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Springfield, IL AM Bandscan Highlights 8/6/33

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cyberdad

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Saturday night my travels took me to Springfield, Illinois. 90 ,miles northeast of St. Louis, 180 miles southwest of Chicago. Noise free hotel room, so naturally, I fired up the C Crane Skywave and started DXing. Basically from 4-5am CDT. About an hour before sunrise. A few notes that may be of interest to some of you...

660: WFAN weak. Something unidentifiable underneath
670: R. Rebelde behind WSCR. Barely Audible, but definitely there.
740: CFZM Blasting
770: WABC very good
870: WWL good
970: WMAY local. Is now classic rock. So if you're now hearing 70s-80s on 90, it could be WMAY
1090: KAAY Blasting. Obviously still running 50 kw.
1180 Semi-local WLDS fighting it out with R. Rebelde "chorus" and getting the better of it. WHAM a distant third. 2-watts? Doubtful.
1240: local with audible GY slop underneath
1450: local WCVS strong and alone. No slop underneath
1520: KRHW (Sikeston. MO) vs KOKC. Trading places on top.
1630: KCJJ Strongest X band signal...by far.
 
Update: For anyone who might be wondering about WMAY....

They migrated their longstanding news-talk formatto FM. WMAY-FM was launched in 2021 on 92.7. 11.5kw from a 460 foot stick. COL is actually Taylorville, IL, but the transmitter is located on the eastern outskirts of Springfield. The classic rock format on AM drives a 250-watt translator and is branded as "The Lake 102.5".
 
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