What AM/FM/TV do you hear midday beyond 60 miles at your location?

[Buckeyes2001]

Can you get WSCR 670 or WMVP 1000 during the day?
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Haven't had any luck with WSCR during the day but I will keep listening for it. Can't get WMVP during the day because there is a local daytimer, WCCD/Parma, OH that comes in with Gospel/Religious programming.

Should also note the following:
700 WLW/Cincinnati

 

[gar hi]

540 WFLF Pine Hills, Fl (Orlando area)- weak signal - 80 miles

gar.

I am surprised WFLF is a weak signal.

To hijack things a bit, I remember taking my daughters down to Sarasota several times in the mid 70's and listening to the then WGTO/540 on the beach. The signal boomed.

To my dismay, the last time we went down, WGTO had switched to a country format.

I think WGTO 540 used to be from Cypress Gardens back then.

Also, one thing I've noticed is that many stations from within Florida come in better out at the beaches in the day than they do inland.

For example, WYGM Orlando has a much stronger signal at the beach in Dunedin (20 miles west of here) than it does here in Tampa. Same with WQAM from Miami.

I can even hear a weak 1700 WJCC from Miami springs at the beach whereas it's absent during the day over in Tampa unless it's the middle of winter.

 

[radioman148]

Can you get WSCR 670 or WMVP 1000 during the day?

Haven't had any luck with WSCR during the day but I will keep listening for it. Can't get WMVP during the day because there is a local daytimer, WCCD/Parma, OH that comes in with Gospel/Religious programming.

Should also note the following:
700 WLW/Cincinnati

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I'm a bit surprised that you can't hear WSCR during mid day. I used to hear it all the way to Cleveland when i drove east when it was WMAQ.
Do you have co channel interference on 670?

 

[Buckeyes2001]

@radioman148

I tried 670 about an hour ago and got nothing but some hissing and crackling. Will keep trying for it though

 

[radioman148]

@radioman148

I tried 670 about an hour ago and got nothing but some hissing and crackling. Will keep trying for it though

Thanks for the report Buckeyes2001.

 

[Icangelp]

540 WFLF Pine Hills, Fl (Orlando area)- weak signal - 80 miles

gar.

I am surprised WFLF is a weak signal.

To hijack things a bit, I remember taking my daughters down to Sarasota several times in the mid 70's and listening to the then WGTO/540 on the beach. The signal boomed.

To my dismay, the last time we went down, WGTO had switched to a country format.

I think WGTO 540 used to be from Cypress Gardens back then.

Also, one thing I've noticed is that many stations from within Florida come in better out at the beaches in the day than they do inland.

For example, WYGM Orlando has a much stronger signal at the beach in Dunedin (20 miles west of here) than it does here in Tampa. Same with WQAM from Miami.

I can even hear a weak 1700 WJCC from Miami springs at the beach whereas it's absent during the day over in Tampa unless it's the middle of winter.

Yes, the WGTO COL had moved from Haines City to Cypress Gardens when I heard them. Seems they got free offices and studios for moving there in return for promoting the Cypress Gardens venue. I think the move also enabled them to increase their power from 10kw to 50.

 

[Buckeyes2001]

@radioman148

I tried 670 about an hour ago and got nothing but some hissing and crackling. Will keep trying for it though

Thanks for the report Buckeyes2001.

I tried again around 1:30pm EDT and very briefly head some very faint talking on 670 and it did sound like sports talk so I may have caught a piece of WSCR. Most of the time I get lots of electrical interference from poorly shielded power lines. It doesn't go away when I shut the engine off so I know it isn't the alternator causing it. I was on an overpass when I heard it. Do you ever hear WTAM 1100 or WKNR 850 during the day from your location?

 

[FreddyE1977]

You get WJR near Pittsburgh--that's pretty impressive.

Yes and it is a pretty decent signal too. Used to get them really well, but a few years
ago a station over in neighboring Westmoreland County moved from 1530 to 770, so there
is a bit of bleedover now.

When I lived in Columbus they came in as clear as any locals. Michigan ground conductivity
kicks a*s!

 

[radioman148]

buckeye,

can't get WKNR here during the day because of a local on 850 in Crystal Lake, Il.
WTAM is tough because of WMBI next door on 1110. sometimes in the winter WTAM will make it during the day. at night of course it's quite strong.

 

[radioman148]

Freddy,

I know from experience that WJR is strong into Ohio during the day, but I didn't realize that they made it to Pittsburgh so well in the day. The station's signal still kicks butt.

 

[MarioMania]

How far south can WJR get in the day times??

 

[radioman148]

How far south can WJR get in the day times??

I know it gets past Cincinnati. Others on this board can probably give you a better idea.

 

[ddsparxx]

How far south can WJR get in the day times??

A couple of times I have heard WJR here in northern VA during mid-day in the winter but never in the warmer months.

 

[radioman148]

How far south can WJR get in the day times??

A couple of times I have heard WJR here in northern VA during mid-day in the winter but never in the warmer months.

That must be a winter skywave.

 

[gar hi]

My one experience with WJR in the daytime is the time I had a connecting flight in Cleveland. This was in May of 1997.

It was around early afternoon and I had an hour or so layover until I boarded my connecting flight so I sat there in the terminal and got out my Sony Walkman.

I was surprised to find how WJR had such a good signal, especially considering how it was inside the airport as AM reception is not generally as good inside airports.

 

[radioman148]

My one experience with WJR in the daytime is the time I had a connecting flight in Cleveland. This was in May of 1997.

It was around early afternoon and I had an hour or so layover until I boarded my connecting flight so I sat there in the terminal and got out my Sony Walkman.

I was surprised to find how WJR had such a good signal, especially considering how it was inside the airport as AM reception is not generally as good inside airports.

WJR is like a local in Cleveland. It's a straight water path over Lake Erie.

 

[schmave]

My one experience with WJR in the daytime is the time I had a connecting flight in Cleveland. This was in May of 1997.

It was around early afternoon and I had an hour or so layover until I boarded my connecting flight so I sat there in the terminal and got out my Sony Walkman.

I was surprised to find how WJR had such a good signal, especially considering how it was inside the airport as AM reception is not generally as good inside airports.

WJR is like a local in Cleveland. It's a straight water path over Lake Erie.

Same in Conneaut, an hour northeast of Cleveland. I was up there about four weeks ago and was shocked how well it and CKLW come in there (although I should not have been). I personally have heard WJR south of Portsmouth, Ohio daytime, and easily on I-275 in Cincinnati's northern suburbs.
Other AM/FM heard beyond 60 miles here in Thornville, Ohio, 30 miles east of Columbus ...
- WKRC (550/Cincinnati): Not a great signal (3.5-4 out of 10) but very listenable daytime. Disappears at sunset.
- WKBN (570/Youngstown): Same as WKRC, but slightly weaker.
- WLW: Self explanatory.
- WJR: 5 out of 10. Also comes in well at night. When it ran IBOC, the sidebands were very audible here on 750 and 770.
- WKNR (850/Cleveland): Very strong, 7 of 10 here daytime.
- KDKA: Very weak and hardly listenable.
- WTAM (1100/Cleveland): About the same as WKRC.
- WWVA (1170/Wheeling): Ditto.
Those are the big ones ... there might be a few small regional channels I am missing. Not much distant FM comes in here ... we're at the very western edge of the Appalachian foothills and while we get a straight shot of all things Columbus, not much distant from the east comes in. The farthest I can think of is WQKT (104.5) from Wooster, which carries country and a lot of Cleveland sports.

 

[radioman148]

My one experience with WJR in the daytime is the time I had a connecting flight in Cleveland. This was in May of 1997.

It was around early afternoon and I had an hour or so layover until I boarded my connecting flight so I sat there in the terminal and got out my Sony Walkman.

I was surprised to find how WJR had such a good signal, especially considering how it was inside the airport as AM reception is not generally as good inside airports.

WJR is like a local in Cleveland. It's a straight water path over Lake Erie.

Same in Conneaut, an hour northeast of Cleveland. I was up there about four weeks ago and was shocked how well it and CKLW come in there (although I should not have been). I personally have heard WJR south of Portsmouth, Ohio daytime, and easily on I-275 in Cincinnati's northern suburbs.
Other AM/FM heard beyond 60 miles here in Thornville, Ohio, 30 miles east of Columbus ...
- WKRC (550/Cincinnati): Not a great signal (3.5-4 out of 10) but very listenable daytime. Disappears at sunset.
- WKBN (570/Youngstown): Same as WKRC, but slightly weaker.
- WLW: Self explanatory.
- WJR: 5 out of 10. Also comes in well at night. When it ran IBOC, the sidebands were very audible here on 750 and 770.
- WKNR (850/Cleveland): Very strong, 7 of 10 here daytime.
- KDKA: Very weak and hardly listenable.
- WTAM (1100/Cleveland): About the same as WKRC.
- WWVA (1170/Wheeling): Ditto.
Those are the big ones ... there might be a few small regional channels I am missing. Not much distant FM comes in here ... we're at the very western edge of the Appalachian foothills and while we get a straight shot of all things Columbus, not much distant from the east comes in. The farthest I can think of is WQKT (104.5) from Wooster, which carries country and a lot of Cleveland sports.

Can you get any of the Chicago 50KWs during the day in Thornville?

 

[MarioMania]

My one experience with WJR in the daytime is the time I had a connecting flight in Cleveland. This was in May of 1997.

It was around early afternoon and I had an hour or so layover until I boarded my connecting flight so I sat there in the terminal and got out my Sony Walkman.

I was surprised to find how WJR had such a good signal, especially considering how it was inside the airport as AM reception is not generally as good inside airports.

WJR is like a local in Cleveland. It's a straight water path over Lake Erie.

Same in Conneaut, an hour northeast of Cleveland. I was up there about four weeks ago and was shocked how well it and CKLW come in there (although I should not have been). I personally have heard WJR south of Portsmouth, Ohio daytime, and easily on I-275 in Cincinnati's northern suburbs.
Other AM/FM heard beyond 60 miles here in Thornville, Ohio, 30 miles east of Columbus ...
- WKRC (550/Cincinnati): Not a great signal (3.5-4 out of 10) but very listenable daytime. Disappears at sunset.
- WKBN (570/Youngstown): Same as WKRC, but slightly weaker.
- WLW: Self explanatory.
- WJR: 5 out of 10. Also comes in well at night. When it ran IBOC, the sidebands were very audible here on 750 and 770.
- WKNR (850/Cleveland): Very strong, 7 of 10 here daytime.
- KDKA: Very weak and hardly listenable.
- WTAM (1100/Cleveland): About the same as WKRC.
- WWVA (1170/Wheeling): Ditto.
Those are the big ones ... there might be a few small regional channels I am missing. Not much distant FM comes in here ... we're at the very western edge of the Appalachian foothills and while we get a straight shot of all things Columbus, not much distant from the east comes in. The farthest I can think of is WQKT (104.5) from Wooster, which carries country and a lot of Cleveland sports.

Does WJR is have HD?? It still says on the Wiki

 

[Darth_vader]

At the flat, using the F1HD--

KLYK (94.5)
KXXO (96.1)
KOMO1 (97.7)
KFLY (101.5)
KNBQ (102.9)
KDUK (104.7)

Of course, on the F1HD in the truck KXXO is solid pretty much everywhere in the county, and even a bit beyond Wilsonville (down I-5 between Portland and Salem.) KDUK a bit less so, but still somewhat usable even in the north end of the county. With a twin-lead copper wire dipole aerial embedded in the front windshield, no less.

Mediumwaves are limited to mainly the local stations, with KOMO (1000) coming in faintly. On television I am doing good if I can get the locals to come in without macroblocking every few seconds. I used to pull in KVAL and faint KBTC (15) when they were running in NTSC mode; occasionally during skip season KVAL would be clear enough up here to at least look like a Portland semi-local.

In my previous flat I'd sometimes log DVB signals from Asiasat 3S (105.5d. E, one of the birds carrying the Voice of America streams) if I pointed my dish far enough to the west and the conditions were good, but almost never longer than a couple minutes at a time, if that. A3S is truly a fringe signal in this part of the world.