My AM Band (530-1700) - night & daytime...

[pianoplayer88key]

Ok, first of all, I know there are topics dealing with specific parts of the band, but I couldn't find all the topics for the entire band (there were some parts missing in the topics, unless I searched for the wrong string - "what does your am band look like") covering the entire band, so I'm just posting my typical nighttime AM log here in one post...

My location: within 1/2 mile of the school campus that includes 32°45'40"N 116°56'50"W

Just because I may list only one station on a frequency doesn't mean others aren't audible under it - that's usually the dominant one though. Also, some, for example the 530 TIS's, require an external loop antenna.


Nighttime:

530: TIS from LAX, unID other TIS under it
540: XESURF Tijuana, BCN - local
550: KUZZ Bakersfield, CA, have occasionally heard the Phoenix station as well but haven't logged it recently
560: KSFO San Francisco, CA
570: KLAC Los Angeles, CA
580: KMJ Fresno, CA, KOGO IBOC
590: KOGO IBOC
600: KOGO San Diego, CA (local)
610: KOGO IBOC, sometimes KEAR San Francisco or KAVL Lancaster when KOGO's TX (5kW 8 miles west of me) is nulled
620: XESS Tijuana(?), BCN, under it is sometimes KTAR Phoeix, also some KOGO IBOC residue
630: KHOW Denver, sometimes KIDD (?) Monterrey, CA
640: KFI Los Angeles, CA
650: KMTI Manti, UT
660: KTNN Window Rock, AZ
670: KIRN Simi Valley, CA (several years ago KBOI Boise used to blast in here with a good signal, no trace of them now though)
680: KNBR San Francisco, CA
690: XEWW Rosarito, BCN - local
700: probably KALL Salt Lake City, UT
710: KSPN Los Angeles, CA, often a mexican underneath it
720: KDWN Las Vegas, NV. Have heard WGN once or twice in the last 10 years
730: either XEEBC Ensenada or XEX Mexico City
740: KCBS San Francisco, CA
750: mostly KFMB splatter, sometimes an unID with a talk format (but not WSB)
760: KFMB San Diego - local
770: KKOB Albuquerque, NM with KFMB splatter
780: KKOH Reno, NV, have heard WBBM once or twice in the last several years
790: KABC Los Angeles, CA, often a mexican underneath it
800: XESPN Tijuana, BCN, null XESPN and get XEROK Ciudad Juarez
810: KGO San Francisco, CA
820: XEVMS Mexicali, BCN, sometimes WBAP Ft Worth, TX
830: KLAA Orange, CA, have occasionally heard WCCO
840: KXNT North Las Vegas, NV
850: KOA Denver, CO
860: XEMO Tijuana, BCN
870: KRLA Glendale, CA, occasionally WWL New Orleans, LA
880: varies - sometimes KRVN Lexington, NE, sometimes an unID music station northwest/southeast (i've thought it was one on 880 in Mexicali but there seems to not be a record of one in operation there on that frequency), have also sometimes, IIRC, heard what sounds like IBOC hash, without an adjacent to ID it with - it's not the normal IBOC sound - it sounds like what a station may sound like if it was broadcasting only digital and no analog
890: KDXU St George, UT - this one is notable for being my first ever DX catch on a radio I got as a freebie with a bicycle - its sensitivity and selectivity were horrid - for example 1130 and 1170 bled on top of each other, 1070 and 640 were barely readable, etc, but I heard it between 860 and 910)
900: probably XEW Mexico City, but mostly splatter from KECR
910: KECR El Cajon, CA, null them (TX is north of me) and either get XEAO Mexicali or KGME Phoenix
920: mostly splatter from KECR, maybe an uniID
930: KHJ Los Angeles, CA
940: probably either KWRU Fresno, CA (from when they used to broadcast in English several years ago as KFRE), or one from Mexicali
950: XEKAM (?) Rosarito - local
960: KKNT Phoenix, AZ
970: either KHTY Bakersfield, CA, KNWZ Coachella, CA, or something that sounds like IBOC hash without an adjacent-channel station to identify it with
980: KFWB Los Angeles, CA
990: either KTMS Santa Barbara, CA, or XECL Mexicali, BCN
1000: mix of KCEO Vista, CA, and KOMO Seattle, WA
1010: haven't ID'd much on this one, but it's not quiet
1020: KTNQ Los Angeles, CA, occasionally KCKN Roswell, NM
1030: XESDD Tijuana(?), BCN, sometimes KTWO Casper, WY
1040: KURS San Diego, CA
1050: usually XED Mexicali, BCN, sometimes KTCT San Mateo, CA
1060: KDUS Phoenix, AZ
1070: KNX Los Angeles, CA
1080: unID spanish, sometimes KRLD Dallas, TX
1090: XEPRS Rosarito, BCN
1100: sometimes KFAX San Francisco, CA, probably another unID
1110: usually KDIS Pasadena, CA, sometimes mixes with a mex and/or another - not sure if I've ever positively ID'd KFAB Omaha, NE
1120: mostly splatter from KSDO
1130: KSDO San Diego, CA - local
1140: mostly splatter from KSDO
1150: usually KTLK Los Angeles, CA
1160: KSL Salt Lake City, UT
1170: KCBQ San Diego, CA - local, occasionally KLOK San Jose, CA, or KFAQ Tulsa, OK under it
1180: KERN Wasco-Greenacres, CA
1190: probably KXMX Anaheim, CA, sometimes KEX Portland, OR, underneath KXMX
1200: haven't ID'd much, except occasionally WOAI San Antonio, TX
1210: KPRZ San Marcos-Poway, CA
1220: not much ID'd here
1230: graveyard jungle
1240: KSON San Diego, CA - strong enough to overcome graveyard jumble, but have heard KALY Los Ranchos de Albuq, NM, under it when KSON was broadcasting an unmodulated carrier
1250: probably KZER Santa Barbara, CA
1260: probably KGIL San Fernando, CA
1270: XEAZ Tijuana, BCN
1280: sometimes KFRN Long Beach, CA, sometimes an unID sports station
1290: usually KKDD San Bernardino, CA, often an unID mexican station
1300: either KAZN Pasadena, CA, or KROP Brawley, CA - KAZN is more likely though I think
1310: XEC Tijuana, BCN, have sometimes heard KMKY Oakland, CA under it
1320: usually KCTC Sacramento, CA
1330: probably KWKW Los Angeles, CA
1340: graveyard
1350: mostly KLSD splatter, possibly KTDD San Bernardino, CA
1360: KLSD San Diego, CA
1370: mostly KLSD splatter
1380: have heard one from Sacramento or San Francisco on a few occasions
1390: XEKT Tecate, BCN - it's listed as being on 1380 with 1kW, but is actually on 1390 with 5kW or 10kW (can't remember which, if they've said on the air)
1400: graveyard
1410: either KERI Bakersfield, CA, or KCAL Redlands, CA
1420: XEXX Tijuana, BCN
1430: either KMRB San Gabriel, CA, or KWST El Centro, CA
1440: have recently ID'd KUHL Santa Maria, CA, probably others
1450: graveyard, hear KFSD Escondido, CA daytime, have occasionally ID'd KTIP Porterville, CA
1460: mostly unID, possibly KTYM Inglewood, CA
1470: XERCN Tijuana, BCN
1480: mostly unID
1490: graveyard
1500: either KSJX San Jose, CA, or KSTP St Paul, MN
1510: usually KSPA Chino, CA
1520: KOKC Oklahoma City, OK
1530: KFBK Sacramento, CA
1540: KMPC Los Angeles, CA
1550: XEBG Tijuana, BCN
1560: KNZR Bakersfield, CA
1570: XERF Ciudad Acuña, occasionally KPRO Riverside, CA, during critical hours
1580: KMIK Tempe, AZ, often mixes with KBLA Santa Monica, CA
1590: mostly unID, most likely (guessing) KUNX Ventura, CA
1600: probably KAHZ Pomona, CA
1610: possibly TIS's, usually too weak to ID
1620: KSMH West Sacramento, CA, sometimes HAR from San Ysidro, CA
1630: XEUT Tijuana, BCN - they often sign off late at night, used to hear KCJJ Iowa City, IA, before anyone else signed on
1640: KDIA Vallejo, CA
1650: KFOX Torrance, CA
1660: KTIQ Merced, CA, sometimes KXOL Brigham City, UT
1670: KHPY Moreno Valley, CA
1680: KGED Fresno, CA
1690: probably KFSG Roseville, CA
1700: XEPE Tecate, BCN


Now, for the typical daytime log (frequencies on which there's not really anything to note are omitted):

530: TIS from LAX, plus another TIS under / mixing
540: XESURF Rosarito, BCN
560: KBLU Yuma, AZ - requires external loop
570: KLAC Los Angeles, CA - weak but listenable
590: formerly KTIE San Bernardino, CA, probably impossible now due to KOGO's IBOC
600: KOGO San Diego, CA
610: KOGO's IBOC
620: XESS Tijuana, BCN
640: KFI Los Angeles, CA - fairly good signal
660: formerly KGDP Orcutt, CA - required external loop, they seem to be off air now. usually with loop get image of another station from a different frequency
670: KIRN Simi Valley, CA - quite weak but ID'able
690: XEWW Rosarito, BCN
710: KSPN Los Angeles, CA - somewhat weak but listenable
730: XEEBC Ensenada, BCN - extremely faint, have to dodge KBRT's IBOC
740: KBRT Avalon, CA
760: KFMB San Diego, CA
790: KABC Los Angeles, CA, with loop can hear XESU Mexicali, BCN under KABC
800: XESPN Tijuana, BCN
820: XEVMS Mexicali, BCN - fringe
830: KLAA Orange, CA
850: XEZF Mexicali, BCN - requires loop
860: XEMO Tijuana, BCN
870: KRLA Los Angeles, CA - barely detectable w/o loop
890: TIS from Cabrillo Nat'l Mon - almost requires loop
910: KECR El Cajon, CA
920: possibly KPSI Palm Springs, CA, or XESDA Ensenada, BCN - requires loop
930: KHJ Los Angeles, CA - very faint
940: possibly XEWV Mexicali, BCN - requires loop
950: XEKAM (?) Rosarito, BCN
960: possibly KIXW Apple Valley, CA - requires loop
970: KNWZ Coachella, CA - very faint
980: KFWB Los Angeles, CA - very faint
990: XECL Mexicali, BCN, under it is KTMS Santa Barbara, CA
1000: KCEO Vista, CA - fair signal
1020: KTNQ Los Angeles, CA - very faint
1030: XESDD Puerto Nuevo, BCN - fairly strong
1040: KURS San Diego, CA - fairly strong. interesting that two stations are on adjacent channels in close proximity, but my radios seem to have little trouble separating the two, however, one of them (which separates 1030 and 1040 quite well) practically can't pull out 1110 KDIS out from under 1130 KSDO's splatter - what gives?)
1050: XED Mexicali, BCN - fringe, almost requires loop
1070: KNX Los Angeles, CA - fairly good signal
1090: XEPRS Rosarito, BCN
1110: KDIS San Diego, CA - requires loop or radio with good selectivity (1030 and 1040 are easily separable on most radios - what gives with 1110 vs 1130?)
1130: KSDO San Diego, CA
1150: possibly KTLK Los Angeles, CA, but would require loop and radio with excellent selectivity
1170: KCBQ San Diego, CA
1190: KXMX Anaheim, CA - almost requires loop
1210: KPRZ San Marcos-Poway, CA
1240: KSON San Diego, CA
1250: KZER Santa Barbara, CA - almost requires loop
1270: XEAZ Tijuana, BCN
1280: KFRN Long Beach, CA - quite weak, requires directional null of XEAZ and/or good selectivity
1290: KZSB Santa Barbara, CA - fringe, with loop can sometimes hear KKDD San Bernardino, CA, under KZSB
1300: KROP Brawley, CA - requires loop
1310: XEC Tijuana, BCN
1320: KKSM Oceanside, CA - barely detectable w/o loop
1330: KWKW Los Angeles, CA - usually requires loop
1340: KCLU Santa Barbara, CA- usually requires loop
1350: sometimes KTDD San Bernardino, CA - requires loop, good selectivity and directional null of KLSD
1360: KLSD San Diego, CA
1370: occasionally KWRM Corona, CA - see 1350
1390: XEKT Tecate, BCN
1420: XEXX Tijuana, BCN
1450: KFSD Escondido, CA - fairly weak
1470: XERCN Tijuana, BCN
1490: KIST Santa Barbara, CA - almost requires loop
1500: probably carrier from currently unused TIS near Qualcomm Stadium
1510: KSPA Chino, CA - probably requires loop
1520: KVTA Port Hueneme, CA - barely detectable w/o loop
1530: occasionally KFBK Sacramento, CA, during winter months, usually requires loop to hear well
1540: KMPC Los Angeles, CA - usually requires loop
1550: XEBG Tijuana, BCN
1580: KBLA Santa Monica, CA, occasionally KMIK Tempe, AZ, during winter months - barely detectable w/o loop
1590: probably KUNX Ventura, CA - most likely requires loop
1600: probably KAHZ Pomona, CA - requires loop probably
1620: HAR from San Ysidro, CA
1630: XEUT Tijuana, BCN
1650: KFOX Torrance, CA - requires loop
1670: KHPY Moreno Valley, CA - usually requires loop especially midday
1700: XEPE Tecate, BCN

 

[rbrucecarter5]

I was just out in your neck of the woods. The thing that struck me was just how weak KDIS actually is in the Los Angeles area. Very inadequate signal for such a vast metro area. Your nemesis - KSDO - is a blowtorch way up the coast, long after KDIS fades out. I don't know what the solution is - short of a Disney outlet in San Diego, which should be a priority for the network given the large population there. San Francisco's Disney outlet is also underpowered, not adequate for the Bay area. Perhaps if AM's woes continue, some bigger legacy signals will be ripe for takeover.

 

[pianoplayer88key]

Did you ever get any opportunities to try your loops? I would think you could have gotten much better DX than I could ever hope for with my pocket radio + Select-A-Tenna combo.... a few of the best I've done so far include (all from my home QTH except where noted):
680 KNBR San Francisco, CA - late winter morning. had to null 690 XEWW Rosarito (back when they were XETRA).
700 KALL Salt Lake City, CA - early afternoon (forget time of year). DX'd from Borrego Springs, CA (about 50-60 miles northeast of San Diego), XETRA's signal was weak enough to be a relative non-contender.
810 KGO San Francisco, CA - late winter morning. had to null 800 XESPN Tijuana (this was a while ago and may have been while 800 was still XEMMM).
1530 KFBK Sacramento, CA - winter midday
1580 KMIK Tempe, AZ - winter midday, overpowering co-channel KBLA Santa Monica
Considering how congested the band is here, especially in Los Angeles, you probably wouldn't get the same daytime DX here that you get in TX, though. For example, KOA and WBAP would probably be impossible due to stations in Mexicali, KTWO would get wiped out by one near Rosarito, KKOB might be possible if you're not too close to KFMB's transmitter, but maybe the ground conductivity isn't quite as good (except on the coast, where some of the Santa Barbara graveyard signals come in like a local in beach areas of San Diego, and even sometimes overpower the rumble at night), etc...
Should I even bother trying to build one of the loops? Or is so cal too congested on AM to make it worth it, especially if I'm using a radio with poor selectivity?

 

[rbrucecarter5]

Did you ever get any opportunities to try your loops? I would think you could have gotten much better DX than I could ever hope for with my pocket radio + Select-A-Tenna combo.... a few of the best I've done so far include (all from my home QTH except where noted):
680 KNBR San Francisco, CA - late winter morning. had to null 690 XEWW Rosarito (back when they were XETRA).
700 KALL Salt Lake City, CA - early afternoon (forget time of year). DX'd from Borrego Springs, CA (about 50-60 miles northeast of San Diego), XETRA's signal was weak enough to be a relative non-contender.
810 KGO San Francisco, CA - late winter morning. had to null 800 XESPN Tijuana (this was a while ago and may have been while 800 was still XEMMM).
1530 KFBK Sacramento, CA - winter midday
1580 KMIK Tempe, AZ - winter midday, overpowering co-channel KBLA Santa Monica
Considering how congested the band is here, especially in Los Angeles, you probably wouldn't get the same daytime DX here that you get in TX, though. For example, KOA and WBAP would probably be impossible due to stations in Mexicali, KTWO would get wiped out by one near Rosarito, KKOB might be possible if you're not too close to KFMB's transmitter, but maybe the ground conductivity isn't quite as good (except on the coast, where some of the Santa Barbara graveyard signals come in like a local in beach areas of San Diego, and even sometimes overpower the rumble at night), etc...
Should I even bother trying to build one of the loops? Or is so cal too congested on AM to make it worth it, especially if I'm using a radio with poor selectivity?

No - we had to fly - short notice from my daughter's agent: be on set in one day or lose the part. No room on the plane for loops and such ---

KNBR was a monster signal just north of Santa Clarita, probably one of the clearest 300+ mile daytimers I have ever heard except maybe for WBAP.

I gave familiar signals from the East a try, the band is so congested with closer signals that things like the big Chicago stations don't even have a chance. I did get KOA and KSL by nulling other things, but no WBAP, KKOB, KTWO, KRLD, or even WOAI. Interestingly, I did get hets on 531, but no trace of Turks and Caicos or Cuba, just TIS stuff. No het on 1521 either. This was on a car radio in San Francisco, about the only chance I had to DX during a three day filming break when the main star of the show had her birthday party.

The band seemed pretty packed, I don't know if a loop would help all that much. I would think nulling with a ferrite bar would do more for you. A properly functioning GE Superadio 3 (or RCA now) would be quite a help in wading through the trash, it is pretty darn selective in narrow mode and will seek out signals. I didn't have a chance to pack one - they are pretty bulky. Maybe next trip when I can drive. As long as one parent is on the set, the other parent is free to leave ---- if you can stand LA traffic!

 

[gr8oldies]

Dayton, Ohio area.
Daytime
540 Radio Disney, PA
550 WKRC. Cincy
560 WIND Chicago
570 WKBY, Youngstown OH
590 WVLK Lexington/WKZO Kazoo MI
610 WTVN Columbus
630 WLAP Lex
640 WHLO Akron
660 WXIC Waverly OH
670 WSCR Chicago
700 WLW
720 WGN
730 WJYM Bowling Green OH
740 WNOP Newport KY
760 WJR
770 WAIS Buchtel OH
780 WBBM Chicago
800 CKLW
820 WOSU
840 WHAS Louisville
860 WGOM Marion OH
880 WRFD Columbus OH
910 WPFB Middletown OH
920 WMNI Columbus OH
930 WHON Richmond IN
940 WCIT Lima OH
980 WONE Dayton
1020 KDKA
1050 Cincy
1070 WFNI Indy
1090 WKFI Wilmington OH
1110 WGNZ Fairborn OH (reality at home is WGNZ takes up 1060 to 1150)
1130 WEDI Eaton OH
1160 What use to be WDJO Florence KY
1170 WWVA Wheeling WV
1190 WOWO
1210 WDAO Dayton
1230 Whatever Columbus is this week
1250 WCHO Washington CH OH
1260 WNDE Indianapolis
1270 WUCO Marysville OH
1290 WHIO Dayton
1340 WIZE Springfield OH
1360 WSAI Cincy
1390 WBLL Bellefontaine OH
1410 WING Dayton
1440 WPGW Portland IN
1450 WMOH Hamilton OH
1460 WBNS Columbus
1480 WCIN Cincinnati
1500 WBZI Xenia OH
1530 WCKY Cincy
1550 WDLR Delaware OH
1570 WPTW Piqua OH
1590 WSRW Hillsboro OH
1600 WULM Springfield OH

nite later

 

[cyberdad]

I was just out in your neck of the woods.  The thing that struck me was just how weak KDIS actually is in the Los Angeles area.  Very inadequate signal for such a vast metro area. 

I get out there 2-3 times a year and have noticed the same thing.  This wasn't the case when it was KRLA....which also was no particular problem in San Diego.  Even with 1090 and 1130 on either side.  1090 BTW comes in like a local day/night even on a cheap clock radio in the hotel I use in Santa Barbara.

I also noticed the original poster listed KBLU as the daytime signal on 560.  A couple of years ago, something in Spanish on 560 was doing quite a number on KLAC (570) daytime not long after I crossed into North county.  Never could figure out what it was. KBLU, on the other hand was the standard ration of basically right-wing talk (in English).

 

[gr8oldies]

Any long-time LA residents tell me how KHJ's signal was during their Top 40 heyday vs. now? Always been curious.

 

[radioman148]

Dayton, Ohio area.
Daytime
540 Radio Disney, PA
550 WKRC. Cincy
560 WIND Chicago
570 WKBY, Youngstown OH
590 WVLK Lexington/WKZO Kazoo MI
610 WTVN Columbus
630 WLAP Lex
640 WHLO Akron
660 WXIC Waverly OH
670 WSCR Chicago
700 WLW
720 WGN
730 WJYM Bowling Green OH
740 WNOP Newport KY
760 WJR
770 WAIS Buchtel OH
780 WBBM Chicago
800 CKLW
820 WOSU
840 WHAS Louisville
860 WGOM Marion OH
880 WRFD Columbus OH
910 WPFB Middletown OH
920 WMNI Columbus OH
930 WHON Richmond IN
940 WCIT Lima OH
980 WONE Dayton
1020 KDKA
1050 Cincy
1070 WFNI Indy
1090 WKFI Wilmington OH
1110 WGNZ Fairborn OH (reality at home is WGNZ takes up 1060 to 1150)
1130 WEDI Eaton OH
1160 What use to be WDJO Florence KY
1170 WWVA Wheeling WV
1190 WOWO
1210 WDAO Dayton
1230 Whatever Columbus is this week
1250 WCHO Washington CH OH
1260 WNDE Indianapolis
1270 WUCO Marysville OH
1290 WHIO Dayton
1340 WIZE Springfield OH
1360 WSAI Cincy
1390 WBLL Bellefontaine OH
1410 WING Dayton
1440 WPGW Portland IN
1450 WMOH Hamilton OH
1460 WBNS Columbus
1480 WCIN Cincinnati
1500 WBZI Xenia OH
1530 WCKY Cincy
1550 WDLR Delaware OH
1570 WPTW Piqua OH
1590 WSRW Hillsboro OH
1600 WULM Springfield OH

nite later

Surprised you get WIND during the day with 550 Cincy & WIND sending most of their signal north.

 

[radioman148]

Did you ever get any opportunities to try your loops? I would think you could have gotten much better DX than I could ever hope for with my pocket radio + Select-A-Tenna combo.... a few of the best I've done so far include (all from my home QTH except where noted):
680 KNBR San Francisco, CA - late winter morning. had to null 690 XEWW Rosarito (back when they were XETRA).
700 KALL Salt Lake City, CA - early afternoon (forget time of year). DX'd from Borrego Springs, CA (about 50-60 miles northeast of San Diego), XETRA's signal was weak enough to be a relative non-contender.
810 KGO San Francisco, CA - late winter morning. had to null 800 XESPN Tijuana (this was a while ago and may have been while 800 was still XEMMM).
1530 KFBK Sacramento, CA - winter midday
1580 KMIK Tempe, AZ - winter midday, overpowering co-channel KBLA Santa Monica
Considering how congested the band is here, especially in Los Angeles, you probably wouldn't get the same daytime DX here that you get in TX, though. For example, KOA and WBAP would probably be impossible due to stations in Mexicali, KTWO would get wiped out by one near Rosarito, KKOB might be possible if you're not too close to KFMB's transmitter, but maybe the ground conductivity isn't quite as good (except on the coast, where some of the Santa Barbara graveyard signals come in like a local in beach areas of San Diego, and even sometimes overpower the rumble at night), etc...
Should I even bother trying to build one of the loops? Or is so cal too congested on AM to make it worth it, especially if I'm using a radio with poor selectivity?

On a winter mid day I heard KGO, & KNBR near Laguna Beach.

 

[radioman148]

I was just out in your neck of the woods. The thing that struck me was just how weak KDIS actually is in the Los Angeles area. Very inadequate signal for such a vast metro area.

I get out there 2-3 times a year and have noticed the same thing. This wasn't the case when it was KRLA....which also was no particular problem in San Diego. Even with 1090 and 1130 on either side. 1090 BTW comes in like a local day/night even on a cheap clock radio in the hotel I use in Santa Barbara.

I also noticed the original poster listed KBLU as the daytime signal on 560. A couple of years ago, something in Spanish on 560 was doing quite a number on KLAC (570) daytime not long after I crossed into North county. Never could figure out what it was. KBLU, on the other hand was the standard ration of basically right-wing talk (in English).

1110 did have a good signal into San Diego when it was KRLA.

 

[gr8oldies]

I don't get WIND well at all but it can be dug out of the mud in parts of the area.

 

[radioman148]

I don't get WIND well at all but it can be dug out of the mud in parts of the area.

OK, what about at night?

 

[Icangelp]

Surprised you get WIND during the day with 550 Cincy & WIND sending most of their signal north.

I also receive 560 WIND here in Cincinnati daytimes with WKRC nulled , although I do have to use a ferrite loop antenna to receive them. I can hear WIND at night also. As I recall, WIND has a fairly strong signal in central Indiana during the day.

Here in Cincinnati, the strongest Chicago day signal is 780 KHZ, the strongest of the weak day signals that is. Days I can also receive 670, 720, 890 but very weak, and 1000 on a good day. 720 is sandwiched between our locals 700WLW and 740WNOP, so you need a good radio/antenna to receive it, but it puts in a good night signal. I love listening to that Milt Rosenburg guy on WGN evenings.

Sunset skip 820, 850, 1030. 1690 booms in here for sss when on their 10KW power.

Nights, 560, 670, 720, 780, 890, 1000, we have a local on 1160, & 1690 weak but regular.

I'm using a pretty good receiver / antenna combination in order to receive the day sigs, although in winter I have received them on some small portable radios.

 

[radioman148]

Surprised you get WIND during the day with 550 Cincy & WIND sending most of their signal north.

I also receive 560 WIND here in Cincinnati daytimes with WKRC nulled , although I do have to use a ferrite loop antenna to receive them. I can hear WIND at night also. As I recall, WIND has a fairly strong signal in central Indiana during the day.

Here in Cincinnati, the strongest Chicago day signal is 780 KHZ, the strongest of the weak day signals that is. Days I can also receive 670, 720, 890 but very weak, and 1000 on a good day. 720 is sandwiched between our locals 700WLW and 740WNOP, so you need a good radio/antenna to receive it, but it puts in a good night signal. I love listening to that Milt Rosenburg guy on WGN evenings.

Sunset skip 820, 850, 1030. 1690 booms in here for sss when on their 10KW power.

Nights, 560, 670, 720, 780, 890, 1000, we have a local on 1160, & 1690 weak but regular.

I'm using a pretty good receiver / antenna combination in order to receive the day sigs, although in winter I have received them on some small portable radios.

You get Chicago better than I thought you would. One of 850's lobes heads that way.

 

[MikeStandardsFromIndiana]

Anderson Indiana

My AM Band Daytime Nighttime
530 TIS TIS
540 Milwaukee mess
550 WKRC WKRC/WGR/KTRS mix
560 WIND WIND
570 1470 Anderson hum Nothing
580 Champaign Mess
590 WKZO Mess
600 Nothing Graveyard
610 WTVN WTVN/KCSP
620 WTMJ WTMJ
630 WLAP Graveyard
640 Ontario Spanish
650 Weak WSM WSM
660 Weak Ohio WFAN
670 WSCR WSCR/Spanish
680 Louisville WCNN/Spanish
690 hash hash
700 WLW WLW
710 Hash WOR
720 WGN WGN
730 Bowling Green OH Graveyard
740 WNOP Toronto
750 WNDZ WSB
760 WJR WJR
770 Weak Columbus OH WABC
780 WBBM WBBM
790 WKRD WKRD/Norfolk VA/WQXI
800 CKLW CKLW
810 WSYW WGY
820 WSCR/WOSU WBAP
830 Nothing WCCO
840 WHAS WHAS
850 Nothing KOA
860 WMRI Graveyard
870 Nothing WWL
880 WRFD WCBS
890 WLS WLS
900 Nothing CHML
910 WPFB Graveyard
920 WBAA Graveyard
930 WHON Graveyard
940 Nothing Graveyard
950 WXLW Weak WWJ
960 WSBT Graveyard
970 WGTK Graveyard
980 WONE WONE
990 Muncie IN Graveyard
1000 WMVP WMVP
1010 WCSI CFRB/WINS
1020 Nothing KDKA
1030 Nothing WBZ
1040 Mess WHO
1050 Elkhart IN Weak WEPN/weak CHUM
1060 Mess KYW
1070 WFNI WFNI/Sarnia ON
1080 Mess KRLD/WTIC both Weak battlers
1090 Ft Wayne IN Weak WBAL
1100 Weak WTAM WTAM
1110 Dayton OH WBT/Omaha NB
1120 Weak KMOX KMOX
1130 Dayton OH Graveyard
1140 Mess WRVA
1150 WIMA Graveyard
1160 Cincy Cincy/WYLL
1170 Mess WWVA weakly
1180 Mess WHAM
1190 WOWO WOWO
1200 Mess WOAI
1210 WDAO WPHT
1220 Mess Cleveland
1230 Hash Hash
1240 WHBU WHBU
1250 Hash/Weak WGL WEAE
1260 WNDE WNDE
1270 Mess Mess
1280 Weak WGBF WGBF
1290 WHIO WHIO/WRIL
1300 Mess Mess
1310 WTLC Weak WDTW
1320 Mess Mess
1330 WTRE Graveyard
1340 WXFN WXFN
1350 WIOU WIOU
1360 WSAI WSAI
1370 WGCL Graveyard
1380 WKJG Graveyard
1390 WZZB Graveyard
1400 WBAT Graveyard
1410 WING WING
1420 Mess Graveyard
1430 WXNT WXNT/Graveyard Mess including Tronto and St Louis
1440 Weak WPGW Graveyard
1450 WASK Graveyard
1460 Hash Hash
1470 WGNR WGNR/Graveyard
1480 Hash Graveyard
1490 WKBV Graveyard
1500 WBRI WTOP/KSTP
1510 Wasbash IN WLAC
1520 Shelbyville IN WKBW
1530 WCKY WCKY
1540 Hash Iowa
1550 WMDH Weak WMDH
1560 WCNW WQEW
1570 WILO Graveyard
1580 WIFE weak WIFE
1590 WNTS Graveyard
1600 WARU Graveyard
1610 Mess Graveyard
1620 WDND Graveyard
1630 Graveyard Iowa
1640 Graveyard Graveyard
1650 Graveyard Graveyard
1660 Kazoo NYC
1670 Graveyard Graveyard
1680 Graveyard Graveyard
1690 WRLL Graveyard
1700 Graveyard Graveyard

 

[gr8oldies]

I don't get WIND well at all but it can be dug out of the mud in parts of the area.

OK, what about at night?

I'll get to it (if you're asking about WIND, no, I don't get it at night.

 

[MarcB]

Daytime: Bristol, Connecticut Radio: Stock Radio 95 Pontiac Sunfire. Reception of stations varies day to day it seems.

540 WLIE Islip, Long Island - Spanish Christian "Radio Cantico Nuevo"
560 WHYN Springfield, MA - News/Talk "News-Talk 560"
600 WICC Bridgeport, CT - Talk
610 WSNG Torrington, CT - Talk "Talk of Connecticut" (simulcasts WDRC AM)
630 WPRO Providence, RI - Talk
640 WNNZ Westfield, MA - NPR
660 WFAN NYC - Sports - "66 The Fan"
690 WADS Ansonia, CT - Spanish Religious "Amor 690" (Daytime Only Station)
710 WOR NYC - Talk "NewsTalk Radio 710"
730 WACE Chicopee, MA - Religious (Daytime Only Station)
740 WNYH Huntington, Long Island - Oldies/Infomercials (Daytime only Station)
760 WVNE Leicester, MA - Religious "Life Changing Radio" (Daytime Only Station)
770 WABC NYC - Talk "77 WABC"
790 WPRV Providence, RI - Business Talk/Yankees Baseball (sometimes I don't get anything)
800 WLAD Danbury, CT - Talk "Radio 80 WLAD" or nothing
840 WRYM New Britain, CT - Tropical "La Gigante"
860 WSBS Great Barrington, MA - AC
880 WCBS NYC - All News/Yankees Baseball "NewsRadio 880"
910 WLAT New Britain, CT - Tropical "Mega 910"
940 WINE Brookfield, CT - ESPN Radio (Daytime Only Station)
960 WELI New Haven, CT - News/Talk "NewsTalk 960"
990 WXCT Southington, CT - Spanish Christian "Radio Cantico Nuevo" (Italian and Polka Shows on Sundays)
1010 WINS NYC - All News "1010 WINS"
1030 WBZ Boston, MA - All News "NewsRadio 1030"
1050 WEPN NYC - ESPN Radio
1080 WTIC Hartford, CT News/Talk "NewsTalk 1080"
1120 WPRX Bristol, CT Tropical "La Puertoricanmisima"
1150 WMRD Middletown, CT Talk
1170 WCTF Vernon, CT - Religious "Family Radio" (Daytime Only Station)
1190 WLIB NYC - Gospel
1220 WQUN Hamden, CT - Standards/Boston Redsox Baseball
1230 WNEZ Manchester, CT - Spanish AC "Latina 1230"
1240 WWCO Waterbury, CT - Talk "Talk of Connecticut" (Simulcasts WDRC AM)
1270 WSPR Springfield, MA - Tropical "Power 1270"
1290 WCCC West Hartford, CT - Classical "Beethoven Radio"
1300 WAVZ New Haven, CT - ESPN Radio
1320 WATR Waterbury, CT - Oldies/Talk
1360 WDRC Hartford, CT - Talk "Talk of Connecticut"
1380 WFNW Naugatuck, CT - Tropical "Galaxia 1380"
1410 WPOP Hartford, CT - ESPN Radio
1470 WMMW Meriden, CT - Talk "Talk of Connecticut" (Simulcasts WDRC AM)
1500 WFIF Milford, CT - Religious "Life Changing Radio" (Daytime Only Station)
1550 WDZK Bloomfield, CT - Radio Disney

 

[radioman148]

I don't get WIND well at all but it can be dug out of the mud in parts of the area.

OK, what about at night?

I'll get to it (if you're asking about WIND, no, I don't get it at night.

I didn't think you would.

 

[crainbebo]

My AM Band at Daytime.

Radio-Grundig G5

Varies by day to day for some channels.

(CC)-Clear channel station

530-Jumble of TIS stations
540: Have logged the very new Burien TIS here, otherwise nothing
550: KARI Blaine, WA-Religious "KARI 55"
560: KPQ Wenatchee, WA-News/Talk "News/Talk 560 KPQ"
570: KVI Seattle, WA "Talk Radio 570 KVI"
590: extremely faint station, yet to identify
610: KONA Pasco, WA-News/Talk "Information Radio 610" (extremely faint without a Select-A-Tenna)
620: KPOJ Portland, OR-Progressive Talk "Portland's Progressive Talk"
630: KCIS Edmonds, WA-Religious "AM 630 KCIS"
650: CISL Vancouver, BC-Adult Standards "All Time Favourites"
660: KAPS Mount Vernon, WA-Country "Today's Best Country"
680: KBRD Lacey, WA-Nostalgia (Daytime only, night is KNBR)
690: CBU Vancouver, BC-CBC Radio 1
700: KXLX Airway Heights-Sports only about 2 weeks every year, around the winter solstice
710: KIRO Seattle, WA-Sports "ESPN Radio 710" (CC)
730: CHMJ Vancouver, BC-Traffic "AM 730"
740: KCIS Edmonds, WA bleed in wide bandwidth (only 6 miles away), nothing in narrow bandwidth
750: KXL Portland, OR-News/Talk/Information "News-Talk 750 KXL"
770: KTTH Seattle, WA-Talk "The Truth"
790: KGMI Bellingham, WA-News/Talk
800: sometimes a very faint carrier, yet to identify
810: KTBI Ephrata, WA-Religious
820: KGNW Seattle, WA-Christian Talk
850: KHHO Tacoma, WA-Sports "Fox Sports Radio 850"
860: KPAM Troutdale, OR-Talk "K-PAM"
880: KIXI Bellevue, WA-Adult Standards
900: CKMO Victoria, BC-World Music "Village 900"/KKRT Wenatchee, WA-ESPN Radio sometimes under
910: very faint KTRO Vancouver, WA in winter
920: KGTK Olympia, WA-Alternative Talk "MegaTalk 920"/sometimes KXLY Spokane in winter
930: KBAI Bellingham, WA-Progressive Talk
950: KJR Seattle, WA-Sports
980: CKNW New Westminister, BC-Talk
1000: KOMO Seattle, WA-All News "KOMO 1000 News Radio" (CC)
1020: KYXE Union Gap, WA-Spanish "La Gran D 1020"
1030: KMAS Shelton, WA-Oldies
1040: CKST Vancouver, BC-Sports "Team 1040"
1050: KBLE Kirkland, WA-EWTN
1070: CFAX Victoria, BC-News/Talk
1080: KFXX Portland, OR-Sports "1080 The Fan"
1090: KPTK Seattle, WA-Progressive Talk
1110: KWDB Oak Harbor, WA-Adult Contemporary/News/Talk
1130: CKWX Vancouver, BC-All News
1150: KKNW Bellevue, WA-Alternative Talk
1170: KPUG Bellingham, WA-Sports
1180: KLAY Tacoma, WA-News/Talk
1190: KEX Portland, OR-News/Talk "News Radio 1190 KEX" (CC, very faintly all day except around December/January)
1200: CJRJ Vancouver, BC-Muiticultural/Indian/Bollywood "RJ 1200"
1210: KTBK Auburn, WA-Regional Mexican "Ke Buena"
1230: KWYZ Everett, WA-Korean "Radio Hankook"/KKEE Astoria, OR-Talk/KDYM Sunnyside, WA-Spanish "La Gran D 1230"
1240: KGY Olympia, WA-Adult Contemporary/News/Talk/KXLE Ellensburg, WA-News/Talk
1250: KKDZ Seattle, WA-Children's Music "Radio Disney AM 1250"/KWSU Pullman, WA-Public Radio **VERY RARE in the Daytime**!
1260: KWEI Boise, ID-Regional Mexican **ONLY IN MORNINGS EXCEPT WINTER**
1270: KBAM Longview, WA logged only about 3 or 4 times, otherwise nothing
1280: KLDY Olympia, WA-ESPN Deportes/KIT Yakima, WA-News/Talk (Rare)
1290: KUMA Pendleton, OR (Rare)
1300: KKOL Seattle, WA-Conservative Talk "1300 KOL"/KAPL Jacksonville, OR-Religious only logged **ONCE!**
1310: nothing summer, mix winter
1320: CHMB Vancouver, BC-Chinese/KXRO Aberdeen, WA-News/Talk
1330: KGRG Auburn, WA-Alternative Rock
1340: KWLE Anacortes, WA-Hot AC/KUOW Tumwater, WA-Public Radio (simulcast of 94.9)/mix
1350: KRLC Lewiston, ID **VERY RARELY**
1360: KKMO Tacoma, WA/KUIK Hillsboro, OR (Kinda rare)
1380: KRKO Everett, WA-Sports "North Sound 1380 ESPN Radio"
1390: KJOX Yakima, WA (Rare since KRKO turned on IBOC)
1400: KITZ Silverdale, WA-Talk "Mega Talk 1400"/KLCK Goldendale, WA-Oldies, others
1410: CFUN Vancouver, BC-Talk "The Buzz of Vancouver"
1420: KRIZ Renton, WA-R&B/KITI Centralia, WA-Oldies
1430: KBRC Mt. Vernon, WA-Oldies/KYKN Keizer, OR-Talk sometimes
1440: not much
1450: KSUH Puyallup, WA-Korean/KBKW Aberdeen, WA-News/Talk/KONP Port Angeles, WA-News/Talk
1460: KARR Kirkland, WA-Family Radio/KUTI Yakima, WA **RARE UNDER KARR**
1470: KELA Centralia, WA-News/Talk/CJVB Vancouver, BC-Muiticultural
1480: KNTB Tacoma, WA-ESPN Deportes/KBMS Vancouver, WA-Urban R&B/Hip Hop
1490: KBRO Bremerton, WA-ESPN Deportes/KWOK Hoquiam, WA-ESPN/KBIS Forks, WA-Classic Country/KLOG Kelso, WA-Oldies/KEYG Grand Coulee, WA-Classic Hits
1510: KGA Spokane, WA-Sports (CC) **VERY RARELY!**
1520: KGDD Portland, OR-Regional Mexican "La Gran D 1520"
1530: KFBK Sacramento, CA **EXTREMELY RARE DURING DAYTIME HOURS!!!!!!!** (615 miles!!!)
1540: KXPA Bellevue, WA-Multicultural
1550: KRPI Blaine, WA-Punjabi/KKAD Vancouver, WA-Adult Standards "Sunny 1550"
1560: KZIZ Renton, WA-Gospel
1590: KLFE Seattle, WA-Russian/Christian Talk
1600: KVRI Blaine, WA/KOHI St. Helens, OR (Rare)
1610: WPKL360 Woodinville, WA-TIS/WPUJ642 Kingston, WA-Ferry TIS
1620: KYIZ Renton, WA-R&B/Hip Hop
1640: KDZR Lake Oswego, OR-Radio Disney
1650: Redmond Community Radio, Redmond, WA-TIS
1660: KTIQ Merced, CA **ULTRA-RARE LOGGING AND ULTRA-RARE DURING DAYTIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**
1680: KNTS Seattle, WA-Spanish
1700: City of Issaquah, Issaquah, WA-TIS **RARE**

-crainbebo

 

[schmave]

Surprised you get WIND during the day with 550 Cincy & WIND sending most of their signal north.

I also receive 560 WIND here in Cincinnati daytimes with WKRC nulled , although I do have to use a ferrite loop antenna to receive them. I can hear WIND at night also. As I recall, WIND has a fairly strong signal in central Indiana during the day.

Here in Cincinnati, the strongest Chicago day signal is 780 KHZ, the strongest of the weak day signals that is. Days I can also receive 670, 720, 890 but very weak, and 1000 on a good day. 720 is sandwiched between our locals 700WLW and 740WNOP, so you need a good radio/antenna to receive it, but it puts in a good night signal. I love listening to that Milt Rosenburg guy on WGN evenings.

Sunset skip 820, 850, 1030. 1690 booms in here for sss when on their 10KW power.

Nights, 560, 670, 720, 780, 890, 1000, we have a local on 1160, & 1690 weak but regular.

I'm using a pretty good receiver / antenna combination in order to receive the day sigs, although in winter I have received them on some small portable radios.

WLW's IBOC is clearly heard under WGN in the St. Marys, Ohio area. I don't see how you could get it daytime in Cincinnati! I hate hearing the crap hamper WLW's otherwise crisp signal.