Tonight, I'll try measuring CHOK before and after Sunset with the FIM-41.
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The Indianapolis area has a couple of FM stations acting as a single unit called "Catholic Radio Indy", with mostly cherry picked EWTN and Relevant Radio shows (mostly EWTN though) and a few local offerings.
Most likely your "K" station is KHMO Hanibal. They run a news-talk format. That said, the other...but less likely.... possibility IS Wichita, KFTI. Classic country,
If Catholic radio is already there, they won't be buying an AM.
I was pretty sure I heard an I at the end but I can't be totally certain. Today however KHMO was definitely there, alongside WCSZ. This time CHOK was nowhere to be found. And of course, no KNX either. I guess if I really want to try for KNX I'll have to stay up til 4-5 AM (because of course it's not possible for a mere mortal to wake up that early.)
I've mentioned this before, but I've had the best luck between 6:30 and 7:00AM in late October. Hope you get it before then.
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In 1970, stayed up till midnight on a Monday for the WIBC sign off and there was KNX in central Indiana. But now KNX is under several signals. So, if you want to hear it here today, you need to ask Alexa.
When I heard KNX, it was a similar situation. It was New Years Day, 1970, very early, and I suspect that CHOK and WIBC were off the air due to lack of overnight staffing. I remember because my sister had gone to the Rose Bowl, and had asked me to write her a list of radio stations out there. Oddly, a station came in with traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. It was before I ever heard KFI. It just appeared out of nowhere. I wasn't trying.
It was on a Sony 6R-11 Super Sensitve TRF stage portable. That radio came out about 1967, and I knew it was a winner when I heard WCFL on it in the Daytime, around 50 uV/m in Genesee County. I heard a WCFL Capsule Countdown, and I think it must have been the week of 2-15-68, the only week "Sunshine Of Your Love" by Cream was in the Capsule Countdown. So it was a good radio. Not Super Selective, so if one signal was very strong, you had to null it out to hear the adjacents.
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It was on a Sony 6R-11 Super Sensitve TRF stage portable. That radio came out about 1967, and I knew it was a winner when I heard WCFL on it in the Daytime, around 50 uV/m in Genesee County. I heard a WCFL Capsule Countdown, and I think it must have been the week of 2-15-68, the only week "Sunshine Of Your Love" by Cream was in the Capsule Countdown. So it was a good radio. Not Super Selective, so if one signal was very strong, you had to null it out to hear the adjacents.
WCFL_1968-02-15_1.jpg
It's been at least 10 years since I've heard KNX in the Chicago area and I think you said it's been at least that long for you Cyberdad. When I used to be able to hear it(KNX), WTSO and "Indy" were not the problem as I could null them. However, now it seems that there are more stations that don't power down when they should.
Yeah...Sounds about right,
The radio I used to hear KNX 1070 in 1970. As I recall, it was barefoot, though the Remco Caravelle was nearby that I used like a Select-A-Tenna sometimes, though that is nondirectional, and probably wouldn't have been advantageous.
Sony 6R-11.
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Remco Caravelle. You placed the ferrite loop of the Sony 6R-11 next to the ferrite loop of the Remco Caravelle. Worked best for weak ground wave stations in the Daytime. It was near the tuning knob on the left, you maximized the coupling by moving the radio. Vertical antenna is missing in the picture. Goes into the black grommet on the left side. If it is missing, it would be easy enough to find a metal tube that fits, if you bought one and it was missing. I can measure the length. I know where it is.
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Sony 6R-11.
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Remco Caravelle. You placed the ferrite loop of the Sony 6R-11 next to the ferrite loop of the Remco Caravelle. Worked best for weak ground wave stations in the Daytime. It was near the tuning knob on the left, you maximized the coupling by moving the radio. Vertical antenna is missing in the picture. Goes into the black grommet on the left side. If it is missing, it would be easy enough to find a metal tube that fits, if you bought one and it was missing. I can measure the length. I know where it is.
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CHOK has been the dominant on 1070 in Chicago since WFNI's sign-off, so I'm pretty sure that was them on the youtube recording. WCSZ has also been in there with Mexican music.
I'm disappointed to see this happen. I've always looked at the big six-tower site as I drove by on I-65, the last time was in April.
One thing that I thought was funny was the image they used on the station's own story about the change.
They had to go to a stock image of old radios in Turkey to illustrate AM radio.
I'm disappointed to see this happen. I've always looked at the big six-tower site as I drove by on I-65, the last time was in April.
One thing that I thought was funny was the image they used on the station's own story about the change.
They had to go to a stock image of old radios in Turkey to illustrate AM radio.
Another sign of what AM radio has become.
Art Vuolo just heard it was demolished, and wanted to find out if there was a video of the demolition.
Hopefully he'll find it. In the meantime there will probably be many more demolitions.
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