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Tips 4 catching nearby (groundwave) AM with its boxe--er IBOC off briefly?

Geographer said:
I know the daytime footprint of WBAP was impressive when I heard them sound like a local on a cheap radio in a hotel room in Wichita Falls. When you heard WLW in Houston during the day, was that midday skip, or was the reception reliable? I know WLW has an impressive daytime footprint, but about 400 miles was the limit for me.
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Seasonal - dead of winter. I suspect that the skywave never completely goes away in winter. Same with daytime KOA in Dallas. I would not characterize either of them as dependable groundwave.

I often use WWL as a benchmark for reception in the far West side of Houston. On a good radio, it is listenable but very weak. A lot of otherwise good radios simply can't do it. I think it is close to 400 miles, maybe 370 or something. By way of contrast - WBAP is not only listenable but fairly strong in Midland and Lubbock, TX. Certainly not like a local or totally static free, but amazingly clear for 300 plus miles.
Another huge daytime footprint is KGNC Amarillo. Even though it is only 10kW, I could easily hear it in far NE suburbs of Dallas, after nulling KEEL Shreveport. Go to Ft. Worth and it was downright strong.
It seems to do that in just about every direction.
 
As a young driver, we remember hearing the groundwave of Miami's 710 (then WGBS) into the peachtree state along I-95, partly over water. Didn't know at the time that their day pattern does not even favor that direction.
 
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