.
When I moved home from Houston to Columbus in November 2009, I made sure to check 740 in Memphis when I stopped for the night. It was mostly Tulsa, but Toronto was in the background. Houston was nowhere to be found.
 
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