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

[ddsparxx]

Manassas VA,

The following AM stations heard that located at least 60 miles:

540 WGOP Pocomoke City, MD, weak
550 WSVA Harrisonburg, VA, moderate
560 WFRB Frostburg, MD, weak
580 WHP Harrisburg, PA moderate signal
590 WLES Richmond, VA, very weak
620 WKHB, Irwin, PA, just SE of Pittsburgh
640 WWJZ Mt, Holly, NJ, near Philly
660 WFAN NYC better heard in winter
670 WIEZ Berwick, PA, very weak
690 WELD Fisher, WV
710 WOR NY, very weak
779 WABC even weaker
790 WTAR, Norfolk, VA
800 WCHA Chambersburg, PA very weak
840 WKTR Earlysville, VA
880 WCBS NY extremely weak but slightly better heard in winter
910 WRNL Richmond, VA, moderate signal
950 WXGI, Richmond, VA, often heard locad DC areal 950
1140 WRVA Richmond, moderate signal
1210 WPHT Philadelphia, very weak, narrow IF bandwith to reduce local splatter from local 1220
1270 WCBC Cumberland, MD very weak
1280 WHVR Hanover, PA, moderate
1290 W--- Colonial Heights, VA, Richmond area Radio Disney affiliate, very weak
That's it on AM

On FM

Most DC area stations reach out about 55 to 60 with no tropo. As for TV, I had not been watching analog TV at all.

 

[radioman148]

Manassas VA,

The following AM stations heard that located at least 60 miles:

540 WGOP Pocomoke City, MD, weak
550 WSVA Harrisonburg, VA, moderate
560 WFRB Frostburg, MD, weak
580 WHP Harrisburg, PA moderate signal
590 WLES Richmond, VA, very weak
620 WKHB, Irwin, PA, just SE of Pittsburgh
640 WWJZ Mt, Holly, NJ, near Philly
660 WFAN NYC better heard in winter
670 WIEZ Berwick, PA, very weak
690 WELD Fisher, WV
710 WOR NY, very weak
779 WABC even weaker
790 WTAR, Norfolk, VA
800 WCHA Chambersburg, PA very weak
840 WKTR Earlysville, VA
880 WCBS NY extremely weak but slightly better heard in winter
910 WRNL Richmond, VA, moderate signal
950 WXGI, Richmond, VA, often heard locad DC areal 950
1140 WRVA Richmond, moderate signal
1210 WPHT Philadelphia, very weak, narrow IF bandwith to reduce local splatter from local 1220
1270 WCBC Cumberland, MD very weak
1280 WHVR Hanover, PA, moderate
1290 W--- Colonial Heights, VA, Richmond area Radio Disney affiliate, very weak
That's it on AM

On FM

Most DC area stations reach out about 55 to 60 with no tropo. As for TV, I had not been watching analog TV at all.

Must be tough to hear WABC with WAVA right next door.

 

[ddsparxx]

I'm about 30 miles from WAVA's transmitter which is just NW of DC according to Radio-Locator. I meant to say 770 WAVA not 779, it was a typo. I have the radio's narrow IF setting on.

 

[ddsparxx]

I forgot to add that I hear some bleed over from WAVA on days.

 

[radioman148]

When I was in the DC area WAVA made it real tough for me to hear WABC. However, I was closer to their transmitter than you are.

 

[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.

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

I don't think it's been in HD in two years anyway. I've heard normal sidebands from WJR on my visits to northern Ohio in that time.
As far as the Chicago 50Ks, we're about right on the line where they die. I can hear WSCR, WGN and very rarely WBBM (there's a local on 790) daytime with my motor off less than 10 miles northwest of here, but I've never heard any of them right here in my town. There is a park-and-ride about four miles north of here along I-70 where I've heard WSCR daytime.

 

[borderblaster]

Dayton, Ohio area:
570 WKBN Youngstown
580 WCHS Charlseston SC (weak)
590 WVLK, Lexington, sometimes WKZO, Kazoo, MI
630 WLAP, Lexington
640 WHLO Akron
650 WSM very weak
670 WSCR
720 WGN (not so much with iBoc..did hear very weak in North Coast Ohio)
730 WJYM Bowling Green OH
760 WJR
770 WAIS Buchtel OH
780 WBBM
790 Louisville or WHTH, Heath OH
800 CKLW mixed w/ Huntington WV
840 WHAS
850 WKNR
860 very weak WMRI Marion IN
890 WLS very weak
1000 WMVP
1020 WKDA
1030 WBGS Point Pleasant WV
1070 WFNI
1170 WWVA
1190 WOWO
1260 WNDE Indianapolis
1310 WTLC Indianapolis
1380 WKJG Fort Wayne
1440 WPGW Portland IN

 

[radioman148]

Dayton, Ohio area:
570 WKBN Youngstown
580 WCHS Charlseston SC (weak)
590 WVLK, Lexington, sometimes WKZO, Kazoo, MI
630 WLAP, Lexington
640 WHLO Akron
650 WSM very weak
670 WSCR
720 WGN (not so much with iBoc..did hear very weak in North Coast Ohio)
730 WJYM Bowling Green OH
760 WJR
770 WAIS Buchtel OH
780 WBBM
790 Louisville or WHTH, Heath OH
800 CKLW mixed w/ Huntington WV
840 WHAS
850 WKNR
860 very weak WMRI Marion IN
890 WLS very weak
1000 WMVP
1020 WKDA
1030 WBGS Point Pleasant WV
1070 WFNI
1170 WWVA
1190 WOWO
1260 WNDE Indianapolis
1310 WTLC Indianapolis
1380 WKJG Fort Wayne
1440 WPGW Portland IN

You can hear Charleston, SC during the day?

 

[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.

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

I don't think it's been in HD in two years anyway. I've heard normal sidebands from WJR on my visits to northern Ohio in that time.
As far as the Chicago 50Ks, we're about right on the line where they die. I can hear WSCR, WGN and very rarely WBBM (there's a local on 790) daytime with my motor off less than 10 miles northwest of here, but I've never heard any of them right here in my town. There is a park-and-ride about four miles north of here along I-70 where I've heard WSCR daytime.

I'm sure you can't hear WLS because of WRFD.

 

[Dxer1105]

In Pennsauken NJ ( Basically Philly )

AM

540 Islip NY
580 WHP Harrisburg
590 WARM Scranton-Wilkes Barre
660 WFAN
710 WOR
770 WABC
880 WCBS
1010 WINS
1050 ESPN NY (If KYW is nulled)
1090 WBAL
1130 WBBR

FM

103.5 WKTU
104.1 WAEB
106.7 WLTW

 

[radioman148]

In Pennsauken NJ ( Basically Philly )

AM

540 Islip NY
580 WHP Harrisburg
590 WARM Scranton-Wilkes Barre
660 WFAN
710 WOR
770 WABC
880 WCBS
1010 WINS
1050 ESPN NY (If KYW is nulled)
1090 WBAL
1130 WBBR

FM

103.5 WKTU
104.1 WAEB
106.7 WLTW

Do you get 1500 from Washington, or any other Washington from where you are?

 

[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.

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

I don't think it's been in HD in two years anyway. I've heard normal sidebands from WJR on my visits to northern Ohio in that time.
As far as the Chicago 50Ks, we're about right on the line where they die. I can hear WSCR, WGN and very rarely WBBM (there's a local on 790) daytime with my motor off less than 10 miles northwest of here, but I've never heard any of them right here in my town. There is a park-and-ride about four miles north of here along I-70 where I've heard WSCR daytime.

I'm sure you can't hear WLS because of WRFD.

This is true. WLS doesn't begin to be heard until at least 50 miles west of Columbus, maybe farther, because of WRFD. Even up near Lima, listening to WLS involves putting up with a good deal of WRFD slop, as does WGN because of bleedover from WJYM.

 

[ddsparxx]

Dayton, Ohio area:
570 WKBN Youngstown
580 WCHS Charlseston SC (weak)
590 WVLK, Lexington, sometimes WKZO, Kazoo, MI
630 WLAP, Lexington
640 WHLO Akron
650 WSM very weak
670 WSCR
720 WGN (not so much with iBoc..did hear very weak in North Coast Ohio)
730 WJYM Bowling Green OH
760 WJR
770 WAIS Buchtel OH
780 WBBM
790 Louisville or WHTH, Heath OH
800 CKLW mixed w/ Huntington WV
840 WHAS
850 WKNR
860 very weak WMRI Marion IN
890 WLS very weak
1000 WMVP
1020 WKDA
1030 WBGS Point Pleasant WV
1070 WFNI
1170 WWVA
1190 WOWO
1260 WNDE Indianapolis
1310 WTLC Indianapolis
1380 WKJG Fort Wayne
1440 WPGW Portland IN

You can hear Charleston, SC during the day?

Borderblaster probably meant Charleston, WV, since WCHS is located there.

 

[vibe]

From near Worcester MA I prev. indicated a limited # of stations beyond 60 mi namely Hartford and NYC. Playing w/ the radio at midday I got a very weak WICC, Bridgeport Ct at about 90 mi, a very weak WGY Schenned-Albany at about 120 mi, really weak Hartfords on 910 and 1410 from 65 mi or so. None of these stations would peak virtually anyone's interest-way too weak. I "hear" them but that's about it.
On FM I got WAMC from Mt. Greylock, a daily visitor I had forgotten about from about 75 mi. But there are a lot more and stronger NPR stations. I do remember analog channel 19 being a beast in Central Mass.
But what stations does one listen to on a regular-occasional basis beyond 60 mi? My only 2 are WFAN and WCBS from about 140 mi whose stations are "clean" enough to listen/comprehend every word. Despite being a Boston fan (sorry for the pun), WFAN in NYC is OK too. Good topic.

 

[radioman148]

Dayton, Ohio area:
570 WKBN Youngstown
580 WCHS Charlseston SC (weak)
590 WVLK, Lexington, sometimes WKZO, Kazoo, MI
630 WLAP, Lexington
640 WHLO Akron
650 WSM very weak
670 WSCR
720 WGN (not so much with iBoc..did hear very weak in North Coast Ohio)
730 WJYM Bowling Green OH
760 WJR
770 WAIS Buchtel OH
780 WBBM
790 Louisville or WHTH, Heath OH
800 CKLW mixed w/ Huntington WV
840 WHAS
850 WKNR
860 very weak WMRI Marion IN
890 WLS very weak
1000 WMVP
1020 WKDA
1030 WBGS Point Pleasant WV
1070 WFNI
1170 WWVA
1190 WOWO
1260 WNDE Indianapolis
1310 WTLC Indianapolis
1380 WKJG Fort Wayne
1440 WPGW Portland IN

You can hear Charleston, SC during the day?

Borderblaster probably meant Charleston, WV, since WCHS is located there.

OK--thanks!

 

[Dxer1105]

Radioman,

Yes I do get DC, however it doesn't come in from 8 am to 4 pm. 1500 is my strongest DC signal.

 

[radioman148]

Radioman,

Yes I do get DC, however it doesn't come in from 8 am to 4 pm. 1500 is my strongest DC signal.

Ok. I was wondering if you were close enough to get it mid day, but ground wave on 1500 can be poor.

 

[borderblaster]

Misprint.....the other Charleston in WV.

 

[charlestondxman]

Just S of Charleston, SC: Too many to list. There are easily 20 signals that are very listenable, with another 40-50 across the 3 bands weaker. A lot of these are suspectible to electrical noise. On a good radio, as far S as Miami can be heard daytime. A good radio can get Tampa's 820. Orlando also comes in, especially 540 and 580.

This is just AM:

550 WAYR Orange Park/Jacksonville, religious, very listenable.
560 WVOC Columbia, weak, mixes with Miami where I live
570 CMCA, loud, can hear the ticks of the clock
600 WBOB Jacksonville, talk (along with NASCAR races and FSU sports), listenable.
630 WBMQ Savannah, news/talk (UGA sports and minor league baseball), very listenable.
690 WOKV Jacksonville, news/talk (Jaguars), very strong, stronger than a couple of the semi-locals.
760 WEFL Tequesta/West Palm, sports, weaker, but good signal for 3000 watts.
790 Brunswick
800 Palatka, FL
900 Savannah (only good by beach)
930 Jacksonville (weaker than others)
1030 Oviedo/Orlando
1080 Johnsonville, SC (religious
1110 Charlotte (WBT, stronger inland)
1130 Hilton Head
1150 Daytona Beach (WNDB, pretty good by beach, carries almost every NASCAR race)
1230 Savannah OR New Smyrna Beach, FL
1290 Savannah
1320 Jacksonville
1420 St. Augustine
1440 Brunswick (in some areas)
1570 Fernandina Beach, FL
1600 Jacksonville

That's just AM.

 

[radioman148]

That 760 sportstalker gets into the Caribbean well at night as I heard it in Puerto Rico several times last March.