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What does your AM band look like? (1120-1410)

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eskipper411

1160 KVCE (Highland Park, Texas)
1190 KFXR (Dallas, Texas)
1220 KZEE (Weatherford, Texas)
1240 KVSO (Ardmore, Oklahoma)
1270 KFLC (Fort Worth, Texas)
1290 KWFS (Wichita Falls, Texas)
1310 KTCK (Dallas, Texas)
1360 KMNY (Hurst, Texas)
1410 KNTX (Bowie, Texas)
 
Northern VA,

1120 WUST DC, local, multi-ethnic programming
1130 nothing
1140 WRVA Richmond, sounding semilocal, news/talk
1150 Usually nothing
1160 WMET Gaithersburg, MD, local, religion, mostly talk
1170 nothing
1180 nothing; now some splatter
1190 WCRW Leesburg, VA, talk; this station just went on air with 50 kW days, strong local
1200 nothing, some splatter
1210 very weak WPHT Philadelphia
1220 WFAX, Falls Church, VA, local
1230 WFVA, Fredericksburg, VA, weak, this station recently dropped news/talk for adult standards
1240 WJEJ Hagerstown, MD, very weak, easy listening/adult standards
1250 WKDL Warrenton, VA, local, talk
1260 WWRC DC, semilocal, right-wing talk
1270 very weak WCBC Cumberland, md, talk
1280 WHVR Hanover, PA, classic country, sounds semilocal here
1290 very weak WDZY Colonial Heights, VA (just south of Richmond), Radio Disney
1300 WKCY Harrisonburg, VA, very weak, talk
1310 WDCT Fairfax, VA, ethnic programming
1320 WVNZ Richmond, VA, very weak, Spanish
1330 WRAA Luray, VA, very weak, classic country
1340 WEPN Martimsburg, WV, ESPN sports and WYCB Lanham, MD, black gospel, both very weak
1350 WYSK Fredericksburg, weak, ESPN sports
1360 WHBG Harrisonburg, VA, extremely weak, sports
1370 WVIE, Baltimore, semilocal, sports talk
1380 WBTK Richmond, VA, extremely weak, Spanish religion
1390 WZHF DC area, talk
1400 WINC Winchester, VA, very weak, talk
1410 nothing
 
In East Texas, a little west of Tyler, daytime reception only:

1130 KWKH Shreveport
1140 KHFX Cleburne TX
1150 KZNE College Station/Bryan TX
1160 KVCE Highland Park/Dallas
1190 KFXR Dallas
1200 WOAI San Antonio, weak
1230 KSST Sulphur Springs TX
1240 KDOK Kilgore TX
1260 KSML Diboll TX
1270 KFLC Fort Worth/Dallas
1290 KIVY Crockett TX
1310 KTCK Dallas/Fort Worth
1320 KXYZ Houston [CH only]
1330 KGLD Tyler
1340 KAND Corsicana TX
1360 KMNY Hurst (Dallas/Fort Worth)
1390 KBEC Waxahachie TX
1400 KEBE Jacksonville TX
1410 KLVQ Athens TX
 
Part 3...

Radio used is the Tecsun PL-606

1120 - KSDO splatter
1130 - KSDO San Diego, CA (strong, full-quieting - indicates 76dBuV, 25dB SNR)
1140 - KSDO splatter
1150 - unID trace signal (either KTLK Los Angeles or XERM Mexicali - 47/00 indicated signal) {night: KTLK Los Angeles}
1160 - KCBQ splatter (did faintly hear XEQIN San Quintin, BCN, when KCBQ was off the air one afternoon) {night: KSL Salt Lake City, UT}
1170 - KCBQ San Diego, CA (strong, full-quieting - 81/25, the strongest daytime signal here)
1180 - KCBQ splatter {night: KERN Wasco-Greenacres, CA, did hear them one early afternoon when KCBQ was off. A few nights ago they were indicating 65 dBuV, only 2dB less than adjacent KCBQ's 67 dBuV nighttime signal}
1190 - (presumed) KGBN Anaheim, CA (trace - 43/00)
1200 - nothing {night: KYAA Soquel, CA}
1210 - KPRZ San Marcos, CA (fairly strong - 57/25)
1220 - nothing
1230 - nothing
1240 - KNSN San Diego, CA (fairly strong - 57/25, strong enough to own the channel at night, although other stations can be heard during KNSN non-modulation or when nulling KNSN)
1250 - KZER Santa Barbara, CA (weak - 30/15)
1260 - probably nothing {night: KMZT Beverly Hills, CA}
1270 - XEAZ Tijuana, BCN (fairly strong - 53/25)
1280 - KFRN Long Beach, CA (somewhat weak - 30/22, lost in the jumble at night)
1290 - KZSB Santa Barbara, CA (weak - 25/11 - saltwater helps, as its 500 watts is 195 miles away. A 5kW co-channel 95 miles away is usually inaudible here midday.)
1300 - nothing
1310 - XEC Tijuana, BCN (fair signal - 48/25)
1320 - KKSM Oceanside, CA (faint - 30/00)
1330 - KWKW Los Angeles, CA (faint - 30/00)
1340 - KCLU Santa Barbara, CA (very weak - 30/00)
1350 - KLSD splatter
1360 - KLSD San Diego, CA (strong, full-quieting - 68/25)
1370 - presumed KWRM Corona, CA (trace - 34/00)
1380 - nothing
1390 - XEKT Tecate, BCN (fair signal - 44/25)
1400 - nothing
1410 - presumed KCAL Redlands, CA (trace - 30/00)
 
From Bristol, CT

1120 WPRX Bristol, CT - Spanish Tropical (on my Sony Walkman this thing bleeds from 1100-1220 since I live right near their towers and they're only 1KW)
1150 WMRD Middletown, CT - Talk (Signal strength varies)
1170 WCTF Vernon, CT - Family Radio (Weak)
1190 WLIB NYC - Black Gospel (Signal Stength Varies)
1200 WXKS Newton? Massachusetts - Talk (Weak if I get it at all)
1220 WQUN Hamden, CT - Adult Standards (Signal Strength Varies)
1230 WNEZ Manchester, CT - Spanish Variety (Signal Strength Varies)
1240 WWCO Waterbury, CT - Talk (Simulcasts WDRC/1360)
1270 WSPR Springfield, MA - Spanish Tropical (Singal Strength Varies)
1290 WCCC West Hartford, CT - Classical Music/Don Imus/West Hartford Play-by-Play
1300 WAVZ New Haven, CT - ESPN Radio (Weak) *simulcasts WPOP/1410*
1320 WATR Waterbury, CT - Oldies/Talk (Locally owned. Mixed of both local and bird-fed Oldies Music and talk Shows)
1340 WYBC New Haven, CT - NPR (Simulcasts WSHU AM 1260) (up until a few weeks ago it was Yale Radio 1340 until Yale LMAd it to WSHU)
1360 WDRC Hartford, CT - Talk
1380 WFNW Naugatuck, CT - Spanish Tropical (Weak)
1410 WPOP Hartford, CT - ESPN Radio

****Depending on where I am sometimes I can also pick up 1130 WBBR NYC - Bloomberg Radio and 1250 WARE Ware, MA - Oldies*****
 
From 30 miles north of Chicago-daytime only:

1130--WISN Milwaukee,Wi
1160--WYLL Chicago, Il
1180--WSQR Sycamore, Il
1190--WOWO Ft Wayne, In
1200--WRTO Chicago, Il
1220--WKRS Waukegan, Il
1230--WJOB Hammond, In
1240--WSBC Chicago, Il
1250--WSSP Milwaukee, Wi
1270--WWCA Gary, In
1280--WBIG Aurora, Il
1300--WRDZ La Grange, Il
1330--WKTA Evanston, Il
1360--WLBK--De Kalb, Il
1390--WGRB Chicago, Il
1400--WRJN--Racine, Wi
1410--WRMN--Elgin, Il
 
Far Northwest suburbs of Chicago-Daytime

1120:Usually splatter, sometimes a very weak KMOX
1130: WISN-semi local
1140: WVEL (Peoria area)-very weak
1150: Usually vacant. WHBY (Appleton, WI) rarely
1160: WYLL Local
1170: Usually vacant. KJOC (Davenport, IA) has been known to sneak in
1180: WSQR (Sycamore, IL)-good
1190: Used to be WOWO (Ft. Wayne, IN) weak, but not recently
1200: WRTO (Chicago)-good
1210: Vacant
1220: WKRS weak, WLPO weaker
1230: WCLO weak, WJOB weaker
1240: WSBC weak, WSDR weaker
1250: WSSP-weak
1260: WEKZ (Monroe, WI) weak
1270: WKBF and WWCA-both very weak
1280: WBIG-fair/weak
1290: WMCS-very weak
1300: WRDZ (La Grange, IL)-weak
1310: WIBA (Madison, WI)-weak
1320: Usually vacant, sometimes WKAN (Kankakee, IL)
1330: Rockford and Evanston, IL fighting it out with weak signals
1340: Ditto 1330 but with Milwaukee and Joliet, IL
1350: Usually vacant...sometimes WPDR (Portage, WI)
1360: WLBK (De Kalb, IL) good
1370: Usually vacant, sometimes WLTH (Gary, IN)
1380: WJTK (Beloit, WI)-Fair
1390: WGRB (Chcago)-Fair
1400: WRJN (Racine, WI)-Fair
1410: WRMN (Elgin, IL)-Good
 
Bothell, WA, DAY only

1120: nothing usually
1130: CKWX Vancouver, BC
1140: splatter
1150: KKNW Bellevue, WA
1160: splatter
1170: KPUG Bellingham, WA
1180: KLAY Tacoma, WA
1190: Somewhat often a very faint KEX Portland, much better signal in winter
1200: CJRJ Vancouver, BC
1210: KTBK Auburn, WA
1220: splatter
1230: KWYZ Everett, WA
1240: usually IBOC/splatter, sometimes KGY Olympia, Wash. or KXLE Ellensburg, Wash.
1250: KKDZ Seattle, WA
1260: IBOC
1270: nothing
1280: KLDY Lacey, WA summer, KIT Yakima, WA winter with KLDY fluttering in and out
1290: ditto 1270 except in winter, when KUMA Pendelton, OR comes in rarely
1300: KKOL Seattle, WA
1310: weak splatter
1320: CHMB Vancouver, BC
1330: KGRG Auburn, WA (very weak college station)
1340: KWLE Anacortes, WA. Sometimes Wenatchee or KIHR Hood River, OR (maybe) in winter fluttering
1350: nothing
1360: KKMO Tacoma, WA
1370: IBOC
1380: KRKO Everett, WA
1390: IBOC. KJOX Yakima, WA rarely before IBOC
1400: KITZ Silverdale, WA
1410: Team 1410 Vancouver, BC

-crainbebo
 
NW Houston, TX.

1120- nothing
1130- nothing
1140- KYOK-Conroe, TX. (Gospel, Amen 1140 KYOK)
1150- WTAW-College Station, TX. (Sports, 1150 The Zone)
1160- nothing
1170- nothing
1180- KGOL-Humble, TX. (Sports, ESPN Deportes Radio)
1190- nothing
1200- WOAI-San Antonio, TX. (News/Talk, 1200 WOAI) weak, but listenable
1210- nothing
1220- nothing
1230- KQUE-Houston, TX. (Brokered, Little Saigon Radio)
1240- nothing
1250- KDEI-Port Arthur, TX. (Religious, Radio Maria) steady signal, although a bit weak
1260- nothing
1270- nothing
1280- KWHI-Brenham, TX. (country, news, talk 1280 KWHI)
1290- nothing
1300- KVET-Austin, TX. (Sports, 1300 The Zone)
1310- nothing
1320- KXYZ-Houston, TX. (Brokered, China Radio Int'l)
1330- nothing
1340- nothing
1350- nothing
1360- KWWJ-Baytown, TX. (Gospel, Gospel 1360)
1370- nothing
1380- nothing
1390- KULP-El Campo, TX. (Country 1390 KULP) faint signal, very weak
1400- KHCB-League City, TX. (Spanish Religious, Radio Amistad)
1410- nothing
 
From Warminster PA:

1120-Daytime: WUST Washington DC(weak)
Night: KMOX St. Louis MO
1130-Daytime: WBBR New York
Night: same
1140-Daytime: zippo
Night: WRVA Richmond VA
1150-Daytime: WDEL Wilmington DE(weak)
Night: mess
1160-Daytime: WBYN Lehighton PA
Night: mess, sometimes KSL Salt Lake City
1170-Daytime: zippo
Night: WWVA Wheeling WV
1180-Daytime: WFYL Chester PA(strong)
Night: WHAM Rochester NY
1190-Daytime: WLIB New York or WANN Annapolis MD
Night: WOWO Fort Wayne IN
1200-Daytime: zippo
Night: sometimes WOAI San Antonio TX
1210-Daytime: WPHT Philly(local)
Night: same
1220-Daytime: splatter from WPHT
Night: mess, usually WKNR Cleveland
1230-Daytime: WEEX Easton PA
Night: mess
1240-Daytime: WSNJ Bridgeton NJ
Night: mess
1250-Daytime: WMTR Morristown NJ
Night: WEAE Pittsburgh
1260-Daytime: WBUD Trenton NJ
Night: mess
1270-Daytime: WMIZ Vineland NJ(weak)
Night: mess
1280-Daytime: WADO New York
Night: mess
1290-Daytime: WWTX Wilmington DE
Night: who knows
1300-Daytime: WIMG Trenton NJ
Night: WJZ Baltimore
1310-Daytime: WEMG Camden NJ(semi-local)
Night: same
1320-Daytime: WKAP Allentown PA
Night: same
1330-Daytime: zippo
Night: lots of stations
1340-Daytime: WHAT Philly(local)
Night: same
1350-Daytime: WHWH Princeton NJ
Night: mess
1360-Daytime: WNJC Vineland NJ
Night: mess
1370-Daytime: WPAZ Pottstown PA(semi-local)
Night: WFEA Manchester NH
1380-Daytime: WTMC Wilmington DE
Night: mess
1390-Daytime: zippo
Night: mess
1400-Daytime: WEST Easton PA(weak)
Night: who knows
1410-Daytime: WDOV Dover DE
Night: WPOP Hartford CT
 
Daytime in Rochester NY -

1120 - WBBF Buffalo
1130 - empty
1140 - WCJW Warsaw NY
1150 - CKOC Hamilton ON
1160 - WPIE Trumansburg NY/WHAM hash
1170 - WHAM hash
1180 - WHAM
1190 - WHAM hash
1200 - WHAM hash
1210 - empty
1220 - empty
1230 - WECK Cheektowaga NY
1240 - WGVA Geneva NY
1250 - CJYE Oakville ON
1260 - WSKO Syracuse/WHTK hash
1270 - WHTK hash
1280 - WHTK Rochester
1290 - WHTK hash
1300 - WHTK hash
1310 - WRSB Canandaigua NY
1320 - empty (was WHHO Hornell NY, now defunct)
1330 - empty
1340 - WLVL Lockport NY/WWLF Auburn NY (weak)
1350 - empty
1360 - WXXI hash
1370 - WXXI Rochester (no IBOC here, but I'm so very close that it still hashes)
1380 - WXXI hash
1390 - WFBL Syracuse (weak)
1400 - WWWS Buffalo (weak)
1410 - empty
 
Western Cincinnati
Daytime

1120 Nothing
1130 WEDI Eaton OH – null my way
1140 Nothing
1150 Generally nothing
1160 WQRT Florence KY – local
1170 Nothing
1180 Nothing
1190 WOWO Ft. Wayne IN
1200 Nothing
1210 WDAO Dayton OH – surprisingly weak regional
1220 WSLM Salem IN - weak
1230 WDBZ Cincinnati OH – local
1240 Nothing – You would think I could get the Maysville KY station
1250 Generally nothing
1260 WNDE Indianapolis – weak
1270 WXGO Madison IN - regional
1280 Nothing
1290 WHIO Dayton OH - regional
1300 WLXG Lexington KY
1310 Generally nothing
1320 WCVG Covington (Cincinnati) KY – local
1330 WTRE Greensburg IN
1340 Nothing
1350 splatter
1360 WSAI Cincinnati – local
1370 splatter
1380 WMJR Nicholasville KY – regional
1390 Nothing
1400 WCYN Cynthiana KY
1410 WING Dayton – weak
 
from south of Pittsburgh

1120- nothing
1130 - WASP, Brownsville, PA
1140 - sometimes late-day WRVA, Richmond, VA
1150 - WGBN, New Kensington, PA
1160 - nothing
1170 - WWVA, Wheeling, WV
1180 - nothing
1190 - nothing
1200 - WKST, New Castle, PA
1210 - WANB, Waynesburg, PA
1220 - WHKW, Cleveland, OH (very tough under IBOC splatter from 1250)
1230 - IBOC splatter
1240 - IBOC splatter
1250 - WDDZ, Pittsburgh (Radio Disney)
1260 - IBOC splatter
1270 - IBOC splatter
1280 - WJST, New Castle, PA (weak)
1290 - nothing
1300 - WCLG, Morgantown, WV
1310 - splatter
1320 - WJAS, Pittsburgh
1330- splatter
1340 - WSTV, Steubenville, OH and WYJK, Connellsville, PA duking it out
1350 - nothing
1360 - WMNY, McKeesport, PA
1370 - nothing
1380 - WTYM, Kittanning, PA
1390 - WNIO, Youngstown, OH
1400 - splatter
1410 - KQV, Pittsburgh
 
Durham, NC (daytime)

1120- WSME, Camp Lejeune, NC (weak)
1130- WPYB, Benson, NC
1140- WRVA, Richmond, VA (weak)
1150- WBAG, Burlington-Graham, NC
1160- nothing
1170- WCLN, Clinton, NC
1180- WHAM, Rochester, NC (weak)
1190- nothing
1200- WSML, Graham, NC
1210- WPHT, Philadelphia, PA (weak)
1220- WREV, Reidsville, NC
1230- nothing
1240- WPJL, Raleigh, NC
1250- WDVA, Danville, VA
1260- WKXR, Asheboro, NC
1270- WMPM, Smithfield, NC
1280- nothing
1290- WXKL, Sanford, NC
1300- nothing
1310- WTIK, Durham, NC
1320- nothing
1330- WBTM, Danville, VA
1340- WCBQ, Oxford, NC
1350- WLLY, Wilson, NC
1360- WCHL, Chapel Hill, NC
1370- WLLN, Lillington, NC
1380- WTOB, Winston-Salem, NC
1390- WEED, Rocky Mount, NC
1400- nothing
1410- WRJD, Durham, NC
 
RyanHoward said:
From Warminster PA:

1120-Daytime: WUST Washington DC(weak)
Night: KMOX St. Louis MO
1130-Daytime: WBBR New York
Night: same
1140-Daytime: zippo
Night: WRVA Richmond VA
1150-Daytime: WDEL Wilmington DE(weak)
Night: mess
1160-Daytime: WBYN Lehighton PA
Night: mess, sometimes KSL Salt Lake City
1170-Daytime: zippo
Night: WWVA Wheeling WV
1180-Daytime: WFYL Chester PA(strong)
Night: WHAM Rochester NY
1190-Daytime: WLIB New York or WANN Annapolis MD
Night: WOWO Fort Wayne IN
1200-Daytime: zippo
Night: sometimes WOAI San Antonio TX
1210-Daytime: WPHT Philly(local)
Night: same
1220-Daytime: splatter from WPHT
Night: mess, usually WKNR Cleveland
1230-Daytime: WEEX Easton PA
Night: mess
1240-Daytime: WSNJ Bridgeton NJ
Night: mess
1250-Daytime: WMTR Morristown NJ
Night: WEAE Pittsburgh
1260-Daytime: WBUD Trenton NJ
Night: mess
1270-Daytime: WMIZ Vineland NJ(weak)
Night: mess
1280-Daytime: WADO New York
Night: mess
1290-Daytime: WWTX Wilmington DE
Night: who knows
1300-Daytime: WIMG Trenton NJ
Night: WJZ Baltimore
1310-Daytime: WEMG Camden NJ(semi-local)
Night: same
1320-Daytime: WTKZ Allentown PA
Night: same
1330-Daytime: zippo
Night: lots of stations
1340-Daytime: WHAT Philly(local)
Night: same
1350-Daytime: WHWH Princeton NJ
Night: mess
1360-Daytime: WNJC Vineland NJ
Night: mess
1370-Daytime: WPAZ Pottstown PA(semi-local)
Night: WFEA Manchester NH
1380-Daytime: WTMC Wilmington DE
Night: mess
1390-Daytime: zippo
Night: mess
1400-Daytime: WEST Easton PA(weak)
Night: who knows
1410-Daytime: WDOV Dover DE
Night: WPOP Hartford CT
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1320 in Allentown is no longer WKAP; it is now WTKZ.
 
From McKinney just a little north of Dallas

1130 KWKH (weak)
1140 KCLE (weak)
1160 KVCE
1170 KFAQ (Very-weak)
1190 KFXR
1220 KZEE
1230 KSST
1240 KVSO (weak)
1270 KFJZ
1310 KTCK
1360 KMNY
1400 KGVL <-Excellent Oldies Station
 
RadioDaze said:
Durham, NC (daytime)

1120- WSME, Camp Lejeune, NC (weak)
1130- WPYB, Benson, NC
1140- WRVA, Richmond, VA (weak)
1150- WBAG, Burlington-Graham, NC
1160- nothing
1170- WCLN, Clinton, NC
1180- WHAM, Rochester, NC (weak)
1190- nothing
1200- WSML, Graham, NC
1210- WPHT, Philadelphia, PA (weak)
1220- WREV, Reidsville, NC
1230- nothing
1240- WPJL, Raleigh, NC
1250- WDVA, Danville, VA
1260- WKXR, Asheboro, NC
1270- WMPM, Smithfield, NC
1280- nothing
1290- WXKL, Sanford, NC
1300- nothing
1310- WTIK, Durham, NC
1320- nothing
1330- WBTM, Danville, VA
1340- WCBQ, Oxford, NC
1350- WLLY, Wilson, NC
1360- WCHL, Chapel Hill, NC
1370- WLLN, Lillington, NC
1380- WTOB, Winston-Salem, NC
1390- WEED, Rocky Mount, NC
1400- nothing
1410- WRJD, Durham, NC
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Do you really get WHAM during the day?
 
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