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

[LibertyNT]

Just S of Charleston, SC:
690 WOKV Jacksonville, news/talk (Jaguars), very strong, stronger than a couple of the semi-locals.

690 used to have Billboards in Charleston.

 

[radioman148]

Just S of Charleston, SC:
690 WOKV Jacksonville, news/talk (Jaguars), very strong, stronger than a couple of the semi-locals.

690 used to have Billboards in Charleston.

How many air miles is that?

 

[Smittian]

From Laguna Vista, TX (on the water, Rio Grande Valley near South Padre Island)

All the FM's that regularly come in are within 60 mi. The Corpus Christi FM's come in occasionally

But AM..........

550 KTSA San Antonio (244 mi) 5000 w
560 KLVI Beaumont (343 mi)
650 KIKK Houston (279 mi)...500 w
680 KKYX San Antonio (252 mi) 50,000 w
700 KSEV Tomball/Houston (301 mi)
740 KTRH Houston (303 mi) 50,000 w
760 KTKR San Antonio (239 mi) 50,000 w
870 WWL New Orleans (507 mi) 50,000 w
1030 KCTA Corpus Christi (126 mi) 50,000 w
1070 KOPY Alice (138 mi) 1000 w
1150 KCCT Corpus Christi (118 mi) 1000w
1200 WOAI San Antonio (240 mi) 50,000 w (blowtorch)
1230 KSIX Corpus Christi (117 mi) 1000 w
1360 KKTX Corpus Christi (118 mi) 1000 w
1400 KUNO Corpus Christi (115 mi) 1000 w
1440 KEYS Corpus Christi (117 mi) 1000 w
1510 KROB Robstown (117 mi) 500 w
1580 KIRT Mission (65 mi) 1000 w
1590 KDAE Sinton (133 mi) 1000 w

Not only do the 1000 watters from Corpus Christi come in, but KCCT and KKTX come in clear enough to make the scan button stop

 

[radioman148]

From Laguna Vista, TX (on the water, Rio Grande Valley near South Padre Island)

All the FM's that regularly come in are within 60 mi. The Corpus Christi FM's come in occasionally

But AM..........

550 KTSA San Antonio (244 mi) 5000 w
560 KLVI Beaumont (343 mi)
650 KIKK Houston (279 mi)...500 w
680 KKYX San Antonio (252 mi) 50,000 w
700 KSEV Tomball/Houston (301 mi)
740 KTRH Houston (303 mi) 50,000 w
760 KTKR San Antonio (239 mi) 50,000 w
870 WWL New Orleans (507 mi) 50,000 w
1030 KCTA Corpus Christi (126 mi) 50,000 w
1070 KOPY Alice (138 mi) 1000 w
1150 KCCT Corpus Christi (118 mi) 1000w
1200 WOAI San Antonio (240 mi) 50,000 w (blowtorch)
1230 KSIX Corpus Christi (117 mi) 1000 w
1360 KKTX Corpus Christi (118 mi) 1000 w
1400 KUNO Corpus Christi (115 mi) 1000 w
1440 KEYS Corpus Christi (117 mi) 1000 w
1510 KROB Robstown (117 mi) 500 w
1580 KIRT Mission (65 mi) 1000 w
1590 KDAE Sinton (133 mi) 1000 w

Not only do the 1000 watters from Corpus Christi come in, but KCCT and KKTX come in clear enough to make the scan button stop

WWL very impressive. How strong is it?

 

[Smittian]

WWL comes in fairly well. I sometimes flip over to it on Sunday's and catch part of the Saints game if I happen to be in the car. Gotta remember, we're right next to the water, which really helps our AM reception

 

[gar hi]

I don't know how good your receiver is but I wonder what you can hear on 620, 970, 1250, and 1380
during the day.

They are WDAE 620, WFLA 970, WHNZ 1250, and WWMI 1380, all from Tampa/St. Pete.

From the beach in Dunedin, Florida during the day, I've heard KTRH with an ID, what I'm virtually certain is KCTA (non stop preaching), and co-frequency flutter on 1700 which maybe possibly? could have been a trace of KVNS interacting with the much closer and barely audible WJCC from south Florida.

 

[radioman148]

WWL comes in fairly well. I sometimes flip over to it on Sunday's and catch part of the Saints game if I happen to be in the car. Gotta remember, we're right next to the water, which really helps our AM reception

It's amazing when you think that WWL's ground wave covers the complete gulf as so many have reported hearing it all the way down the western Florida coast.

 

[crainbebo]

WWL covers almost the entire US, if you've got good DX receivers and phasers. I logged WWL's skywave in Yakima, WA back in Oct '10. I heard a very weak mention of "105.3 WWL" in the garble, and it's 1985 mi from my location. Also have heard it on the (former) Global Tuners node in Toledo, WA (Pacific DX), also logged KVNS and other great logs on there as well, 800 mi beacons, etc.

-crainbebo

 

[radioman148]

WWL covers almost the entire US, if you've got good DX receivers and phasers. I logged WWL's skywave in Yakima, WA back in Oct '10. I heard a very weak mention of "105.3 WWL" in the garble, and it's 1985 mi from my location. Also have heard it on the (former) Global Tuners node in Toledo, WA (Pacific DX), also logged KVNS and other great logs on there as well, 800 mi beacons, etc.

-crainbebo

I know about WWL's great skywave. I was talking about their day time ground wave.

 

[swfl]

WWL comes in fairly well. I sometimes flip over to it on Sunday's and catch part of the Saints game if I happen to be in the car. Gotta remember, we're right next to the water, which really helps our AM reception

It's amazing when you think that WWL's ground wave covers the complete gulf as so many have reported hearing it all the way down the western Florida coast.

This is very true. We can receive WWL without much problem at all here in SW Florida both day and night.

 

[radioman148]

WWL comes in fairly well. I sometimes flip over to it on Sunday's and catch part of the Saints game if I happen to be in the car. Gotta remember, we're right next to the water, which really helps our AM reception

It's amazing when you think that WWL's ground wave covers the complete gulf as so many have reported hearing it all the way down the western Florida coast.

This is very true. We can receive WWL without much problem at all here in SW Florida both day and night.

Where are you located? Does WWL make it all the way down the west coast of Florida?

 

[swfl]

WWL comes in fairly well. I sometimes flip over to it on Sunday's and catch part of the Saints game if I happen to be in the car. Gotta remember, we're right next to the water, which really helps our AM reception

It's amazing when you think that WWL's ground wave covers the complete gulf as so many have reported hearing it all the way down the western Florida coast.

This is very true. We can receive WWL without much problem at all here in SW Florida both day and night.

Where are you located? Does WWL make it all the way down the west coast of Florida?

Yes it does. I'm located south of Ft Myers near Naples. That's as far south as you can go on Florida's west coast without hitting water..LOL. WWL can be heard here in a car radio without much difficulty 24/7. It's not a clear signal by any means but you can pick it up just about at all times.

 

[gar hi]

WWL has an almost local signal quality at the beaches during the day here in central Florida.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78R9-jFB1Yk

 

[radioman148]

WWL comes in fairly well. I sometimes flip over to it on Sunday's and catch part of the Saints game if I happen to be in the car. Gotta remember, we're right next to the water, which really helps our AM reception

It's amazing when you think that WWL's ground wave covers the complete gulf as so many have reported hearing it all the way down the western Florida coast.

Amazing so the ground wave really does cover the entire gulf. I imagine it can be heard in Key West in the day time.

This is very true. We can receive WWL without much problem at all here in SW Florida both day and night.

Where are you located? Does WWL make it all the way down the west coast of Florida?

Yes it does. I'm located south of Ft Myers near Naples. That's as far south as you can go on Florida's west coast without hitting water..LOL. WWL can be heard here in a car radio without much difficulty 24/7. It's not a clear signal by any means but you can pick it up just about at all times.

 

[vibe]

Like swfl I've gotten WWL quite well (and daily) w/ a sensitve radio 2 mi inland from Englewood Beach (1/2 way bet. Tampa and Naples) as well as Vanderbilt beach in Naples. 6 mi inland from Naples is another story. Tried to get WWL S of Naples in Everglades City FL (a fishin town w/ a drinkin problem) but no such luck-the car radio is only ave at best.
It's probably a semi local in Key West.

 

[radioman148]

Like swfl I've gotten WWL quite well (and daily) w/ a sensitve radio 2 mi inland from Englewood Beach (1/2 way bet. Tampa and Naples) as well as Vanderbilt beach in Naples. 6 mi inland from Naples is another story. Tried to get WWL S of Naples in Everglades City FL (a fishin town w/ a drinkin problem) but no such luck-the car radio is only ave at best.
It's probably a semi local in Key West.

Yeah I would think that if you have a good radio and are right by the water you could get WWL in Key West during the day.

 

[cyberdad]

WWL has an almost local signal quality at the beaches during the day here in central Florida.

FWIW....  

Where we spend a few weeks each year on Perdido Key, about 23 miles southeast of downtown Pensacola. WWL is the strongest AM signal day/night.  None of the "locals" even come close, although WWL is about 160 miles away.  This is a combination of saltwater path and the fact that the Pensacola area has some of the worst ground conductivity anywhere.

There's a long history of WWL being the only source of news and information all along the central gulf coast when hurricanes and other storms knock out local broadcast facilities.

And as long as I'm here....as best as I can from memory, I may as well chirp in with a few highlights what's out there from more than 60 miles away on AM during the daytime on the beach at Perdido Key.  Our location is literally on the Florida Alabama state line (we're in Florida....building two doors over is in Alabama).

530:  R. Encyclopedia (Cuba).  Very weak but listenable in a car or noise free locations
540:  WFLF  About as weak as the Cubans
590:  WDIZ  (Panama City) Weak, but stronger than 530 or 540
600:  WVOG (New Orleans) Fair
620:  WDAE Strongest peninsula signal...Fair
640:  Cuba weak  (Along with KTIB if/when they ever feel like broadcasting)
670:  Cuba weak but strongest Cuban signal
680:  WGES (Tampa-St. Pete) weak
690:  WIST  (New Orleans)  fair...but a shadow of what this was as WTIX providing many hours of beach-time pleasure
710:  Cuba weak under semi-local WNTM
720:  WRZN (Ocala area) very weak
740:  WMSP (Mongtomery) very weak (usually with unidentifiable stuff underneath, which could be KTRH or the Orlando 740 or something else).
800:  WSHO (New Orleans) Fair
820:  (Tampa) weak
870:  WWL  Very good, local quality
930:  (Sarasota) weak
940:  WYLD (New Orleans) weak
970:  WFLA (Tampa) weak...but second-strongest peninsula signal
990:  WGSO (New Orleans) weak...with some splatter from Pensacola 980
1030: KCTA (Corpus Christi) very weak, but the only identifiable Texan
1040: (Tampa) weak
1060: WLNO (New Orleans) Weak.  This one used to be much stronger as WNOE
1180: Stuff!  Not sure if it's R. Marti or the Cubans jamming it, or both.
1230: WBOK (New Orleans) Weak
1280: (New Orleans) weak
1350: (New Orleans) very weak
1380: (Tampa) the former WLCY is weak but listenable0
1510: KAGY (Port Sulphur, LA) Fair
1600: KLEB (Golden Meadow, LA) Fair  

 

[radioman148]

WWL has an almost local signal quality at the beaches during the day here in central Florida.

FWIW....

Where we spend a few weeks each year on Perdido Key, about 23 miles southeast of downtown Pensacola. WWL is the strongest AM signal day/night. None of the "locals" even come close, although WWL is about 160 miles away. This is a combination of saltwater path and the fact that the Pensacola area has some of the worst ground conductivity anywhere.

There's a long history of WWL being the only source of news and information all along the central gulf coast when hurricanes and other storms knock out local broadcast facilities.

And as long as I'm here....as best as I can from memory, I may as well chirp in with a few highlights what's out there from more than 60 miles away on AM during the daytime on the beach at Perdido Key. Our location is literally on the Florida Alabama state line (we're in Florida....building two doors over is in Alabama).

530: R. Encyclopedia (Cuba). Very weak but listenable in a car or noise free locations
540: WFLF About as weak as the Cubans
590: WDIZ (Panama City) Weak, but stronger than 530 or 540
600: WVOG (New Orleans) Fair
620: WDAE Strongest peninsula signal...Fair
640: Cuba weak (Along with KTIB if/when they ever feel like broadcasting)
670: Cuba weak but strongest Cuban signal
680: WGES (Tampa-St. Pete) weak
690: WIST (New Orleans) fair...but a shadow of what this was as WTIX providing many hours of beach-time pleasure
710: Cuba weak under semi-local WNTM
720: WRZN (Ocala area) very weak
740: WMSP (Mongtomery) very weak (usually with unidentifiable stuff underneath, which could be KTRH or the Orlando 740 or something else).
800: WSHO (New Orleans) Fair
820: (Tampa) weak
870: WWL Very good, local quality
930: (Sarasota) weak
940: WYLD (New Orleans) weak
970: WFLA (Tampa) weak...but second-strongest peninsula signal
990: WGSO (New Orleans) weak...with some splatter from Pensacola 980
1030: KCTA (Corpus Christi) very weak, but the only identifiable Texan
1040: (Tampa) weak
1060: WLNO (New Orleans) Weak. This one used to be much stronger as WNOE
1180: Stuff! Not sure if it's R. Marti or the Cubans jamming it, or both.
1230: WBOK (New Orleans) Weak
1280: (New Orleans) weak
1350: (New Orleans) very weak
1380: (Tampa) the former WLCY is weak but listenable0
1510: KAGY (Port Sulphur, LA) Fair
1600: KLEB (Golden Meadow, LA) Fair

I'm a bit surprised that WLNO(WNOE) is weak where you are considering several people have reported hearing it reasonably well around Tampa and other spots down the Florida coast.

 

[cyberdad]

Part of the problem is that there's now a 1070 in Pensacola. 15kw IIRC, which is enough put a pretty decent signal onto the beach and stomp on WLNO to some extent. This is WNVY, which used to be on 1090 with a weaker signal. Also, IIRC, WLNO has a "funky" pattern, so it may just be that our beach location is in a bad spot for them.

WIST is a different story. They're on STA following Katrina, and last I heard looking to go to 9.8kw ND. If they stay with their Chalmette location, that should put a pretty nice signal onto the Alabama Gulf Coast, and the Florida Panhandle beaches. I'd also expect it to be heard in the Tampa Bay area. As for the beach we go to, "back in the day" as WTIX, it seemed you'd hear "the Krewe of TIX" blasting out from just about every portable radio under every beach umbrella. Daytime signal not quite equal to WWL, but still quite strong. Even the nighttime signal was good....enough so that it was very easy to null the Cubans.

 

[radioman148]

Did not know there was a 1070 right near your location.