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WHAT DOES YOUR AM BAND LOOK LIKE AT NIGHT? PART 4 610-800

Raider57, the station in Mt Holly NJ at 640 is WWJZ, and is the Philly Radio Disney station.
WJJZ was the old Mt Holly daytimer on 1460, and those calls were since used by the smooth jazz
station in Philly at 106.1 FM(now Top 40 WISX-My 106.1), and then 97.5 FM in Burlington(now
Hot AC WNUW-Now 97.5, currently doing Christmas music).
 
Whitman, MA (about 25 miles south of Boston)

610: WGIR, Manchester, NH
620: WSNR, Jersey City, NJ with WZON, Bangor, ME in the distance
630: WPRO, Providence, RI
640: CUBA with lots of trash
650: WSM, strong signal usually
660: WFAN, New York, NY at varying strengths
670: WSCR, Chicago, Ill (if you fade the Cubans out)
680: WRKO, Boston, MA
690: CINF, Montreal, QC
700: WLW strong with IBOC from WOR
710: WOR, New York
720: WGN most nights with IBOC from WOR
730: CKAC, Montreal, QC
740: CHWO, Toronto, ON (or whatever the current call-letters are now)
750: WSB, Atlanta, GA
760: WJR, Detroit, MI very strong
770: WABC, New York, NY day and night
780: WBBM, Chicago, Ill, fair/strong almost every night (small amount of Spanish interference)
790: WPRV, Providence, RI (True Oldies Channel)
800: CKLW, Windsor, ON mixed in with Spanish, mixed together many nights, both not as strong as since the "Big 8" days.

Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
 
RyanHoward said:
Raider57, the station in Mt Holly NJ at 640 is WWJZ, and is the Philly Radio Disney station.
WJJZ was the old Mt Holly daytimer on 1460, and those calls were since used by the smooth jazz
station in Philly at 106.1 FM(now Top 40 WISX-My 106.1), and then 97.5 FM in Burlington(now
Hot AC WNUW-Now 97.5, currently doing Christmas music).
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oh I got the two mixed up haha
 
Updated bandscan (Bothell, WA)
610: KONA Pasco, WA/KRTA Medford, OR/CKYL Peace River, AB (sorry if I said Lloydminister in other posts, I thought it was Lloydminister)
620: KPOJ Portland, OR/major 630 slop/unID country station (probably CKRM Regina, SK)
630: KCIS Edmonds, WA/unID way under (maybe KWRO Coquille, OR or KFXD Boise)
640: KFI Los Angeles, CA/major 630 slop
650: CISL Vancouver, BC/KSTE Rancho Cordova, CA (more rarely KGAB Cheyenne, WY and even more rarer KMTI Manti, UT)
660: KAPS Mt. Vernon, WA/CFFR Calgary, AB/KXOR Junction City, OR
670: KBOI Boise, ID (sometimes a very, very faint carrier under, KIRN Los Angeles, CA?)
680: KNBR San Francisco, CA/sometimes KOMW Omak, WA around sunset, or even rarer KBRD Olympia, WA at sunset with National Anthem
690: CBU Vancouver, BC/XEWW Tijuana, BCN, Mexico
700: KXLX Airway Heights, WA/KGRV Winston, OR
710: KIRO Seattle, WA
720: KDWN Las Vegas, NV/KFIR Sweet Home, OR
730: CHMJ vancouver, BC/KULE Ephrata, WA rarer
740: CBX Edmonton, AB or KCBS San Francisco, CA
750: KXL Portland, OR (sometimes I can hear KERR Polson, MT **AFTER** sunset!)
760: KFMB San Diego, CA/770 slop
770: KTTH Seattle, WA (sometime CHQR Calgary, AB will pop up from time to time under KTTH)
780: KKOH Reno, NV/sometimes WBBM Chicago, IL!!
790: mess at night (KGMI Bellingham, WA/KJRB Spokane, WA/Boise, ID/possibly KABC Los Angeles, CA?)
800: CKOR Penticton, BC

-crainbebo
 
From East Moline, IL (Quad Cities USA):

Nighttime-

610: mix of stations
620: WTMJ Milwaukee, WI (weaker than day signal as night signal is directional, and sometimes mixed in with other 620 kHz signals)
630: CFCO Chatham-Kent, ON (just heard this one about a month ago)
640: Mix of WOI Ames, IA and others; possibly KFI Los Angeles, CA at times
650: WSM Nashville, TN
660: WFAN New York, NY (under WSCR IBOC Hash)
670: WSCR Chicago, IL
680: Mix of stations; possibly KNBR San Francisco, CA at times (under WSCR IBOC Hash)
690: Unsure
700: WLW Cincinnati, OH
710: WOR New York, NY (under WGN IBOC Hash)
720: WGN Chicago, IL
730: mix of stations, possibly CKAC Montreal, QC, underneath WGN IBOC Hash
740: CFZM Toronto, ON
750: WSB Atlanta, GA
760: WJR Detroit, MI
770: WABC New York, NY
780: WBBM Chicago, IL
790: mix of unidentifiable stations
800: mix of KXIC Iowa City, IA and others; possibly XEROK down in Mexico
 
Cleveland OH:

610: WTVN Columbus + mess
620: mess
630: mess
640: WHLO Akron (weak, in null)
650: WSM Nashville
660: WFAN NYC
670: WSCR Chicago sometimes mixing with Spanish station
680: CFTR Toronto, sometime mixing with WPTF Raleigh, others
690: Montreal French station
700: WLW Cincinnati
710: WOR NYC (weak) mixing with French and Spanish stations
720: WGN Chicago
730: Montreal French station (weak)
740: CHWO Toronto
750: WSB Atlanta
760: WJR Detroit
770: WABC NYC
780: WBBM Chicago
790: mess
800: CKLW Windsor
 
From Tampa...

610 WIOD Miami
620 WDAE St. Pete
630 mixed UNID
640 Havana, Cuba, another UNID Spanish, WVLG The Villages drifts in now and then
650 WSM Nashville
660 Cuban mostly with weaker WFAN New York
670 Spanish with a weaker WSCR Chicago
680 Weak local Spanish station and many mixed in background
690 Spanish mixed
700 WLW Cincinnati Usually pretty good signal
710 WAQI Miami and Spanish station
720 WGN Chicago, Spanish
730 Mixed Spanish
740 WYGM Orlando with KTRH Houston in background
750 WSB Atlanta
760 WLCC Brandon
770 Spanish with WABC very weak in background
780 WBBM Chicago Usually good signal. By far the strongest of all Chicago Stations
790 WAXY South Miami, Radio Reloj
800 Usually weak UNID Spanish station Always wondered where this one is from
 
610 WTVN Columbus/WIP Philadelphia/KCSP Kansas City
620 WTMJ Milwaukee
630 CFCO London ON
640 CFMJ Toronto
650 WSM Nashville
660 WFAN NYC
670 WSCR Chicago
680 WRKO Boston/CFTR Toronto
690 Vacant
700 WLW Cincinanti
710 WOR NYC
720 WGN Chicago
730 Vacant
740 CFWO Toronto
750 WSM Atlanta
760 WJR Detroit
770 WABC NYC
780 WBBM Chicago
790 WKRD Louisville, WNIS Norfolk, WQXI Atlanta
800 CKLW Windsor
 
From Ann Arbor, Mi on a Grundig G8 Traveller II portable:

610 WTVN Columbus, Oh
660 WFAN New York
680 WNZK Arabic Music
700 WLW Cincinatti, Oh
720 WGN Chicago, Il
740 CFZM Toronto
750 WSB Atlanta (WJR bleeding thru)
760 WJR Detroit, Mi (local)
770 WABC New York (WJR bleeding thru)
780 WBBM Chicago, Il
800 CKLW Windsor, On (local)
 
over38 said:
From Ann Arbor, Mi on a Grundig G8 Traveller II portable:

610 WTVN Columbus, Oh
660 WFAN New York
680 WNZK Arabic Music
700 WLW Cincinatti, Oh
720 WGN Chicago, Il
740 CFZM Toronto
750 WSB Atlanta (WJR bleeding thru)
760 WJR Detroit, Mi (local)
770 WABC New York (WJR bleeding thru)
780 WBBM Chicago, Il
800 CKLW Windsor, On (local)
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No WSCR or WSM for you up there?
How does CKLW sound in Ann Arbor at night? When I was at college in Toledo it was solid even after nightfall and even with the gentle null in my direction. I know that's not their deepest null, though.
 
radioman148 said:
I'm only 20 miles from WGN & WBBM's sticks and I can pick up both WLW and WJR day and night.
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I'm less than that and can pick up WLW and WJR very well at night. WLW is very weak/fringe during the day; no WJR until I get closer to the lake. In the case of WLW, I get such an overwhelming signal from WGN that it's a tough catch during the day.
 
BRNout said:
radioman148 said:
I'm only 20 miles from WGN & WBBM's sticks and I can pick up both WLW and WJR day and night.
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I'm less than that and can pick up WLW and WJR very well at night. WLW is very weak/fringe during the day; no WJR until I get closer to the lake. In the case of WLW, I get such an overwhelming signal from WGN that it's a tough catch during the day.
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20 miles north of Chicago I still get WLW weakly during the day, but can't hear WJR because of the squeeze from the 750 in Portage, In and WBBM's IBLOCK.
 
schmave said:
From Ann Arbor, Mi on a Grundig G8 Traveller II portable:

610 WTVN Columbus, Oh
660 WFAN New York
680 WNZK Arabic Music
700 WLW Cincinatti, Oh
720 WGN Chicago, Il
740 CFZM Toronto
750 WSB Atlanta (WJR bleeding thru)
760 WJR Detroit, Mi (local)
770 WABC New York (WJR bleeding thru)
780 WBBM Chicago, Il
800 CKLW Windsor, On (local)
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No WSCR or WSM for you up there?
How does CKLW sound in Ann Arbor at night? When I was at college in Toledo it was solid even after nightfall and even with the gentle null in my direction. I know that's not their deepest null, though.
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No WSM that night, It's there but noisy tonight though. CKLW booms in here most nights loud and clear.
 
Updated, Bellevue, WA

610: KONA Pasco, WA, sometimes KRTA-OR, some bleed as well from 880 KIXI (about 1.5 mi)
620: KPOJ Portland, OR; maybe KWAL-ID; rarely CKRM-SK
630: KCIS Edmonds, WA mixed with KFXD Boise, ID
640: KXPA-1540 bleed, weak KFI under bleed
650: KSTE Rancho Cordova, CA most nights, sometimes CISL-BC, I think I caught CKOM once since moving here
660: CFFR Calgary, AB, other directions bleed
670: KBOI Boise, ID
680: KNBR San Francisco
690: CBU Vancouver/XEWW Tijuana
700: KIRO splatter, maybe KGRV-OR in breaks
710: KIRO Seattle, WA
720: KIRO splatter (sometimes KDWN-NV can make it over, splatter can be 30kHz +/- freq at times for KIRO
730: CHMJ Vancouver, BC/KEZX Medford, OR/other unids
740: KCBS San Francisco, CA, not very strong but stable
750: KXTG Portland, OR/KOAL-UT/KERR-MT
760: KFMB San Diego
770: KTTH Seattle, WA not nullable 99% of the time
780: KKOH Reno, NV/sometimes WBBM-IL but weak
790: mess, KGMI-WA on top. CFCW-AB and KGHL-MT also noted
800: CKOR Penticton, BC/sometimes CHAB Moose Jaw, SK

-crainbebo
 
Pacific Beach, WA late July 2011

610: KONA Pasco/KRTA Medford, OR
620: KPOJ Portland, OR
630: KCIS Edmonds/KWRO Coquille, OR at sunset
640: KFI LA
650: CISL Vancouver, BC/others
660: CFFR Calgary, AB/KAPS Mount Vernon
670: KBOI Boise
680: KNBR San Francisco
690: CBU-BC/XEWW-BCN
700: KXLX Airway Heights
710: KIRO Seattle
720: KFIR Sweet Home, OR/maybe KDWN??
730: CHMJ Vancouver, BC
740: KCBS San Francisco
750: KXTG Portland, OR
760: KFMB-CA
770: KTTH Seattle/others
780: KKOH Reno, NV
790: CFCW-AB/KGMI-WA/others
800: CKOR-BC

-crainbebo
 
I'm very close to a 50kw day/10kw night on 880 (KIXI) which bleeds on several freqs, so KAPS is gone now. CFFR dominates, but if I try to null it, there's bleed from 880.

-crainbebo
 
Northern VA,

610 a bunch oif stations, including WTVN, WIP and Cuban
620 Another bunch of stations plus a Cuban
630 WMAL DC
640 Philly's Radio Disney along with WKBN in OH and a Cuban station
650 WSM and WFAN IBOC and when I null the Nashville station, I get some station way down south, probably in Colombia
660 WFAN
670 A strong Cuban and WSCR mixed together
680 WCBM Baltimore and WPTF Raleigh, maybe others
690 mess, with some various station and IBOC from WLW
700 WLW
710 WOR and a Cuban mixed in
720 WGN
730 Mess with several stations, including one near Charlotte, NC
740 CFZM, also KRMG Tulsa, OK
750 WSB plus an occasional Spanish tropical somewhere way down south
760 WJR
770 WABC and sometimes some very weak Spanish underneath
780 WBBM
790 WNIS, and several others
800 CKLW Windsor, ON
810 WGY
 
Update from me, from a new location 14 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico in Alabama:

610 - Total mishmash of unidentifiable stations. Heard news/talk and network commercials but no IDs.
620 - Spanish
630 - Spanish
640 - Spanish (strong)
650 - WSM
660 - WXQW Fairhope, AL (local, moderate signal)
670 - Spanish / strong intermix with WSCR
680 - KKYK San Antonio (classic country) / WMFS Memphis (ESPN sports) / WPTF Raleigh (local news/talk)
690 - WIST New Orleans / Spanish mix
700 - WLW (v. weak)
710 - WNTM Mobile, AL (semi-local, 1 kW from ~30 miles NNW)
720 - WGN (strong!)
730 - Spanish
740 - Mish mash / weak KRMG Tulsa
750 - WSB (moderate)
760 - WJR (v. weak) / mish mash
770 - Noise / unknown v. weak signal (talk)
780 - Noise
790 - Noise / unknown v. weak signal
800 - Unknown news/talk (WHOS Decatur?)
 
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