Who Signs Off Or Changes Power/Pattern at 8:30 EDT on 890?

[Schroedingers Cat]

Heard interference on 890 to WLS tonight. I heard some of my locals reduce and change patterns right at 8:30 PM, and switched to 890, heard music interfering, and about 8:31 PM it just disappeared.

 

[rbrucecarter5]

A trick I use to get every station in the country - I go to radio-locator, type in Wichita, KS (about the middle of the country), set radius to 2500 miles (their maximum):


Info Call Sign Frequency Dist./Dir./Signal City School Format
[Info] CJDC 890 AM 1637.4 mi. 327° Dawson Creek, BC Country
[BC] [Info] KDXU 890 AM 887.8 mi. 272° Saint George, UT News/Talk
[BC] [Info] KGGN 890 AM 186.8 mi. 056° Gladstone, MO Gospel Music
[BC] [Info] KIHC 890 AM 1296.7 mi. 269° Arroyo Grande, CA Religious
[Info] KJME 890 AM 398.7 mi. 280° Fountain, CO Nostalgia
[Info] KQLX 890 AM 616.4 mi. 001° Lisbon, ND Farm
[BC] [Info] KTLR 890 AM 146.7 mi. 183° Signal Strength 1 Oklahoma City, OK Talk
[Info] KTXV 890 AM 380.8 mi. 168° Mabank, TX Asian
[Info] KVOZ 890 AM 710.0 mi. 190° Del Mar Hills, TX Spanish
[Info] KYWN 890 AM 1065.5 mi. 298° Meridian, ID Talk
[BC] [Info] WAMG 890 AM 1401.0 mi. 069° Dedham, MA Spanish
[Info] WBAJ 890 AM 941.2 mi. 100° Blythewood, SC Religious
[Info] WFAB 890 AM 2333.0 mi. 116° Ceiba, PR Religious
[Info] WFKJ 890 AM 1084.2 mi. 076° Cashtown, PA Religious
[Info] WHJA 890 AM 626.2 mi. 130° Laurel, MS Blues
[Info] WHNC 890 AM 1048.1 mi. 089° Henderson, NC Gospel Music
[BC] [Info] WJTP 890 AM 769.3 mi. 107° Lithia Springs, GA Asian
[Info] WKNV 890 AM 916.5 mi. 087° Fairlawn, VA Gospel Music
[BC] [Info] WLS 890 AM 570.4 mi. 059° Chicago, IL News/Talk
[Info] WYAM 890 AM 619.6 mi. 107° Hartselle, AL Regional Mexican
[Info] XEAK1 890 AM 1218.6 mi. 191° Tarimoro, Mexico Unknown Format
[Info] XEBY1 890 AM 1155.6 mi. 180° Tuxpan, Mexico Unknown Format
[Info] XEFRT2 890 AM 1514.9 mi. 166° Comitan, Mexico Unknown Format
[Info] XEMAU 890 AM 992.6 mi. 203° Miguel Auza, Mexico Unknown Format
[Info] XENZ1 890 AM 1065.7 mi. 216° Culiacan, Mexico Unknown Format
[Info] XEPAN 890 AM 1292.6 mi. 194° Uruapan, Mexico Unknown Format
[Info] XEPC1 890 AM 1076.2 mi. 198° Zacatecas, Mexico Unknown Format
[Info] XEPNA 890 AM 1204.5 mi. 204° Tepic, Mexico Unknown Format
[Info] XEPOR 890 AM 1428.8 mi. 182° Putla de Guerrero, Mexico Unknown Format
[Info] XEPY1 890 AM 1237.7 mi. 156° Merida, Mexico Unknown Format
[Info] XETAP 890 AM 1601.1 mi. 168° Tapachula, Mexico Unknown Format

Then do the same for Alaska and Hawaii (there are none).

 

[Icangelp]

Heard interference on 890 to WLS tonight. I heard some of my locals reduce and change patterns right at 8:30 PM, and switched to 890, heard music interfering, and about 8:31 PM it just disappeared.

Don't suppose it could have been WKNV in Fairlawn, VA. That would be too easy.

They play Southern Gospel.

 

[Icangelp]

A trick I use to get every station in the country - I go to radio-locator, type in Wichita, KS (about the middle of the country), set radius to 2500 miles (their maximum):...

Nice.

Now that AM Logbook is gone, we have to work a bit harder.

 

[jd]

Instead of doing that, I suggest this site, which lists all US and Canadian stations complete with day/night power, formats and station nicknames: http://www.topazdesigns.com/ambc/

 

[Schroedingers Cat]

This may not be conclusive, but WKNV sunset is 8:15 PM in August. I'm looking for something within plus or minus 2 degrees of longitude, from 81 to 85. Actually it's on the western edge of 8:30 PM. Less than 1 degree further west is 8:45 PM. So it's probably 79 to 83. It lasted such a short time. It was like, what's this music in the background on 890, then it was gone and WLS was alone. This close to the equinox, sunset times are probably not that distorted east west with varying latitude. But it probably was a Christian format, since many music formats on AM are these days.

 

[MarioMania]

A trick I use to get every station in the country - I go to radio-locator, type in Wichita, KS (about the middle of the country), set radius to 2500 miles (their maximum):...

Nice.

Now that AM Logbook is gone, we have to work a bit harder.

No it not..I could still log on there site

 

[robotique]

was it spanish/tropical music? could have been 890 here outside Boston. Wait, where are you Schroedingers Cat?

 

[crainbebo]

Topaz Designs is the BEST from what I've seen. It's a great source to find out what I had on AM DX. One time I had a 1340 that sounded like "KTFN" at TOH - found out it was KTSN Elko NV at over 550 miles.

-crainbebo

 

[Icangelp]

No it not..I could still log on there site

Hi Mario.

Lee is no longer updating the logbook.

 

[boombox4]

I cut and pasted Lee Freshwater's AM log to notepad, and I update it manually on my computer -- it's been very useful for that.

That Topaz site looks interesting. And I wasn't aware of the Radio-Locator trick.

 

[53704]

Best I can tell the only two stations on 890 that sign off or change patterns/power at 8:30 EDT are WYAM (Hartselle, Alabama) and WJTP. (Lithia Springs, Georgia outside Atlanta) The former carries a Spanish-language format & the latter relays China Radio International.

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/amq.html , select a station(s) with various criteria. Click on the call letters for one of the hits, and there's a link for showing sunrise/sunset times.