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Since WLS (and to a lesser extent WCFL

I lived in Springfield. We were close the WMAK towers, but we were out of the night pattern. WKDA AM had a fair signal till the night power down. I had live North of Chicago so I was familiar with WLS and WCLF. WLS and WCFL were strong at night at my Grandmother's farm in WV too. Before I we lived in Springfield we lived in Central City KY. Just about every teenager I knew listened to WLS at night.

WLAC hired Dick Kent to program and replace the "news" part of "news & blues" around 1972(?). I was in the Air Force when John R retired and WLAC was top forty till at least 10pm.

IMHO: WLS was THE top 40 station at night for maybe 25% (geographically) of America.
 
Back when Class I-A frequencies were unduplicated, and electrical noise was much less than today, much of the Continental 48 states and border areas of Canada and Mexico could hear WLS. I-Bs like WCFL could also be heard in much of the North American Continent, particularly in the directions favored by DAs. You could also use a short vertical with a tuned circuit and ground, better still with a tuned preamp. Tuned loops did quite well also. With considerable gain over a ferrite antenna, it drove the signal into statistically lower field strength areas. People in remote areas often used these. Even ground waves could be heard much further.
 
secondchoice said:
I lived in Springfield. We were close the WMAK towers, but we were out of the night pattern. WKDA AM had a fair signal till the night power down. I had live North of Chicago so I was familiar with WLS and WCLF. WLS and WCFL were strong at night at my Grandmother's farm in WV too. Before I we lived in Springfield we lived in Central City KY. Just about every teenager I knew listened to WLS at night.

WLAC hired Dick Kent to program and replace the "news" part of "news & blues" around 1972(?). I was in the Air Force when John R retired and WLAC was top forty till at least 10pm.

IMHO: WLS was THE top 40 station at night for maybe 25% (geographically) of America.
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Yep. I listened to both WLS and WCFL easily at night in Northwestern West Virginia.
 


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