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What does your AM band look like? (1420-1710)

1440 KTNO (University Park, Texas)
1460 KCLE (Burleson, Texas)
1480 KNIT (Dallas, Texas)
1540 KZMP (University Park, Texas)
1580 KGAF (Gainesville, Texas)
1600 KRVA (Cockrell Hill, Texas)
1630 KKGM (Fort Worth, Texas)
1700 KKLF (Richardson, Texas)
 
Last part of my list...

1420 - XEXX Tijuana, BCN (fair signal - 46/25 (dBuV/SNR indicated on radio))
1430 - KWST El Centro, CA (faint/trace - 25/00)
1440 - nothing
1450 - KFSD Escondido, CA (fairly weak - 30/23, lost in the jumble at night)
1460 - some XERCN splatter
1470 - XERCN (quite strong - 59/25)
1480 - some XERCN splatter
1490 - unID (either KGBA Heber, CA, or KSPE Santa Barbara, CA - weak, 24/07)
1500 - nothing {night: usually KSJX San Jose, CA, occasionally KSTP St Paul, MN}
1510 - KSPA Ontario, CA (faint - 27/00)
1520 - KVTA Port Hueneme, CA (weak - 24/09) {night: KOKC Oklahoma City, UT}
1530 - nothing {night: KFBK Sacramento, CA}
1540 - presumed KMPC Los Angeles, CA (trace - 27/00) {night: KMPC}
1550 - XEBG Tijuana, CA (slightly weak to fair - 38/25)
1560 - nothing {night: KNZR Bakersfield, CA}
1570 - nothing {night: KMIK IBOC}
1580 - KBLA Santa Monica, CA (weak - 25/09) {night: KMIK Tempe, AZ - easily my strongest nighttime skywave signal - has hit 70dBuV using only the built-in antenna, and I've had it hit 97dBuV when coupling a utility pole groundwire up the street from my house, Select-A-Tenna and the radio together, a level I had to be 90 feet from a 5kW tower on 1290 mid afternoon recently to duplicate (KMIK is about 300 miles away))
1590 - KUNX Ventura, CA (trace - 24/00) {night: KMIK IBOC}
1600 - KAHZ Pomona, CA (trace - 24/00)
1610 - nothing
1620 - WNSB415 San Ysidro CalTrans HAR TIS (somewhat weak - 29/14) {night: KSMH West Sacramento, CA}
1630 - XEUT Tijuana, BCN (fairly strong - 53/25)
1640 - nothing {night: KDIA Vallejo, CA}
1650 - KFOX Torrance, CA (weak - 20/07)
1660 - nothing
1670 - KHPY Moreno Valley, CA (weak - 22/06) {night: KHPY}
1680 - nothing {night: KGED Fresno, CA}
1690 - nothing
1700 - XEPE Tecate, BCN (fairly strong - 52/25)
1710 - nothing
 
1430 WPNI - Amherst, MA - Folk/Jazz/etc (Simulcasts WUMB-FM Boston) *weak* [Station is for sale and has been since 2007. WPNI was LMAd to non-commercial WFCR for a secondary NPR service until 2007 at which time WFCR began LMAing WNNZ 640 from Clear Channel. In 2010 WFCR purchased WNNZ out right.]

1470 WMMW Meriden, CT - Talk (Simulcasts WDRC/1360)

1500 WFIF Milford, CT - Religious (Signal Strength Varies)

1530 WDJZ Bridgeport, CT - Brokered Programming targeted towards the Caribbean Community (Weak)

1550 WDSK Bloomfield, CT - Religious

1560 WQEW NYC - Radio Disney (Signal Strength Varies)

1660 WWRU - Jersey City, NJ - Korean (Signal Stength Varies)

1670 Connecticut Highway Advisory Radio

****Other stations I have picked up (depending on conditions) include: WLIS 1420 Old Saybrook, CT - Talk (simulcasts WMRD/1150), 1480 WKND Windsor - R&B Hits/R&B Oldies/Black Gospel, 1510 WWZN Boston - Progressive Talk/Redsox Beisbol en Espanol), 1520 WIZZ Greenfield, MA (Eclectic Oldies), 1580 WLIM Patchouge, Long Island - Spanish Variety, and 1680 WTTM Lindenwold, NJ - Spanish Misc******
 
Northern VA,

1420 WKCW Warrention, VA, local, religion/music mostly Christian country and Christian contemporary
1430 WNAV Annapolis, MD, very weak, oldies
1440 nothing
1450 excessive amount of splatter
1460 WKDV Manassas, VA, extremely strong signal, transmitter about 3 miles away, Spanish regional Mexican
1470 excessive amount of splatter
1480 WPWC Dale City, VA, Spanish regional Mexican, weak though I'm about 27 miles away
1490 WCVA Culpeper, VA, adult standards, weak
1500 WFED DC, Federal news, semilocal
1510 nothing
1520 nothing; WTRI Brunswick, MD silent
1530 nothing
1540 WACA College Park, MD, Spanish music and talk, semilocal
1550 WMRE Charles Town, VW, rather weak, Fox sports
1560 nothing, (NY Radio Disney at night)
1570 WNST Baltimore, MD, very weak, sports talk
1580 WHFS Morningside, MD, talk
1590 WHGT Chambersburg, PA, rather weak, religion
1600 WINX Beltsville, MD, Spanish music
1610 nothing
1620 nothing
1630 TIS, Northern VA Comm. College in Manassas, local
1640 nothing
1650 nothing
1660 TIS, a museum
1670 nothing
1680 nothing
1690 WPTX Lexington Park, MD, very weak, sports talk
1700 nothing
1710 nothing
On 1450 I could hear a very weak talker WOL from just east of DC mixed in with the 1460 splatter when I null out the 1460 signal as much as I can.
 
Bothell WA day only

1420: KRIZ Seattle, WA. Was off late 2010, so KITI Chehalis, WA in that timeframe
1430: KBRC Mount Vernon, WA
1440: nothing
1450: KONP Port Angeles, WA/sometimes KSUH Puyallup, WA
1460: KARR Kirkland, WA
1470: KELA Centralia, WA/CJVB Vancouver, BC
1480: super weak KNTB Tacoma, WA/KBMS Vancouver, WA in winter
1490: KBRO Bremerton, WA
1500: nothing
1510: ditto summer, maybe KGA Spokane in winter
1520: KGDD Portland, OR, varying levels
1530: KFBK Sac. CA winter (600+ mi!)/nothing summer
1540: KXPA Bellevue, WA
1550: KRPI Blaine, WA/sometimes the new stupid talker in Vancouver, formerly "The Music of Your Life KKAD"
1560: KZIZ Renton, WA
1570: nothing
1580: nothing
1590: KLFE Seattle, WA
1600: KVRI Blaine, WA
1610: TIS stations, includes WPKL360 Woodinville, WA
1620: KYIZ Seattle, WA
1630: nothing
1640: KDZR Lake Oswego, OR winter, usually nothing summer
1650: Redmond Community Radio, Redmond, WA (TIS)
1660: KXOL Brigham City, UT winter, nothing summer
1670: nothing
1680: KNTS Seattle, WA
1690: nothing
1700: not much
1710: VERY weak spanish pirate up north

-crainbebo
 
daytime NW Houston, TX.

1420- nothing
1430- KCOH-Houston, TX. (Urban Gold, 1430 KCOH)
1440- nothing
1450- KIKR-Beaumont, TX. (Spanish, La Gran D) very weak
1460- KBRZ-Missouri City, TX. (Brokered, Sangeet Radio)
1470- nothing
1480- KLVL-Pasadena, TX. (Brokered, 1480 KLVL)
1490- nothing
1500- KANI-Wharton, TX. (Gospel, Gospel 1500 KANI) very weak
1510- nothing
1520- KYND-Cypress, TX. (Brokered, China Radio Int'l)
1530- nothing
1540- KGBC-Galveston, TX. (Brokered, China Radio Int'l)
1550- nothing
1560- KGOW-Bellaire, TX. (Sports, 1560 The Game)
1570- nothing
1580- KMIC hash
1590- KMIC-Houston, TX. (Radio Disney AM 1590)
1600- KMIC hash
1610- nothing
1620- WTAW-College Station, TX. (News/Talk 1620 WTAW)
1630-1670- nothing
1680- Local Traffic and Emergency Service
1690- nothing
1700- KVNS-Brownsville, TX. (Classic Hits, Classic Hits 1700 KVNS)
1710- nothing
 
1420 Nothing
1430 Nothing
1440 Spanish programming ???
1450 WMOH Hamilton OH
1460 WBNS Columbus – receive on the eastern side of Cincinnati. Never tried on western side.
1470 Nothing
1480 WDJO Cincinnati OH – local
1490 WKBV Richmond IN – weak
1500 WBZI Xenia OH
1510 Nothing
1520 splatter
1530 WCKY Cincinnati OH – local
1540 splatter
1550 Nothing
1560 WCNW Fairfield (Cincinnati) OH – local
1570 Generally nothing
1580 - Nothing
1590 WSRW Hillsboro OH – receive on the eastern side of Cincinnati.
1600 Generally nothing
1610 Greater Cincinnati Regional Airport
1610+ Thankfully, no locals
 
From Rochester NY -

1420 WACK Newark NY
1430 CHKT Toronto
1440 WSGO Oswego NY (weak)
1450 formerly CHUC Cobourg ON, since moved to FM
1460 WHIC Rochester (local, but has moved to a new site 4 miles more distant from me)
1470 WNYY Ithaca NY under WHIC slop
1480 WLEA Hornell NY/WADR Remsen NY (weak)
1490 WBTA Batavia NY
1500 empty daytime
1510 empty daytime
1520 WWKB Buffalo (semi-local strength)
1530 empty daytime
1540 CHIN Toronto
1550 WCGR Canandaigua NY under intermod from 1460/1370 mixing
1560 empty daytime, WQEW skywave in the winter
1570 WFLR Dundee NY
1580 CKDO Oshawa ON
1590 WAUB Auburn NY (WASB Brockport is closer, but very directional away from me)
1600 empty daytime, WWRL NYC skywave in the winter
1610 TIS
1620-1700 nothing local, weak signals sometimes from 1650/1690 Toronto
 
from south Pittsburgh PA suburbs

1420 - splatter from 1410 KQV
1430 - WEIR, Weirton, WV
1440 - nothing
1450 - WJPA, Washington, PA
1460 - WMBA, Ambridge, PA
1470 - nothing
1480 - WCNS, Latrobe, PA (very weak)
1490 - WOHI, East Liverpool, OH
1500 - nothing
1510 - WPGR, Monroeville, PA
1520 - sometimes late day WWKB, Buffalo, NY
1530 - sometimes late day WCKY, Cincinnati, OH
1540 - nothing
1550 - WLFP, Braddock, PA
1560 - nothing
1570 - nothing
1580 - nothing
1590 - nothing (formerly WZUM, Carnegie, PA, went dark 1 1/2 yrs. ago)
1600 - WKKX, Wheeling, WV
1610 - PennDOT TIS station
1620 - nothing
1630 - PennDot TIS station
1640 - PennDOT TIS station
1650 - nothing
1660 - nothing
1670 - nothing
1680 - nothing
1690 - nothing
1700 - nothing
1710 - nothing
 
Durham, NC (daytime)

1420- WVOT, Wilson, NC (when on-air)
1430- WRXO, Roxboro, NC
1440- WKLV, Blackstone, VA
1450- WIZS, Henderson, NC
1460- nothing
1470- WWBG, Greensboro, NC
1480- nothing
1490- WDUR, Durham, NC
1500- weak WFED, Washington, DC
1510- WEAL, Greensboro, NC
1520- WARR, Warrenton, NC
1530- WLLQ, Chapel Hill, NC
1540- WYNC, Yanceyville, NC
1550- WCLY, Raleigh, NC (currently off-air due to tornado damage) or WBSC, Bennetsville, SC
1560- WSBV, South Boston, VA
1570- WNCA, Siler City, NC
1580- WWDN, Danville, VA or IF from WPTF 680 in Raleigh, NC
1590- WHPY, Clayton, NC
1600- WIDU, Fayetteville, NC
1610- WNBR-326 (TIS at RDU Int'l Airport) or WPHB-255 (TIS at Duke University)
1620- nothing
1630- TIS at the RBC Center in Raleigh (don't know calls)
1640- nothing
1650- WHKT, Chesapeake, VA
1660- WBCN, Charlotte, NC
1670- WRNC, Warner-Robbins, GA
1680- nothing
1690- nothing
1700- nothing
1710- nothing
 
Warminster PA(daytime only):

1420: WCOJ Coatesville PA(weak)
1430: zippo
1440: WNPV Lansdale PA(local)
1450: WILM Wilmington DE
1460: WIFI Florence NJ
1470: WSAN Allentown PA(weak)
1480: WUBA Philly(local)
1490: WBCB Levittown PA(semi-local)
1500: zippo
1510: zippo
1520: WCHE West Chester PA(weak)
1530: splatter
1540: WNWR Philly(local; ethnic)
1550: splatter
1560: WQEW New York(weak; Radio Disney)
1570: WISP Doylestown PA(local; Catholic Radio)
1580: splatter from WISP
1590: WPWA Chester PA(weak)
1600: WHOL Allentown Pa(weak)
1610: zippo
1620: zippo
1630: zippo
1640: TIS station from Philly
1650: zippo
1660: zippo
1670: zippo
1680: WTTM Trenton NJ(Spanish)
1690: zippo
1700: zippo
1710: zippo
 
From McKinney just a little north Of Dallas

1420 KFYN
1440 KTNO
1460 KHFX
1480 KNIT
1500 KJIM (Daytimer)
1520 KOKC
1540 KZMP
1570 KPYK
1580 KGAF
1600 KMAE
1630 KKGM
1650 KTRX
1670 NOAA Weather Radio
1700 KKLF
 
1420 - WBEC (Pittsfield MA, weak)
1430 - nothing
1440 - WFNY (Gloversville, NY, fair signal)
1450 - WDDY splatter
1460 - WDDY (Radio Disney)
1470 - WDDY splatter
1480 - nothing
1490 - WCSS (Amsterdam, NY, good to fair)
1500 - nothing (WFED always at night)
1510 - nothing
1520 - WDCD splatter (WKBW Buffalo at night)
1530 - WDCD splatter
1540 - WDCD (Christian Talk, another strong signal here... signs off at 10:00 PM and I hear ZNS-1 or KXEL at night almost always)
1550 - WDCD splatter
1560 - WDCD splatter (with WQEW underneath at night until WDCD signs off, then just WQEW)
1570 - WVTL (Amsterdam, NY talk, good to fair)
1580 - nothing
1590 - nothing
1600 - nothing (WWRL/NYC at night)
1610 - Thruway TIS station (not sure of the calls)
1620 - nothing
1630 - nothing
1640 - nothing
1650 - nothing
1660 - nothing
1670 - nothing
1680 - nothing
1690 - nothing
1700 - nothing
1710 - nothing
 
danikayser84 said:
1420 - WBEC (Pittsfield MA, weak)
1430 - nothing
1440 - WFNY (Gloversville, NY, fair signal)
1450 - WDDY splatter
1460 - WDDY (Radio Disney)
1470 - WDDY splatter
1480 - nothing
1490 - WCSS (Amsterdam, NY, good to fair)
1500 - nothing (WFED always at night)
1510 - nothing
1520 - WDCD splatter (WKBW Buffalo at night)
1530 - WDCD splatter
1540 - WDCD (Christian Talk, another strong signal here... signs off at 10:00 PM and I hear ZNS-1 or KXEL at night almost always)
1550 - WDCD splatter
1560 - WDCD splatter (with WQEW underneath at night until WDCD signs off, then just WQEW)
1570 - WVTL (Amsterdam, NY talk, good to fair)
1580 - nothing
1590 - nothing
1600 - nothing (WWRL/NYC at night)
1610 - Thruway TIS station (not sure of the calls)
1620 - nothing
1630 - nothing
1640 - nothing
1650 - nothing
1660 - nothing
1670 - nothing
1680 - nothing
1690 - nothing
1700 - nothing
1710 - nothing

Where are you located?
 
radioman148 said:
danikayser84 said:
1420 - WBEC (Pittsfield MA, weak)
1430 - nothing
1440 - WFNY (Gloversville, NY, fair signal)
1450 - WDDY splatter
1460 - WDDY (Radio Disney)
1470 - WDDY splatter
1480 - nothing
1490 - WCSS (Amsterdam, NY, good to fair)
1500 - nothing (WFED always at night)
1510 - nothing
1520 - WDCD splatter (WKBW Buffalo at night)
1530 - WDCD splatter
1540 - WDCD (Christian Talk, another strong signal here... signs off at 10:00 PM and I hear ZNS-1 or KXEL at night almost always)
1550 - WDCD splatter
1560 - WDCD splatter (with WQEW underneath at night until WDCD signs off, then just WQEW)
1570 - WVTL (Amsterdam, NY talk, good to fair)
1580 - nothing
1590 - nothing
1600 - nothing (WWRL/NYC at night)
1610 - Thruway TIS station (not sure of the calls)
1620 - nothing
1630 - nothing
1640 - nothing
1650 - nothing
1660 - nothing
1670 - nothing
1680 - nothing
1690 - nothing
1700 - nothing
1710 - nothing

Where are you located?
Schenectady, NY
 
danikayser84 said:
radioman148 said:
danikayser84 said:
1420 - WBEC (Pittsfield MA, weak)
1430 - nothing
1440 - WFNY (Gloversville, NY, fair signal)
1450 - WDDY splatter
1460 - WDDY (Radio Disney)
1470 - WDDY splatter
1480 - nothing
1490 - WCSS (Amsterdam, NY, good to fair)
1500 - nothing (WFED always at night)
1510 - nothing
1520 - WDCD splatter (WKBW Buffalo at night)
1530 - WDCD splatter
1540 - WDCD (Christian Talk, another strong signal here... signs off at 10:00 PM and I hear ZNS-1 or KXEL at night almost always)
1550 - WDCD splatter
1560 - WDCD splatter (with WQEW underneath at night until WDCD signs off, then just WQEW)
1570 - WVTL (Amsterdam, NY talk, good to fair)
1580 - nothing
1590 - nothing
1600 - nothing (WWRL/NYC at night)
1610 - Thruway TIS station (not sure of the calls)
1620 - nothing
1630 - nothing
1640 - nothing
1650 - nothing
1660 - nothing
1670 - nothing
1680 - nothing
1690 - nothing
1700 - nothing
1710 - nothing

Where are you located?
Schenectady, NY

Thanks!
 
Laguna Vista, TX (Brownsville/South Padre Island)

1420- XEEW Matamoros, MX
1430- XEWD Ciudad Miguel Aleman, MX (faint)
1440- KEYS Corpus Christi, TX
1450- XERDO Brecha 73, MX
1460- nada
1470- nada
1480- nada
1490- XEMS, Matamoros, MX
1500- nada
1510- KROB Robstown,TX
1520- KGBT splatter
1530- KGBT Harlingen, TX
1540- nada
1550- nada
1560- KGOW Bellaire, TX (faint)
1570- nada
1580- KIRT Mission, TX
1590- KDAE Sinton, TX
1600- nada
1610- Cameron County Park System
1620-1690- nada
1700- KVNS Brownsville, TX
 
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