What would you get with locals off?

[ftballfan]

What would you get if your locals were off?

Here are mine (not all of these at the same time; * - received at location):
88.7: WERN Madison, WI; CIMX Windsor, ON; WSIS Riverside, MI
89.7: WUWM Milwaukee, WI*; WHND Sister Bay, WI*; WJOJ Harrisville, MI
90.3: WHLA La Crosse, WI*; WHBM Park Falls, WI; WRST Oshkosh, WI
90.5: WPHN Gaylord, MI*; WKAR East Lansing, MI
91.1: WOVM Appleton, WI; WGGL Houghton, MI; WFUM Flint, MI
91.7: WMCQ Muskegon, MI*; WSHS Sheboygan, WI; WCML Alpena, MI*; WXPR Rhinelander, WI*; WUOM Ann Arbor, MI; WMSE Milwaukee, WI; WDKV Fond du Lac, WI
92.3: WJPD Ishpeming, MI*; WJMQ Clintonville, WI*; WPWX Hammond, IN*; WMXD Detroit, MI
92.9: WXMM Chilton, WI*; WNDV South Bend, IN; WYNW Birnamwood, WI
93.7: WBCT Grand Rapids, MI*; WBFM Sheboygan, WI*; WCYE Three Lakes, WI*
93.9: WNBY Newberry, MI*; WAVC Mio, MI*; WLIT Chicago, IL; CIDR Windsor, ON
94.1: WJJO Watertown, WI; WVIC Jackson, MI; WUPK Marquette, MI
94.3: WYDR Neenah-Menasha, WI*; WZNL Norway, MI*
94.9: WKJZ Hillman, MI*; WUPZ Chocolay Township, MI*; WOLX Baraboo, WI
95.5: WIFC Wausau, WI*; WNUA Chicago, IL; WKQI Detroit, MI
96.7: WBDK Algoma, WI*; WMJT McMillan, MI; WRGZ Rogers City, MI; WHTQ Whiting, WI
97.7: WQDC Sturgeon Bay, WI*; WFDL Lomira, WI*; WMRX Beaverton, MI; WCHY Cheboygan, MI
98.1: WLKN Cleveland, WI*; WKCQ Saginaw, MI*; WMGN Madison, WI
98.7: WMDC Mayville, WI*; WFMT Chicago, IL; WFGR Grand Rapids, MI; WDZH Detroit, MI; WGLI Hancock, MI
99.3: WOWN Shawano, WI*; WATZ Alpena, MI*; WKEB Medford, WI*; WJQK Zeeland, MI*
99.7: WUGN Midland, MI*; WIMI Ironwood, MI
100.1: WVIB Holton, MI*; WPJP Port Washington, WI*; WRHN Rhinelander, WI*
101.5: WJNR Iron Mountain, MI*; WMJZ Gaylord, MI*; WIBA Sauk City, WI*; WNSN South Bend, IN*
101.9: WDEZ Wausau, WI*; WKQS Negaunee, MI; WDET Detroit, MI; WTMX Skokie, IL
102.7: WRVM Suring, WI*; WVAZ Oak Park, IL; WPZR Mt. Clemens, MI
103.5: WKSC Chicago, IL*; WMUZ Detroit, MI
105.5: WGKL Gladstone, MI*; WBMI West Branch, MI; WRCW Nekoosa, WI; WMMM Madison, WI; WZSR Woodstock, IL
105.7: WSRW Grand Rapids, MI*; WCUP L'Anse, MI*
106.3: WGLM Lakeview, MI*; WOEZ Onaway, MI
107.5: WDUZ Brillion, WI*; WGCI Chicago, IL; WGPR Detroit, MI

Except for 88.7, 91.1, and 94.1, I have had all of my locals either go off or get wiped out by tropo (94.1 was once wiped out by E-skip). 92.3 and 99.3 are currently silent, 98.7 just signed on last year, 100.1 has been silent in the past, and 101.5 is running very low power.

 

[Buckeyes2001]

http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=213007.0

Some responses can be found here from a similar thread I started

 

[Raider57]

From Northern New Jersey..
94.7= either WDSD or WMAS. A few days before Judgement day in 2011, WFME went off the air briefly and I was able to get WMAS and WDSD with WMAS dominating
Adjacent 96.9 WFPG fading in and out
98.7= possibly WNLC fading in and out as I assume as 104.7 WELJ does from that direction throughout the day
99.1= weak WPLR
99.5 WJBR (weak)
100.3= possibly WRNB
101.1= WBEB

 

[Lawppy]

Interesting thread! From Coldwater, MI

88.3- WEAX- Angola, IN- WAYK- Kalamazoo, MI, WEJC- White Star, MI, WLFC- North Baltimore, OH
88.5- WGNC- Constantine, MI- WYSA- Wauseon, OH, WGVU- Allendale, MI, WMUB- Oxford, OH
90.1- WYBA- Coldwater, MI- WMBI- Chicago, IL, WUCX- Bay City, MI, WXML- Upper Sandusky, OH, WFYI- Indianapolis, IN
91.3- WCKZ Orland, IN- WCSG- Grand Rapids, MI, WGTE- Toledo, OH, WYSO- Yellow Springs, OH
91.5- WVAV- Vicksburg, MI- WJHS- Columbia City, IN, WBIE- Delphos, OH, WMHW- Mount Pleasant, MI, WBEZ- Chicago, IL
92.1- WCSR Hillsdale, MI- WHPZ- Dowagiac, MI, WQTX- Saint Johns, MI, WGHN- Grand Haven, MI, WOHF- Bellevue, OH
92.7- W224BY Angola, IN- WYVN- Saugatuck, MI, WZBD- Berne, IN, WDZZ- Flint, MI, CJSP- Leamington, ON, CJBX- London, ON
94.1- WVIC Jackson, MI- WBNI- Roanoke, IN, WWKR- Hart, MI, WGFA- Watseka, IL, WHBC- Canton, OH
94.7- WCVM- Bronson, MI- WCSX- Birmingham, MI, WLS- Chicago, IL, WFBQ- Indianapolis, IN
95.5- W238CD- Coldwater, MI- W238BH- Kendallville, IN, W238AL- Portage, MI, WKQI- Detroit, MI, WNUA- Chicago, IL- WFMS- Indianapolis, IN
97.1- W246AU- Coldwater, MI- W248BW- Three Rivers, MI, WXYT- Detroit, MI, WDRV- Chicago, IL, WLHK- Shelbyville, IN
98.5- WNWN- Coldwater, MI- WUPS- Harrison, MI, WARU- Peru, IN, WRRM- Cincinnati, OH, WNCX- Cleveland, OH, WQBH- Green Bay, WI
99.3- WBET- Sturgis, MI- WJQK- Zeeland, MI, WCJC- Van Buren, IN, WATZ- Alpena, MI, CJBC4F- London, ON
100.3- WLKI- Angola, IN- WNIC- Detroit, MI, WILV- Chicago, IL, WGRY- Grayling, MI, W262AF- Parchment, MI
101.1- W266AE- Coldwater, MI- WRIF- Detroit, MI, WLZQ- South Whitley, IN, WIQI- Chicago, IL- WIXX- Green Bay, WI
101.3- W267BE- Angola, IN- WBFX- Grand Rapids, MI, WNCO- Ashland, OH, WBAA- West Lafayette, IN, CKOT- Tillsonburg, ON
102.1- WMUK- Kalamazoo, MI- WIMT- Lima, OH, WDOK- Cleveland, OH, WLEW- Bad Axe, MI, WDNL- Danville, IL, WLUM- Milwaukee, WI
102.5- WBZV- Hudson, MI- WIOG- Bay City, MI, WMDH- New Castle, IN, W273AR- Paw Paw, MI
103.3- WKFR- Battle Creek, MI- WMLX- Saint Marys, OH, WRZX- Indianapolis, IN, WCRF- Cleveland, OH, WQLB- Tawas City, MI
104.9- WBXX- Marshall, MI- WQBX- Alma, MI, WEGE- Lima, OH, WCVO- Gahanna, OH
105.5- WTHD- Lagrange, IN- WWCK- Flint, MI, WWWM- Sylvania, OH, WMVR- Sidney, OH, WLJE- Valparaiso, IN, WBMI- West Branch, MI
106.1- WJXQ- Charlotte, MI- WVNO- Mansfield, OH, WWWY- North Vernon, IN, WHST- Tawas City, MI, WMIL- Milwaukee, WI
106.5- WVFM- Kalamazoo, MI- WLQR- Delta, OH, WHLK- Cleveland, OH, WDSJ- Greenville, OH, WXNU- Saint Anne, IL
106.9- WSAE- Spring Arbor, MI- WOOD- Muskegon, MI, WXXC- Marion, IN, WRQK- Canton, OH, WSWT- Peoria, IL
107.7- WRKR- Portage, MI- WHSB- Alpena, MI, WMMX- Dayton, OH, WPFX- Luckey, OH, WVCY- Milwaukee, WI

 

[crainbebo]

88.5 KPLU - KBVM 88.3 Portland, maybe KLVP 88.7 Sandy (or not). 88.5 was off the air one day years ago and NOTHING came in on 88.5.
89.5 KNHC - probably nothing, but CHWK Chilliwack BC might make it.
90.3 KEXP - KNWY Yakima?? KZRI Welches, OR?
90.7 KSER - KNWR Ellensburg, KBOO Portland OR
92.5 KQMV - Abbotsford, BC CFUN-FM relayer? Maybe KZHR Dayton. KGON on 92.3
93.3 KUBE - KKNU in good tropo, maybe CJAV Port Alberni BC. CKYE on 93.1
94.1 KMPS - nothing, with KPDQ on 93.9
94.9 KUOW - KIOK Pasco? KITI on 95.1, KNRK (maybe) on 94.7
95.7 KJR - likely nothing, but KBFF on 95.5
96.5 KJAQ - KWLZ Warm Springs, OR? KCYS Seaside, OR? 96.3 K-LOVE Portland translator, 96.7 who knows
97.3 KIRO - nothing, KYCH 97.1, KSHL 97.5??
98.1 KING - KISC Spokane, KPPK 98.3 Rainier OR or CKSR-BC
98.9 KLCK - KKZX Spokane, KUPL on 98.7 with nothing on 99.1.
99.9 KISW - KRKT Albany, OR, CHPQ Parksville, BC, with no 100.1 and KHHK Yakima on 99.7?
100.7 KKWF - CFRO on 100.5, KHSS Athena OR on 100.7 (maybe), KPPT Depoe Bay, 100.9 KARY
101.5 KPLZ - KFLY Corvallis (not in IBOC so I can get 101.3/101.7)
102.5 KZOK - nothing on 102.5, CKWV 102.3 + maybe KCRX, 102.7 CKPK
103.7 KMTT - nothing on 103.7, clear stereo signal of CHQM 103.5, KVAS 103.9
104.5 KMCQ - nothing
105.3 KCMS - KONA Pasco, WA + KRSK 105.1, 105.5 KUKN, KEUG?
106.1 KBKS - KZFN Moscow, ID + KFBW 105.9, KLOO 106.3
106.9 KRWM - CHWF Nanaimo BC; maybe KMOK-ID (heard KRWM off one day and had snippets of C&W/rock, so probably both ID and BC), KLTH 106.7, KRQT 107.1
107.7 KNDD - KWVN Pendleton, OR (maybe), KHPE 107.9 CILS 107.9, KXJM 107.5

-crainbebo

 

[pianoplayer88key]

From a couple miles S of El Cajon, CA:

AM - all night, unless otherwise noted. (some "closer" stations may be audible during a regional blackout using a beverage antenna hooked up to a very sensitive SDR - one that with NO antenna would hear stations static-free that a Superadio, CCRadio, etc, couldn't detect carriers with their 8" ferrites)

540 XESURF - I'm guessing the Carmel Valley, CA station would be in, as would XEWA San Luis Potosi. (Come to think of it, XESURF, then-XETIN, was a daytimer, and I'd hear SS at night back in the early/mid 90s when I was first getting into DXing. Did I likely have XEWA?

600 KOGO - they're the local EAS station so I think it'd take toppling their 2 self-supporting towers to get them off.

620 XESS - KTAR Phoenix, AZ, maybe also KNGS(?) Hanford, CA

690 XEWW - would CBU make it here maybe?

760 KFMB - a Mexican (unID, although I did hear the Mex NA at 11pm my time once or twice), also KKZN Thornton, CO, before their sunset / after their sunrise.

800 XESPN - likely XEROK Ciudad Juarez. Maybe also Bakersfield?

860 XEMO - possibly KTRB San Francisco

910 KECR - day would be XEAO Mexicali, night add SF Bay, KGME Phoenix. Oxnard & Hesperia not likely, although I did hear SLC's Disney one night, even though they null toward me.

950 XEKAM - I'm guessing KJR Seattle, WA

1000 KCEO - KOMO Seattle, WA

1030 XESDD - KTWO Casper, WY

1040 KURS is currently silent, and WHO Des Moines, IA, makes periodic appearances, along with a SS or two

1090 XEPRS - maybe Seattle? or Colorado? or possibly KAAY on day pattern?

1130 KSDO - KRDU Dunuba, CA, have also heard KQNA Prescott Valley, AZ, and CKWX Vancouver, BC

1170 KCBQ - KLOK San Jose, CA. Have yet to ID KFAQ Tulsa, OK, but maybe someday…

1210 KPRZ - not sure at the moment. somewhere there's a thread talking about a southern CA blackout a couple years ago during which many locals were off - I may have mentioned a 1210 catch there.

1240 KNSN - graveyarder, inside (but near edge) of night coverage area. Did hear KALY Albuquerque, NM, once

1270 XEAZ - wonder if KJUG Tulare would make it in?

1310 XEC - have heard KMKY Oakland, CA

1320 KKSM (should I even list this 500W DA-1 from Oceanside? it's barely audible daytime & gets blasted at night.) - have heard Sacramento, CA

1360 KLSD -  KPXQ Glendale, AZ, would pound in around SR/SS.

1390 XEKT - would be KLTX Long Beach, CA. In Ocean Beach / Pacific Beach areas, the 2 co-channels are strong enough to stop a scan at midday. (How many cases do you guys know of that happening?)

1420 XEXX - not sure

1450 KFSD - graveyard, outside night coverage area. have identified KTIP Porterville, CA.

1470 XERCN - not sure

1550 XEBG - KUAZ Tuscon, AZ around SR/SS.

1630 XEUT - signs off around midnight, and a SS from WY comes in.

1700 XEPE - probably KVNS Brownsville, TX.

There are several L.A. stations that are stronger than a few of my above locals, but I didn't include them.


I'm pretty much skipping FM, as I never get e-skip or tropo DX here. (KVYB Santa Barbara, CA, at 212 miles, is too regular to be tropo.) The only one I can think of is 90.7 - I'd maybe get KPFK if my local Mexican was off.  Just wondering - what type of outdoor antenna would I need to bring in KZPO regularly? They run a format that I like to hear, even though I'm like 40+ years younger than those who grew up with their music.

 

[fybush]

I'm pretty much skipping FM, as I never get e-skip or tropo DX here. (KVYB Santa Barbara, CA, at 212 miles, is too regular to be tropo.)

No, KVYB is tropo - just very regular tropo from a duct that almost always exists due to the unusual climate conditions along the southern California coast. At 212 miles, it is over the radio horizon for you, and so there has to be some sort of additional propagation condition allowing you to receive it.

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The only one I can think of is 90.7 - I'd maybe get KPFK if my local Mexican was off. Just wondering - what type of outdoor antenna would I need to bring in KZPO regularly? They run a format that I like to hear, even though I'm like 40+ years younger than those who grew up with their music.
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As with so many of your questions here, I'm assuming you already pretty much know the answer on this one...given the distance between you and KZPO, the co- and adjacent-channel obstacles in the way, including the 103.3 in Temecula and the HD from KOST on 103.5, and the very considerable terrain blockages, there is simply no path by which RF can get from KZPO to you. And if there's no RF, there's nothing even the best antenna or receiver can do. The laws of physics are a tough mistress.

 

[crainbebo]

With your local 1210 off, I'd suspect KGYN in Guymon, OK, maybe KUNF in UT, maybe KEBR in Sacramento.

With AM (at NIGHT) I'd probably have...
570 KVI - CKWL-BC, CKSW-SK (needed), KNRS-UT
630 KCIS - definitely KFXD-ID, maybe CHED-AB (wanted station!), KPLY-NV, KIDD-CA?
710 KIRO - Cuba, maybe KSPN-CA (needed), weak KFIA-CA, KXMR-ND maybe (needed)
770 KTTH - CHQR-AB, KKOB-NM, KATL-MT (needed)
820 KGNW - WBAP-TX, maybe KUTR-UT (needed)
880 KIXI - KWIP-OR, KCMX-OR, CHQT-AB, KJJR-MT, and maybe CKLQ or KRVN.
950 KJR - XEKAM-BCN (needed but I keep hearing regional Mexican late at night u/ KJR, maybe that's them), KTBR-OR, KMTX-MT, CFAM-MB
1000 KOMO - A treasure to explore if it goes off! WMVP-IL (needed), XEOY-DF, 100w KXRB-SD, maybe even KTOK-OK fading in.
1090 KFNQ - XEPRS-BCN, KBOZ-MT
1150 KKNW - Kelowna BC station, KAGO-OR, maybe KQQQ-WA (1150 is still a mess without KKNW - now if they can get both KKNW and Kelowna off then I'd probably be DXing 1150 all night)
1230 KWYZ - just a graveyard
1250 KKDZ (after 12 Midnight KWSU sign off) - KLLK-CA, KCFM-OR (both needed), Manitoba station
1380 KRKO - KTKZ, KSRV
1520 KKXA - KGDD, KOKC again (haven't heard KOKC since KKXA signed on)
1540 KXPA - KXEL-IA with KMPC-CA under.
1590 KLFE - KTIL-OR, KLIV-CA, KQLO-NV, etc

-crainbebo

 

[Buckeyes2001]

From Vermilion, OH:

92.3 - WKRK* - WMXD/Detroit mostly and once in a while WCOL/Columbus
93.1 - WZAK* - WDRQ/Detroit
94.5 - WXKR* - Alternating WWSW/Pittsburgh, WCEN/Hemlock, MI, WNED/Buffalo all with very weak signals
94.9 - WQMX* - WMMQ/Lansing, MI with a weak signal
95.3 - WLKR* - WQTE/Adrian, MI mixing with WKTN/Kenton, OH and occasional WZLR/Xenia, OH
95.5 - WFHM* - WKQI/Detroit mostly with occasional WHOK/Lancaster, OH
96.1 - WKFM* - WHNN/Bay City, MI mostly and sometimes WKST/Pittsburgh
96.5 - WAKS* - Maybe W243AD/Adrian, MI
98.5 - WNCX* - WUPS/Harrison, MI and WNWN/Coldwater, MI likely
99.1 - WFRO* - 99X/Cleveland
99.5 - WGAR* - WYCD/Detroit
100.7 - WMMS* - W264AK/Toledo and/or CKUE1/Windsor, ON
102.1 - WDOK* - WIMT/Lima, OH and/or WMUK/Kalamazoo, MI
102.7 - WCPZ* - WPZR/Mt. Clemens, MI
103.3 - WCRF* - WKFR/Battle Creek, MI and maybe WEDG/Buffalo
104.1 - WQAL* - WVGR/Grand Rapids, MI and WHTT/Buffalo alternating
104.9 - WCLV* - probably just static and some IBLOCK from WIOT 104.7
105.7 - WMJI* - maybe CJMI/Strathroy, ON and WSRW/Grand Rapids, MI and CHRE/St. Catharines, ON
106.5 - WHLK* - WVFM/Kalamazoo, MI and WDSJ/Greenville, OH alternating
107.3 - WNWV* - WJUC/Swanton, OH probably

 

[TheDingo]

During a storm last week, local WTAK 106.1 was off air for a little while, and I was able to hear WNGC from Arcade GA. (from 15 miles north of Huntsville AL)

others I've gotten while locals are off:

92.5 - Local WVNN-FM, I got 92.5 WBKR Owensboro KY
93.1 - local 93.3 WWFF was off air, I got WGMZ Gadsden AL
95.1 - Local WRTT was off air, I Got WXFX Prattville / Montgomery AL
95.1 - Local WRTT was off air, I got WGGC Bowling Green KY
100.3 - during the move of 100.3 WLAY to huntsville as WQRV, while it was off I frequently got the 100.3 from Knoxville TN
105.5 - Local WYTM Fayetteville TN signs off every night at 11PM, I get WVNA-FM Muscle Shoals AL, and WERC-FM Birmingham, and an occasional appearance of a 105.5 in Memphis
106.5 - any time local translator W293AH is off, WSKZ Chattanooga dominates the frequency here, like it did all the time before the translator existed.

 

[Buckeyes2001]

What I'd love to experiment with would be with either WNOK or WKQC off the air and see how far the other signal can be heard...WNOK into Charlotte or WKQC into Columbia just to see just how much overlap there is between those two horribly short-spaced stations.

 

[pianoplayer88key]

What I'd love to experiment with would be with either WNOK or WKQC off the air and see how far the other signal can be heard...WNOK into Charlotte or WKQC into Columbia just to see just how much overlap there is between those two horribly short-spaced stations.

Speaking of short-spaced stations, here's XEKT and KLTX on the SRF-59 at Pacific Beach, CA at midday, with no external antenna assist. I'm wondering what are some stations that are closer spaced than that?

Another two cases I'm interested in: what radio & antenna setup would you use, at midday in summer during a dazzling-in-daylight aurora in solar maximum, to…
A - be in Kansas City, KS, at Fairfield Park (SE of the US-169/I-435 interchange), and get comparable competing signals from CKLW and XEROK?
B - be in (or a little N of) Craig, CO, hearing XEWA and CBK?

 

[charlestondxman]

WNOK has a really good signal even though it is hamstrung by WKQC and several first and second-adjacents.

It probably would be audible almost to Charlotte. WCOS and WMHK are the only signals equal to WNOK in Columbia.

I have heard it a few times in Charleston recently.

 

[Steve Green NEPA]

Not too many locals here in Schuylkill County PA .... and many of them no longer broadcast !

930 WHLM Bloomsburg : Maybe some residual SSS or SRS stuff from WBEN Buffalo would make it through ; perhaps the NYC regional.
And slop from 940 in Lebanon, hi.

1360 WPPA Pottsville : I *did* hear a Spanish station under them once, in a wicked broad-daylight null. 1360 from Newton NJ might come in midday if WPPA were off, but I doubt it.
At night, I've heard WDRC Hartford -- with WPPA on!

1410 WLSH Lansford : Daytime, most likely, WDOV Dover DE would be the bet, if anything. They're closest, but quite unlikely (although we do get some good Baltimore/DelMarVa/DC reception on AM all day.
And WLSH * is * off nights. WPOP Hartford is the most-heard, even though I did get the 1410 Mobile AL one late night when the board-op was snoring through the pattern change while the syndicated religion was sermon-ing on.

1450 WPAM Pottsville * is * off -- day and night. They went dark again. My main DX list is on a PC I'm having de-virused, but I know I don't have any daytime DX on 1450 even in their absence. SRS and SSS are other stories. WCTC New Brunswick NJ, WMAJ State Collage, WILM from Delaware.
In middays I had been trying for the new one in Milford PA, and did hear Country one afternoon, but no ID. And that new Milford station is no longer Country, anyway.

1480 ...... USED to be semi-local WISL Shamokin. They went dark quite some time ago, too ! In their absence, I've logged seven stations on 1480. Three of those were in the day, but two were via the mid-winter Anomaly, so those wouldn't count as everyday reception. The one that shows up most, albeit grudgingly, is WDAS Philadelphia.
WISL used to spin it off directional at night, but during those times, the one most often heard was the NYC Asian station.

1530 USED to be WMBT Shenandoah PA. And THEY went dark a few years ago. Daytime reception would provide nothing, although I did pick up a station from near Cape Cod on the mid-winter-anomaly.

1590 , once again, USED to be WMIM Mt. Carmel. 1000 watts omni day, something like 26 watts night.
One guess as to where they are now. If you guessed 'dark', you win a 26-watt light bulb from the top of their stick.
Daytime on 1590 is now a faint but steady WHGT from near Hagerstown MD.
At night, even with the former WMIM on, with their bug-zapper 22 watts, it usually is WAKR Akron, WMIM or no WMIM.

* * * * * * *

There's only one really substantial FM here, and that's WAVT Pottsville on 101.9.
'T-102' is a fine hot AC/Oldies hybrid with a huge signal.
If they were off, night or day -- no difference on FM, correct? -- we'd probably get Baltimore, or possibly NYC on a clear, dry, tropo-free session. Baltimore is closer.

 

[ftballfan]

Not too many locals here in Schuylkill County PA .... and many of them no longer broadcast !

930 WHLM Bloomsburg : Maybe some residual SSS or SRS stuff from WBEN Buffalo would make it through ; perhaps the NYC regional.
And slop from 940 in Lebanon, hi.

1360 WPPA Pottsville : I *did* hear a Spanish station under them once, in a wicked broad-daylight null. 1360 from Newton NJ might come in midday if WPPA were off, but I doubt it.
At night, I've heard WDRC Hartford -- with WPPA on!

1410 WLSH Lansford : Daytime, most likely, WDOV Dover DE would be the bet, if anything. They're closest, but quite unlikely (although we do get some good Baltimore/DelMarVa/DC reception on AM all day.
And WLSH * is * off nights. WPOP Hartford is the most-heard, even though I did get the 1410 Mobile AL one late night when the board-op was snoring through the pattern change while the syndicated religion was sermon-ing on.

1450 WPAM Pottsville * is * off -- day and night. They went dark again. My main DX list is on a PC I'm having de-virused, but I know I don't have any daytime DX on 1450 even in their absence. SRS and SSS are other stories. WCTC New Brunswick NJ, WMAJ State Collage, WILM from Delaware.
In middays I had been trying for the new one in Milford PA, and did hear Country one afternoon, but no ID. And that new Milford station is no longer Country, anyway.

1480 ...... USED to be semi-local WISL Shamokin. They went dark quite some time ago, too ! In their absence, I've logged seven stations on 1480. Three of those were in the day, but two were via the mid-winter Anomaly, so those wouldn't count as everyday reception. The one that shows up most, albeit grudgingly, is WDAS Philadelphia.
WISL used to spin it off directional at night, but during those times, the one most often heard was the NYC Asian station.

1530 USED to be WMBT Shenandoah PA. And THEY went dark a few years ago. Daytime reception would provide nothing, although I did pick up a station from near Cape Cod on the mid-winter-anomaly.

1590 , once again, USED to be WMIM Mt. Carmel. 1000 watts omni day, something like 26 watts night.
One guess as to where they are now. If you guessed 'dark', you win a 26-watt light bulb from the top of their stick.
Daytime on 1590 is now a faint but steady WHGT from near Hagerstown MD.
At night, even with the former WMIM on, with their bug-zapper 22 watts, it usually is WAKR Akron, WMIM or no WMIM.

* * * * * * *

There's only one really substantial FM here, and that's WAVT Pottsville on 101.9.
'T-102' is a fine hot AC/Oldies hybrid with a huge signal.
If they were off, night or day -- no difference on FM, correct? -- we'd probably get Baltimore, or possibly NYC on a clear, dry, tropo-free session. Baltimore is closer.

Has Schuylkill County lost a lot of population in recent years?

 

[cyberdad]

Far northwest suburban Chicago. I'm within a 2-3 miles of a couple of local sticks....850 and 1030. When they've been off (daytime) this is what shows up.

840: WHAS has turned up daytime in the south suburbs but I've never heard them during the day here.
860: WNOV (250 watts ND from Milwaukee) is clearly audible. The local 850, WAIT, has a severe null in their direction.

1020: WPEO, Peoria, very weak
1040: WHO (on good days) even weaker.

Regarding pianoplayer88key's post. I can only speak to 800 in Kansas City at night. I don't know about a big-time receiver and antenna in the daytime. But at night it is (or always used to be) XEROK. The only times I've heard CKLW west of the Mississippi were a few times during the late '60s when I was college in southeastern Iowa. And it was quite rare then.

 

[ftballfan]

Allendale, MI: There are so many locals that run IBOC that it would take hours to do a complete listing. But here are some pretty much obvious ones.

If WMUK and WKFR turned off their IBOC, WLDR and WTCM would be in easily (especially WTCM).

Catch B93 sleeping, and you'd probably get at least one of the stations that was dropped in to limit B93's reach (WKAD and WBFM most likely)

 

[schmave]

Here in Columbus ...
- 610 (WTVN): Nothing daytime, and probably a mix of Philadelphia and Kansas City at night. Guessing it'd be more WIP, though weak.
- 820 (WOSU): Nothing daytime, and WBAP at night. In the rare quiet moments on our local 820, formerly WOSU and now WVSG, you can usually hear WBAP in the background. One night about eight years ago I was sitting outside a local bar waiting for friends and WOSU failed to play a station ID 10 seconds before the top of the hour. WBAP's ID in that exact time frame was very listenable. I was southeast of town, outside WOSU's main lobe.
- 880 (WRFD): Already a daytimer. Probably nothing daytime, and a blasting WCBS at night.
- 920 (WMNI) and 1580 (WVKO): No idea.
- 1230 (WYTS): If anything, a very weak WDBZ from Cincinnati fighting with WIRO from Ironton or WCWA from Toledo if any remnants of those signals made it here.
- 1460 (WBNS): Nothing daytime, and likely a weak WGMF from Tunkhannock, Pa. at night with oldies. Heard that station once in Toledo back in the late 1990s.

Don't really DX FM, and there are too many stations for me to list and analyze with pure conjecture.

 

[Buckeyes2001]

Here in Columbus ...
- 610 (WTVN): Nothing daytime, and probably a mix of Philadelphia and Kansas City at night. Guessing it'd be more WIP, though weak.
- 820 (WOSU): Nothing daytime, and WBAP at night. In the rare quiet moments on our local 820, formerly WOSU and now WVSG, you can usually hear WBAP in the background. One night about eight years ago I was sitting outside a local bar waiting for friends and WOSU failed to play a station ID 10 seconds before the top of the hour. WBAP's ID in that exact time frame was very listenable. I was southeast of town, outside WOSU's main lobe.
- 880 (WRFD): Already a daytimer. Probably nothing daytime, and a blasting WCBS at night.
- 920 (WMNI) and 1580 (WVKO): No idea.
- 1230 (WYTS): If anything, a very weak WDBZ from Cincinnati fighting with WIRO from Ironton or WCWA from Toledo if any remnants of those signals made it here.
- 1460 (WBNS): Nothing daytime, and likely a weak WGMF from Tunkhannock, Pa. at night with oldies. Heard that station once in Toledo back in the late 1990s.

Don't really DX FM, and there are too many stations for me to list and analyze with pure conjecture.

I remember reading on the Columbus board someone catching Sunny 95 off the air and hearing WFBQ from Indianapolis in its place on 94.7. Also WWCD 102.5 was caught off the air by someone else and they heard a little bit of WIOG from Bay City, MI - song heard was played on that station at the time heard. Looks like a lot of Indianapolis's area stations are on the same frequencies as Columbus stations (95.5, 96.3, 97.1, 97.9, etc) Of course Detroit stations are too.

 

[ftballfan]

Here in Columbus ...
- 610 (WTVN): Nothing daytime, and probably a mix of Philadelphia and Kansas City at night. Guessing it'd be more WIP, though weak.
- 820 (WOSU): Nothing daytime, and WBAP at night. In the rare quiet moments on our local 820, formerly WOSU and now WVSG, you can usually hear WBAP in the background. One night about eight years ago I was sitting outside a local bar waiting for friends and WOSU failed to play a station ID 10 seconds before the top of the hour. WBAP's ID in that exact time frame was very listenable. I was southeast of town, outside WOSU's main lobe.
- 880 (WRFD): Already a daytimer. Probably nothing daytime, and a blasting WCBS at night.
- 920 (WMNI) and 1580 (WVKO): No idea.
- 1230 (WYTS): If anything, a very weak WDBZ from Cincinnati fighting with WIRO from Ironton or WCWA from Toledo if any remnants of those signals made it here.
- 1460 (WBNS): Nothing daytime, and likely a weak WGMF from Tunkhannock, Pa. at night with oldies. Heard that station once in Toledo back in the late 1990s.

Don't really DX FM, and there are too many stations for me to list and analyze with pure conjecture.

I remember reading on the Columbus board someone catching Sunny 95 off the air and hearing WFBQ from Indianapolis in its place on 94.7. Also WWCD 102.5 was caught off the air by someone else and they heard a little bit of WIOG from Bay City, MI - song heard was played on that station at the time heard. Looks like a lot of Indianapolis's area stations are on the same frequencies as Columbus stations (95.5, 96.3, 97.1, 97.9, etc) Of course Detroit stations are too.

95.5, 96.3, 97.1, 97.9, etc. are apparently part of the main band as stations in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago are on these frequencies.