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What stations show up in the earliest part of evening, and which are last to fad

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It seems that during the evening, some of my first early evening DXers include WCBS 88 NYC, and 75 WSB in Atlanta show up in late afternoon at time.

When it comes to early morning, the last stations to fade off are 1100 WTAM Cleveland, about 8 hrs away, and also, WSM in Nashville TN, at only about 250 miles south seems to hang on till about 8 or 9 AM some days,,, But for some reason, these two stations dont come in clear until later at night.
 
From Coldwater, MI

My first stations to come through in the evening are WBZ, WPHT, WLAC and WBAL. All of which can be heard with varying strength as early as 3:30-4:00 in the winter months.

The last to fade would be KDKA, WLAC and WHO. All of which usually hang on until just before 10:00 AM.
 
Earliest in the afternoon would be KGDD Portland (as early as 2PM on some days! :)) , KFBK Sacramento (which is very weak at 3:45PM on winter days, but hangs on into the 4PM hour, and KGA Spokane, which starts around 4pm and goes on through the night.

In the morning it's KGDD, KEX, KWEI Boise (1260 AM, can hear through the I-Crap of KKDZ 1250), and KSL, which goes away at about 8:30 AM on winter days.

-crainbebo
 
Dayton, OH: WPGC (whatever they're going to be) and WQEW almost always first.
CFRB, KYW and WABC..and the Spanish 1550 in suburban Atlanta.
Last out: Again, Morningside/Washington.
 
Also, I was gonna mention I get KOA 850 almost nightly, sometimes like local, and sometimes barely audible here in Indiana, but because Denver is 2 hrs behind us, I cant usually get KOA until around 11 or after midnight, and I cant usually hear it past 5 AM.. Maybe with a better DX receiver than a car radio.. All I have for DX is a Car Radio,,, it outperforms even the most expensive home units with just the basic loop antenna.
 
Also, I've even gotten KFBK at high noon on winter days with a good antenna, it's close to 750 miles. I might have beaten the 1970's Ford Radio in Texas reciving KWMT 540 in Fort Dodge, IA.

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
I might have beaten the 1970's Ford Radio in Texas reciving KWMT 540 in Fort Dodge, IA.
-crainbebo
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I see you've been reading some old posts! It was me, in north Irving TX at around noon on a winter day back when KWMT was still 1,000 watts; a very listenable signal, at a distance of approximately 685 miles. KFBK has somewhat of a north/south pattern which would work in your favor, and I'm not sure whether KWMT was directional back then. Also, sorry to break the news but the KFBK towers are roughly 615 miles from you...as nearly as I can determine. :(

But you're probably much younger than me with a lot of great DX'ing ahead of you, so beating my record is probably just a matter of time!
 
Near Charleston, SC

WBT probably the first to come in, stays in all day during the winter, and during the summer, comes in probably an hour before sunset. WCBS/WFAN come in as early as 3:15-3:30 during winter months. WSB stays in late in the morning, and sometimes comes in all day durign winter.

The 50,000 watter in Lancaster, SC (WAGL) also stays in most of the day during the winter, before it signs off. WBAL also comes in early in the afternoon, and so does WPHT.

In the morning: WWL (sometimes comes in as late as 8am), WLS (same thing, with interference from WBAJ), WBT (closeness), and WLAC are the longest to stay.
 
Also, in Dayton, OH, WYLL will come in very early interfering with and sometimes covering WDJO. It stays late too and some winter days never leaves.
 
in Pittsburgh:

First to come in (as early as 3PM on some winter days)

WBBR, WCKY, WRVA, WPHT, WABC

Locals on 1530 and 1130 would frequently get buried past mid-afternoon.
The one on 1530 subsequently moved to 770, where they put up a late-day
battle with WABC.

Last to fade out include WRVA, WLW, WPHT, and interestingly WOWO (usually
hangs around a few hours into the morning after powering back up to 50kW)
 
Re: What stations show up in the earliest part of evening, and which are last to

Can't speak to this question as far as Houston is concerned, as unfortunately I haven't gotten a chance to get away and check this out on any given night.
In Ohio, along with the stations others have listed I am surprised no one has mentioned WMVP. It comes in as early as 4 p.m. many winter days, so only 3 p.m. in Chicago. WBZ starts to make its presence known around then. WGN tries to get in, but before sunset it gets clobbered by a 20K station from North Carolina. I'll never forget developing a deeeeeep dislike for that station one night in Sept. 2004 when because of a hurricane, it stayed on well past its hours and completely wrecked WGN during a Cubs game til around 9 or 9:30.
 
Re: What stations show up in the earliest part of evening, and which are last to

Thats the preacher station right? Ive heard them blowing WGN away north of Indy
 
Re: What stations show up in the earliest part of evening, and which are last to

Yes, and it's a daytimer. By the time it goes away, WGN is usually very loud across the entire region.
 
That 720 was WGCR in Pisgah Forest, NC. Strangely enough, even though it is only 200 miles away, I have never gotten it at all.

The big signals out of Chicago come in early in the evening very frequently around the SE, even driving through north Georgia. One time, I got WLS nearly an hour before sunset just getting out of Athens.

In the Atlanta area, KOA is probably the last AM to come in at night, since it is from the Mountain time zone, and sunset for them is so late. One time last week in Charleston, I thought I got 1530 in Cincinnati at 1:45 in the afternoon, as it was talking sports, and 1530 is a sports station. That station has a huge twilight signal.
 
Re: What stations show up in the earliest part of evening, and which are last to

I've heard WTOP (now WFED) 1500 overtake semi-local WFIF at 2PM here in Central Connecticut. I guess that might be because WFIF has an odd pattern. Even with 1500 running that WFED crap now, it's still more interesting than the religious garbage WFIF airs. :p One Saturday morning several years ago it was 9:40AM and I was hearing WFIF faintly underneath WTOP. All of a sudden at 9:45AM it was like someone at flipped a switch. WFIF was crystal clear and WTOP could be heard faintly underneath.

A couple weeks ago at around 4PM CJAD 800 was blasting in on my car radio while parked in the parking lot of Southington Plaza on Queen Street. Really enjoyed their Oldies Show that the air during that timeslot. Normally during the day I get WLAD from Danbury on 800 at that location and at night I usually get CKLW.

The other morning around 8AM I was in my bathroom listening to my Walman while brushing my teeth and some music station was overpowering WELI on 960. Of course music is more entertaining than Don "Quack Quack" Imus.

One final observation. If I'm at my parents house in Southington and I have my Walkman with me I can have on AM 990 Radio Cantico Nuevo (no I don't listen to that trash) and they can switch to night-pattern (80 watts) I can still hear them very weak for up to another 90 mins before other more powerful 990s overpower that station.
 
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