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What does your AM band look like at night--1110 thru 1220

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radioman148

From Highland Park, Il (20 miles north of Chicago)

1110-KFAB Omaha
1120-KMOX St. Louis
1130-WISN Milwaukee/sometimes WBBR NYC weak
1140-WRVA Richmond
1150-Mess
1160-WYLL Chicago
1170-WRVA Wheeling, WV
1180-WHAM Rochester, NY
1190-WOWO Ft Wayne
1200-WRTO Chicago/WOAI if WRTO is nulled
1210-WPHT Philadelphia
1220-A mess with WHKW Cleveland and Mexico City mostly
 
from around Pittsburgh, PA

1110- WBT, Charlotte, NC (strong)
1120- KMOX, St. Louis (strong)
1130- WBBR, New York (wavering and unsteady)
1140- WRVA, Richmond, VA (very strong)
1150- usually slop, occasionally weak CKOC, Hamilton, Ontario
1160- slop
1170- WWVA, Wheeling, WV (strong but skywave fade)
1180- WHAM, Rochester, NY
1190- fierce skywave battle between WLIB, New York and
WOWO, Ft. Wayne, IN.
1200- nothing I can ID
1210- WPHT, Philadelphia (usually strong)
1220- could formerly get WHKK, Cleveland. However, since local
1250 WEAE went high-def, can only get the buzz from here
down to 1280.
 
Rochester NY -

1110 WBT
1120 KMOX (though not as strong as in the old days), occasional WPRX Bristol CT
1130 WBBR, also Detroit sometimes
1140 WRVA
1150 CKOC (not as strong as in the old days)
1160 used to be WYLL Chicago, now mostly WHAM IBOC slop
1170 used to be able to pull out WWVA here, now WHAM IBOC
1180 WHAM!
1190 used to be able to get WOWO clearly, still could get a WOWO/WLIB mix until WHAM's IBOC hit
1200 used to be a mess of WOAI and CFGO, now mostly WHAM IBOC
1210 WPHT
1220 WHKW Cleveland
 
From Bothell, WA
1110: KBND Bend, OR
1120: KPNW Eugene, OR usually... but sometimes gotten San Jose under
1130: CKWX Vancouver
1140: CHRB High River, AB and KGEM Boise
1150: usually a mix of stations, KKNW Seattle, KXMG Portland and the station from Kamloops, BC
1160: KSL Salt Lake City
1170: KPUG Bellingham and sometimes San Jose
1180: KLAY Tacoma and KOFI Kalispell
1190: KEX Portland but sometimes have caught a country station... it faded out as soon as the ID started
1200: CJRJ Vancouver
1210: usually a very weak KTBK Seattle
1220: lots o' splash, but have caught some talk station

-crainbebo
 
40 miles northwest of Chicago

1110: WBT or more likely KFAB. Both weak
1120: KMOX strong
1130: mess...KWKH sometimes on top (barely)
1140: WRVA moderate to strong
1150: mess...CKOC usually on top, but sometimes WHBY
1160: WYLL...semi-local with slop underneath
1170: Usually some combination of KJOC, WWVA, & KFAQ. All quite weak
1180: WHAM...moderate to strong
1190: slop...used to be WOWO "back in the day", but never particularly strong
1200: WOAI usually blows the doors off semi-local WRTO unless nulled
1210: WPHT. moderate. was stronger in its WCAU days
1220: mess...Cleveland and/or Mexico City sometimes on top. Every now and then an "oddball"...such as CJRL recently
 
From Clovis California (near Fresno)



1110 Nothing
1120 KZSJ San Martin CA.
1130 KRDU Dinuba CA.
1140 KHTK Sacramento CA.
1150 KTLK Los Angeles
1160 KSL Salt Lake City
1170 KLOK San Jose CA.
1180 KERI Bakersfield CA.
1190 KEX Portland
1200 KYAA Wasco (Bakersfield) CA
1210 KQEQ Fowler (Fresno) CA.
1220 Nothing
 
Location is right there under my name
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1110 WTAM hash with WBT Charlotte underneath
1120 KMOX St. Louis
1130 WBBR New York
1140 bleedover from CJRC
1150 CJRC (LOCAL)
1160 CRJC beeding
1170 HASH and WWVA Wheeling
1180 WHAM Rochester
1190 bleeding from local CFGO
1200 CFGO (local)
1210 bleeding from CFGO and once in a great while, wpht comes through for a few seconds
1220 WHKW Cleveland
 
Port Isabel (Rio Grande Valley), TX

1110- Slop
1120- KMOX
1130- KWKH
1140- hash
1150- A lot of garble, sometimes KCCT-Corpus Christi
1160- crud
1170- KFAQ or a Mexico station
1180- jumble
1190- free for all
1200- WOAI, but not as strong, despite being only 250 mi. away
1210- local KUBR- San Juan,TX
1220- noise
 
crainbebo said:
From Bothell, WA
1110: KBND Bend, OR
1120: KPNW Eugene, OR usually... but sometimes gotten San Jose under
1130: CKWX Vancouver
1140: CHRB High River, AB and KGEM Boise
1150: usually a mix of stations, KKNW Seattle, KXMG Portland and the station from Kamloops, BC
1160: KSL Salt Lake City
1170: KPUG Bellingham and sometimes San Jose
1180: KLAY Tacoma and KOFI Kalispell
1190: KEX Portland but sometimes have caught a country station... it faded out as soon as the ID started
1200: CJRJ Vancouver
1210: usually a very weak KTBK Seattle
1220: lots o' splash, but have caught some talk station

-crainbebo
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The Country Station on 1190 is CFSL in Weyburn, SK. I've heard it in Portland in the null of KEX.
 
Bristol, CT (I'm around the corner from WPRX's tower)

1110 Occasional WBT from Carolina - Talk
1120 WPRX Bristol, CT - Tropical
1130 WBBR NYC - Business Talk (bleed from WPRX)
1140 MESS
1150 MESS (sometimes WMRD Middletown, CT doesn't power down)
1160 Mess
1170 That Wheeling, WV station that runs Talk and Religion
1180 WHAM Rochester, NY Talk
1190 WLIB NYC - Gospel (weak)
1200 MESS
1210 WPHT Philly - Talk
1220 MESS
 
35 miles Northeast of Indianapolis

1110 not much usually but have gotten KFAB Omaha and WBT CHarlotte
1120 KMOX St Louis
1130 WBBR New York, KWKH Shereveport
1140 WRVA Richmond VA
1150 Nothing
1160 WYLL Chicago
1170 Nothing really not even one catch of wheeling which shocks me with its 50kw signal
1180 WHAM Rochester
1190 WOWO Ft Wayne
1200 WOAI San Antonio
1210 WPHT Philadelphia
1220 WHKK Cleveland
 
Whitman, MA (25 miles south of Boston)

1110 WBT/Charlotte (very strong)
1120 a mess WPRX, WBNW and KMOX
1130 WBBR New York
1140 WRVA Richmond VA
1150 WWDJ Boston (or whatever call-sign it has this week)
1160 WVNJ Oakland, NJ and a mess
1170 WWVA Wheeling, W. VA. (some IBOC splatter from WHAM)
1180 WHAM Rochester (strong w/flat audio response)
1190 A mess of WLIB and WOWO and more IBOC splatter from WHAM.
1200 WKOX Framingham, MA
1210 WPHT Philadelphia
1220 WHKW Cleveland

Oh, how I miss the "Clears" :(
 
Near Cleveland OH:

1110: WTAM (local) IBOC; used to hear WBT Charlotte before nightime IBOC
1120: KMOX St. Louis
1130: WBBR NYC/KWKH Shreveport/WDFN Detroit
1140: WRVA Richmond (very strong)
1150: mess
1160: WYLL Chicago (dominant in mess)/KSL SLC briefly heard once in 90s
1170: WWVA Wheeling/WHAM IBOC
1180: WHAM Rochester (sometimes heard daytime in winter)/Spanish (Cuba?)
1190: WOWO Ft Wayne /WLIB NYC/WHAM IBOC
1200: WPHT IBOC/WOAI San Antonio/CFGO Ottawa/WKST New Castle PA/WCHB Taylor MI
1210: WPHT Philly (very strong)
1220: WHKW Cleveland (local) / WPHT IBOC
 
gr8oldies said:
About the same as MikeStandards except for a Canadian on 1150 (don't really get WIMA at night here in Dayton, OH).
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That canadian is CKOC-AM in Hamilton, Ontario.

-crainbebo
 
Near Reno, Nevada:

1110 - KDIS PASADENA CA 50000 20000 DA-2
1120 - KPNW EUGENE OR 50000 50000 DA-1
1130 - CKWX VANCOUVER BC 50000 50000 DA-2
1140 - KHTK SACRAMENTO CA 50000 50000 DA-2
1150 - KTLK LOS ANGELES CA 50000 44000 DA-2
1160 - KSL SALT LAKE CITY UT 50000 50000 NDA
1170 - KFAQ TULSA OK 50000 50000 DA-N
1180 - KOFI KALISPELL MT 50000 10000 DA-N
1190 - KEX PORTLAND OR 50000 50000 DA-N
1200 - CJRJ VANCOUVER BC 25000 25000 DA-2
1210 - KPRZ SAN MARCOS CA 20000 10000 DA-2
1220 - CJRB BOISSEVAIN MB 10000 10000 DA-1
 
From Fredericksburg, VA

1110 WBT with some of WTAM's IBOC noise
1120 KMOX St. Louis
1130 WBBR NY Bloomberg Radio
1140 WRVA Richmond
1150 Mess; sometimes Oldies CKOC in Ontario
1160 WYLL Chicago, weak signal
1170 WWVA Wheeling WV
1180 WHAM Rochester decent signal, when I turn a loop antenn I'm hearing a bunch of stations
1190 WLIB on the Long Island, signal range from OK to weak
1200 WOAI San Antonio TX OK signal
1210 WPHT Philly, not a great signal
1220 WHKW Cleveland OH, good signal; instead of religious programming, I'm hearing a basketball game from this station. ???
 
Duluth, MN:

1110 - KFAB, Omaha, NE. Formerly one of the strongest and most listenable stations, now unreliable (while driving, at least) due to IBOC hash
1120 - KMOX, St. Louis, MO: Also very strong, now unreliable due to IBOC hash.
1130 - KFAN, Minneapolis, MN: Fairly good during daytime, often obscured by IBOC hash at night
1140 - Mix of stations, including CHRB, High Level, AB; WRVA, Richmond, VA; and KSOO, Sioux Falls, SD
1150 - CKOC, Hamilton, ON
1160 - WYLL, Chicago, IL: One of the clearest night stations now that the lower 1100's are covered in IBOC noise
1170 - WWVA, Wheeling, WV, I think
1180 - WHAM, Rochester, NY
1190 - WOWO, Fort Wayne, IN
1200 - WRTO, Chicago, IL
1210 - WPHT, Philadelphia, PA
1220 - WHNK, Cleveland, OH
 
Forest, Ms (50 Miles E. of Jackson, Ms) at 2:00 AM

1110 Faint Country Station
1120 KMOX, St. Louis
1130 Faint Country Station
1140 Spanish Station (Either Mexico or Cuba)
1150 Overnight Truckers Program
1160 Mismash
1170 KFAQ, Tulsa, OK
1180 R.Redelbe, Cuba (During the day local talker WJNT, Jackson, Ms)
1190 Nothing
1200 WOAI, San Antonio
1210 WPHT, Philadelphia, Pa (Not real strong-Winter) or KGYN, Guymon, OK (When I turn the Radio toward the west)
1220 Nothing
 
Cincinnati:

1110 WBT if anything
1120 KMOX St. L
1130 WBBR if trying hard, nothing good
1140 WRVA Richmond
1150 Nothing discernible
1160 Local northern KY station WDJO, sometimes with noise from WYLL Chicago; could get KSL years ago
1170 WWVA Wheeling
1180 WHAM Rochester
1190 WOWO Ft Wayne
1200 WOAI San Antonio
1210 WPHT Philly
1220 WHKW Cleveland but not great
 
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