The WLAC/WJJD discussion brings up an interesting topic. What are your favorite signals that start to travel skywave then suddenly disappear at pattern change. One that comes to mind from Lexington, KY is 1090 KAAY Little Rock, Arkansas. They boomed during twilight then nothing.
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...Then it disapears
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WOKY (5/1 U4) in Southern Michigan. Day pattern maximum is to the east, with the equivalent of about 20 kW. Night pattern goes NNE with very little to the east.
KGOW 1560 Bellaire, Texas: 50,000 watts daytime from a site south of Houston, putting a killer signal into much of East Texas, over into Louisiana and a bit of Arkansas for much of the day, especially in late fall and winter. During critical hours KGOW's signal is a "seek-stopper" on a car radio in those areas, ranging up to 300 miles or more from the antenna array. Then at night the tables are turned, when they go to 15,000 watts in a narrow southeastern lobe from northwest of Houston. Twenty miles north of Houston KGOW is signal challenged at night, but according to numerous reports they're an easy catch in much of Central America, and of course, on cruise ships in the Gulf Of Mexico.
During their Rock & Roll days I used to hear WNOE New Orleans in the Chicago area before New Orleans sunset. As soon as they dropped power & switched pattern it was adios!
Another one that comes to mind was WDGY before WISN was on 1130.
Another one that comes to mind was WDGY before WISN was on 1130.
Funny you should mention WNOE, theirs was one of my favorite QSL's I received back then. On the card the station's engineer explained that during the day WNOE's 50,000 watt signal from the site in Belle Chasse was concentrated mainly at around 0° (due north) and the main lobe with 5,000 watts at night was strongest toward the northwest at 305°. I thought it was fascinating then, as a youngster, and even more so later when I figured out that in suburban Dallas I was almost right in the highest concentration of their nighttime signal. For me, 'NOE didn't really sneak up during critical hours; instead it just slammed through when they made the switch at sunset!
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When I was in Oklahoma in 1968 WNOE had a very good signal at night.
WISN Milwaukee is a good one. I like about 40 miles south of their tx site (perhaps even a little less) and during the day they're local at my location in northern IL. Stronger than WLS, in fact. When they shift patterns at sunset, it's as if someone unplugged the transmitter. Most of the time, they're totally gone. From a local to non-existent. Just like that - poof!
That's the best one I can think of.
That's the best one I can think of.
WISN is indeed a good example. I have a relative a few miles away, who can see the tower lights from near Union Grove from their window, and it is almost gone at 4:15 PM in December. I drove past the WTMJ and WISN sites when I visited once.
680 KKYX
during Critical Hours they come in Great, when they flick that switch to go to night pattern 680 becomes completely silent.
1360 KMNY, back when they were Retro Radio 1360 I enjoyed them.
When 1360 dumps its 50 kW it becomes non-existent.
1410 KNTX, starts to come in in Critical Hours but gone when Night Pattern Kicks In.
660 KSKY, another one plagued by Poor Nighttime Performance,
1190 KFXR, I'm sure if I lived any farther north they would be non-existent at night.
during Critical Hours they come in Great, when they flick that switch to go to night pattern 680 becomes completely silent.
1360 KMNY, back when they were Retro Radio 1360 I enjoyed them.
When 1360 dumps its 50 kW it becomes non-existent.
1410 KNTX, starts to come in in Critical Hours but gone when Night Pattern Kicks In.
660 KSKY, another one plagued by Poor Nighttime Performance,
1190 KFXR, I'm sure if I lived any farther north they would be non-existent at night.
During my college days in southeastern Iowa in the late '60s, three popular top 40 stations all went "poof" at sundown. WHB (710-Kansas City), KXOK (630-St. Louis) and KSTT (1170-Davenport)....all aiming their nighttime juice elsewhere.
The good news is that there were more than adequate replacements with KAAY, KOMA, and WABC.
(not to mention John R. and Wolfman on WLAC and XERF respectively)
WLS and KIOA (940-Des Moines) were available day/night.
The good news is that there were more than adequate replacements with KAAY, KOMA, and WABC.
(not to mention John R. and Wolfman on WLAC and XERF respectively)
WLS and KIOA (940-Des Moines) were available day/night.
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