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The AM Band at Night in Eastern PA Part 1 (530-790)

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SweetJumper

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This is a listing of all the stations I have received. I rank the signal strength on a 1-5 scale(5 being the strongest) I'm not including the stations I get day and night. I used a rather small Sony radio with no external antenna or special equipment attached, just an internal ferrite bar antenna. I got most of these in the last 2 years. I live about 90 miles west of Philadelphia.


526 ZLS Stella Maris, Bahamas (beacon) 1
Faintly audible with splatter from RVC 530 mixed in.

530 CM?? Cuba 2
Radio Rebelde was heard under RVC once.

530 RVC Turks and Caicos 2

540 WETC Wendell-Zebulon, NC 2
Identified by hearing them mention Zebulon and the "La Regia" slogan.

540 WFLF Pine Hills, FL 2

540 WGTH Richlands, VA 2

540 WLIE Islip, NY 2
Heard the call letters and mentioned "Radio Cantico Nuevo" Spanish religious network.

540 WWCS Canonsburg, PA 2
The most commonly heard signal on 540.

550 WGR Buffalo, NY 2

550 WIOZ Pinehurst, NC 2
Heard the "Music of Your Life" slogan.

560 CFOS Owen Sound, ON 2

560 CMIA Cuba 2
Radio Rebelde audible.

570 CMDC Santa Clara, Cuba 2

570 WSYR Syracuse, NY 2

580 WCHS Charleston, WV 2
Heard under semi-local WHP.

590 CJCL Toronto, ON 1
Heard a 416 area code, sports talk and "The Fan" slogan.

600 CMKV Urbano Noris, Cuba 2
Radio Rebelde. 150 kW

610 CKTB St. Catharines, ON 2
Sometimes fights with Philly's WIP.

610 CMAN Cuba 1

620 CMJA Cuba 1
Picked up briefly in the mix of signals.

620 WRJZ Knoxville, KY 2

620 WTMJ Milwaukee, WI 2
I had the station for 10 minutes. Heard "News Radio 620 WTMJ", a few commercials, then I lost it. Only got it once.

620 WVMT Burlington, VT 2
There for a short period of time before vanishing.

620 WWNR Beckley, WV 2

630 CFCO Chatham, ON 2
Only recieved once, but had an impressive signal, coming over WMAL at times.

630 WBMQ Savannah, GA 2
Fought with WMAL.

630 WPRO Providence, RI 2
Heard under/over WMAL.

640 CMBC Guanabacoa, Cuba 2
Has a nice signal in the fall & winter.

640 WFNC Fayetteville, NC 2

640 WHLO Akron, OH 2

650 CMLE Cuba 1
Way under WSM.

650 WSM Nashville, TN 3

660 WLFJ Greenville, SC 2
Daytimer on at night. Battled with WFAN.

670 CMQ Arroyo Arenas, Cuba 2

670 WSCR Chicago, IL 3

670 WWFE Miami, FL 1
I heard "This is WWFE Miami." ID in English, followed by Spanish talk. Under CMQ and WSCR.

680 CFTR Toronto, ON 2
ID'ed by hearing the "680 News" slogan. Fought Baltimore and Raleigh.

680 WCNN Atlanta, GA 2
"Atlanta's Sports Station" came in a few times.

680 WKAZ Charleston, WV 1
Heard "68 KAZ" once.

680 WPTF Raleigh, NC 2
Fights WCBM regularly.

690 CINF Montreal, QC 2

700 WLW Cincinnati, OH 3

710 CJRN Niagara Falls, ON 1
Weakly heard in the mix of CMW and WOR.

710 CMW La Julia, Cuba 2
Under WOR.

720 WGN Chicago, IL 3

730 CKAC Montreal, QC 2

730 WOHS Shelby, NC 2

740 CFZM Toronto, ON 3

740 KRMG Tulsa, OK 1
Faintly audible when the radio's pointed toward Tulsa.

740 WNOP Newport, KY 2
Heard in CFZM's null occasionally.

750 CMFC Cienfuegos, Cuba 1
Radio Progreso.

750 WSB Atlanta, GA 3

750 YVKS Caracas, Venezuela 2
Heard "RCR" mentions and "Palabra esta Radio."

760 WJR Detroit, MI 4

770 CMNC Pilon, Cuba 1
Sometimes audible under WABC.

780 CFDR Dartmouth, NS 2
Before it left AM, it could be heard in Chicago's null.

780 WBBM Chicago, IL 3

790 CIGM Sudbury, ON 1

790 CMAQ Pinar del Rio, Cuba 1
The code and time ticks are usually there. Talking is sometimes received too.

790 WBLO Thomasville, NC 2
Their slogan is "The Ball." A one-time catch though.

790 WKDR Louisville, KY 2
"Fox Sports Radio" a 1-time apperance here.

790 WLSV Wellsville, NY 1

790 WNIS Norfolk, VA 2
Picked up under WAEB.
 
Thanks for the report...being new at this hobby, I will give several on your list a try from my S.Central Ohio QTH
73's
glenn (buckeyeair)
 
Welcome to the board, SweetJumper!

I'm fascinated with the fact you have such detailed DXing results, especially the Cuban stations.


I'd also be interested to know what kind of reception you get during the day where you are from the Philadelphia stations.

Back when I was a kid, I remember hearing WFIL up in State College, Pa pretty good during the day and I was surprised.
 
Welcome to the board, Streetjumper.

That's a great detail of what you heard. I was recently went to Atlantic City, NC, (just south of Outer Banks and the beach facing south) and I heard several stations I believe are Cuban.
 
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