What stations from the Boston and Providence areas can be regularly be received across the country and from which areas? I know that Boston's WBZ has a very strong signal and can be received over about half of the country, but what about other Boston/Providence areas stations, like Boston's WRKO, WEEI, WXKS AM, WCRN; or Providence's WPRO or WHJJ for example?
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Radio stations from Boston and Providence areas DXed regularly nationwide
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Received here in West Michigan:
WPRO: Not a regular, but heard once recently (CFCO usually dominates).
WBZ: Of course a regular every since I can remember.
WCRN: Was making a regular appearance back in December and sometimes overtaking dominant WCCO. Also reported here by others members in the Midwest.
I can't comment on the other stations as I haven't heard them here, yet
WPRO: Not a regular, but heard once recently (CFCO usually dominates).
WBZ: Of course a regular every since I can remember.
WCRN: Was making a regular appearance back in December and sometimes overtaking dominant WCCO. Also reported here by others members in the Midwest.
I can't comment on the other stations as I haven't heard them here, yet
kilokat7 said:Received here in West Michigan:
WPRO: Not a regular, but heard once recently (CFCO usually dominates).
WBZ: Of course a regular every since I can remember.
WCRN: Was making a regular appearance back in December and sometimes overtaking dominant WCCO. Also reported here by others members in the Midwest.
I can't comment on the other stations as I haven't heard them here, yet
The only one I've ever heard here in the Chicago area in my 50 years of DXing is WBZ.
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Most of the AM's in New England (with WBZ being the big exception) are nulled to the west and south, so it's rare for them to pop up on DX. WTIC (1080/Hartford) does tend to make it part of the way down the east coast at night. I've gotten it fairly regularly in Philly, even with KYW two frequencies down the dial. The IBOC hash makes it more difficult than it used to be.
Now, if you are DXing from the EAST, you'll make out better. There's a lot of signals that go out over the water. WBZ often comes in like a local in Bermuda. Stations like WRKO, WEEI & WWZN in Boston and WALE/Providence are frequently picked up in the Canadian Maritimes and in Ireland as well. I've heard WWZN is a fairly regular catch as far away as Norway!
Now, if you are DXing from the EAST, you'll make out better. There's a lot of signals that go out over the water. WBZ often comes in like a local in Bermuda. Stations like WRKO, WEEI & WWZN in Boston and WALE/Providence are frequently picked up in the Canadian Maritimes and in Ireland as well. I've heard WWZN is a fairly regular catch as far away as Norway!
fmradio1 said:
Exactly. From Chicago and points west, the only dependable signal from New England is WBZ and now - thanks to that atrocious IBOC hash - even 'BZ isn't as easy to catch as it once was. I recall WTIC boasting (at one time) about having coverage in '38' states. Clearly that's the hackneyed boast, because I seriously doubt they reached that many even during clear channel days thanks to the existence of KRLD. Try as I might, I have yet to positively ID WTIC from IL, WI or anywhere to the west. It's KRLD and a number of newer local/regional signals that dominate the frequency.
As noted earlier I also got WCRN back in December. That has not happened since then, however. My suspicion is that they were having some issues with their directional setup at the time and may have been allowing more signal westward than their normal nighttime pattern would allow. So, basically, WBZ and freak reception of WCRN. I haven't picked up WPRO from the Chicago area, though I might give it more of a try next winter. Usually that frequency is a mix of slop from WTMJ, occasional signal from WLAP Lexington, KY, and numerous others that are too weak to ID.
BRNout said:
Even further east than you here in central Ohio, you could make a case WBZ is the only dependable New England signal. WTIC doesn't make it into Ohio nearly as well as it used to. Whenever I do listen to 1080, I have just as good a chance of hearing KRLD, which as recently as 2006 I don't remember ever hearing here.
WBZ's hash blows KDKA and WHO out of the water here before sundown many evenings. It is a monster and I can imagine how much worse it is on the East Coast than here, more than 700 miles away.
WHO and KDKA get even with WBZ here in the midwest where the hizz/buzz sometimes makes its otherwise clear signal impossible to listen to for long. Sometimes, I hear the buzz covering 1030 and can't even tell where it's coming from because it can even happen at times when neither KDKA nor WHO are in particularly well. The entire IBOC on AM idea is a complete cluster dreamed up by clowns who would prefer to ignore the laws of physics than to ignore their sales slime.
Here in Central KY, only WBZ is regularly heard at night. In fact, on cold winter days, I have heard BZ at High noon on more than one occasion here. Like others have said, WCRN was regularly heard here late last year when they forgot how to switch to their night pattern for several weeks...
More than 20 years ago I heard WRKO 680 and the 1510 (don't recall the call letters then) out of Bean Town...Usually it's just "BZ". Ditto on WCRN, they had to have not switched patterns for many nights in a row last winter - still can't figure it out that many broadcasters fail to check their signal periodically to make sure they are on licensed facilities - doesn't the FCC fine unauthorized operation? As for WTIC, I have heard them recently (in the last few months)...look for them around local sunrise/sunset when WBAL 1090 Baltimore is coming in well, you may just snag them! And that Dunlap, TN station on 1190 (WSDQ) was on at night again a few nights ago!
I'm from New England but stayed 6 nites in IA last summer near Labor Day. WBZ was a monstah in West Branch IA (about 100-120 mi E of Des Moines and listenable (albeit noticeably weaker) in Donnellson IA (about 140 mi SE of Des Moines. I was using an old Bose Wave in the motel room. (That was the time period where I caught KFI in Richmond IN on the IN- OH line but that's another story.)
FWIW I caught WTIC and KRLD on 1080 on I-81 near Roanoke (going S) where I had TIC then lost it to KRLD. This was early AM.
FWIW I caught WTIC and KRLD on 1080 on I-81 near Roanoke (going S) where I had TIC then lost it to KRLD. This was early AM.
vibe said:
Both pretty impressive. How was WBZ's IBOC impacting WHO in that area? Guessing you might have been in WHO's cancellation zone but that's a guess.
KRLD heard in Virginia. Wow. Their null toward Hartford doesn't seem to work as well as it used to, which is perfectly mine with me!
The Bose Wave doesn't seem to pick up a lot of hiss on AM. But it does. In Wset Branch IA (only 1 nite) WHO and WBZ were almost the same strength. But about 75+ mi directly due S in Donnellson (the rest of the stay) wBZ was noticeably weaker, albeit listenable) than the dominant WHO.
The signals for WTIC and KRLD on I-81) were nothing to write home about. I was just playing with the radio and taking shots for KSL and KFI and others (unsuccessful). I did get WOAI 1200 in Roanoke Rapids NC 2 weeks ago in a motel room. WBZ was much stronger, TIC so so.
The signals for WTIC and KRLD on I-81) were nothing to write home about. I was just playing with the radio and taking shots for KSL and KFI and others (unsuccessful). I did get WOAI 1200 in Roanoke Rapids NC 2 weeks ago in a motel room. WBZ was much stronger, TIC so so.
Man, you must really be old. ;Dradioman148 said:kilokat7 said:Received here in West Michigan:
WPRO: Not a regular, but heard once recently (CFCO usually dominates).
WBZ: Of course a regular every since I can remember.
WCRN: Was making a regular appearance back in December and sometimes overtaking dominant WCCO. Also reported here by others members in the Midwest.
I can't comment on the other stations as I haven't heard them here, yet
The only one I've ever heard here in the Chicago area in my 50 years of DXing is WBZ.
Same here, except late last year I heard WCRN over WCCO.
While we are on the subject of WCCO, they are often overpowered by the NC and MO stations on the frequency well into the night. If I were them, I'd be raising cane.
40+ years' DXing in my home area in far Northwest Suburban Chicago and my New England catches are confined pretty much to WBZ and WTIC. The latter pretty much is limited to just before local sunrise after the DA is turned off. It's been known to sneak in on the night pattern, but that's really rare these days.
'BZ on the other hand was always a nightly "monstah".....and sometimes still is! Despite it's own noisemaker and the noisemakers on KDKA and WHO. There's a local rimshot on 1030 that get's trashed by 'BZ just about every night....when they're even on at all.
'BZ on the other hand was always a nightly "monstah".....and sometimes still is! Despite it's own noisemaker and the noisemakers on KDKA and WHO. There's a local rimshot on 1030 that get's trashed by 'BZ just about every night....when they're even on at all.
kilokat7 said:Icangelp said:
Old enough to remember listening to Larry Glick during the wee hours of the night. I suppose that does make me old
I Remember Larry Glick, Norm Nathan & Jerry Williams well and I am old!
I did err on one thing, I have heard WTIC in the Chicago area so that makes two New England stations that I've heard here.
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