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WPHT Received in Port aux Basques - 12/5/2012

newfoundlandtime

newfoundlandtime

I was getting a couple of things out of the car (and it is raining right now) and I was then playing with the radio dials again. Went from local 1230 down a couple of spots to 1210 and ended up with WPHT Philadelphia, PA. 50,000 watts of Conservative Talk and I heard "Buzz Something" so I came back inside and did a quick Google job. Also heard a mention of Allen Iverson (former 76ers player). Nailed my first ever Philadelphia catch.

Clear Channel Class “A” Stations Received in Port aux Basques Since 2007

CBT AM 540 Grand Falls-Windsor, NL (10,000 watts)
CBN AM 640 St. John’s, NL (10,000 watts)
WFAN AM 660 New York City, NY (50,000 watts)
CKGM AM 690 Montreal, QC (50,000 watts)
WLW AM 700 Cincinnati, OH (50,000 watts) (new as of 12/3/2012)
WOR AM 710 New York City, NY (50,000 watts)
WGN AM 720 Chicago, IL (50,000 watts)
CKAC AM 730 Montreal, QC (50,000 watts)
CFZM AM 740 Toronto, ON (50,000 watts) (new as of 10/30/2012)
WJR AM 760 Detroit, MI (50,000 watts) (new as of 11/28/2012) (2nd of 3 today)
WABC AM 770 New York City, NY (50,000 watts)
WBBM AM 780 Chicago, IL (50,000 watts)
WGY AM 810 Schenectady, NY (50,000 watts) (new as of 11/29/2012)
CJBC AM 860 Toronto, ON (50,000 watts)
WWL AM 870 New Orleans, LA (50,000 watts) (new as of early 11/30/2012)
WCBS AM 880 New York City, NY (50,000 watts)
CBY AM 990 Corner Brook, NL (10,000 watts)
CFRB AM 1010 Toronto, ON (50,000 watts)
KDKA AM 1020 Pittsburgh, PA (50,000 watts) (new as of 11/28/2012) (1st of 3 today)
WBZ AM 1030 Boston, MA (50,000 watts)
WTIC AM 1080 Hartford, CT (50,000 watts)
WBAL AM 1090 Baltimore, MD (50,000 watts)
WTAM AM 1100 Cleveland, OH (50,000 watts) (new as of 11/28/2012) (3rd of 3 today)
WBT AM 1110 Charlotte, NC (50,000 watts)
KMOX AM 1120 St. Louis, MO (50,000 watts)
WBBR AM 1130 New York City, NY (50,000 watts)
WHAM AM 1180 Rochester, NY (50,000 watts)
WPHT AM 1210 Philadelphia, PA (50,000 watts) (new as 12/5/2012)
WFED AM 1500 Washington, DC (50,000 watts)
WWKB AM 1520 Buffalo, NY (50,000 watts)
WQEW AM 1560 New York City, NY (50,000 watts)
CKDO AM 1580 Oshawa, ON (10,000 watts) (new as of 11/7/2012)

Total: 32
 
Personal note: I really didn't have time to check for anything else in general due to my personal errands that needed to be taken care of. My intent was to take a CD out of the car to bring inside to extract some tracks off of.

Edit: I thought I heard something on AM 650 but I did not manage to make anything out of it, whether it was CKGA Gander, WSM Nashville, or some splatter from CBN on one side, WFAN on the other. Will take another attempt soon to figure out what it might be.
 
Considering there is already a 10 kW station on 1210 in Newfoundland, that's a great catch, to dodge the other signal.

cd
 
1060 should have KYW there. Try it out!

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
1060 should have KYW there. Try it out!

-crainbebo
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Not necessarily... KYW-1060 is nulled to the Northeast to protect 1050 in NYC about 90 miles away... If you drive NE out of Philadelphia toward NYC, KYW's signal drops off rather quickly. I would imagine KYW is also protecting the 1060 in the Boston area, as well.
 
And that's why I always get WQOM 1060 Boston. Sportsradio 610 WIP (which carried some Flyers games when FM signal was in conflict with other events) would be an impossible catch despite it not being Clear Channel (but I'm game for trying).
 
Oh, and most nights, CHUM AM Toronto and WEPN AM NYC keep fighting a lot for my attention (TSN Radio in English, ESPN Deportes in Spanish) in much the same way CFRB AM Toronto and WINS AM NYC do. (Neither 1050 signal listed here is a Clear Channel.)
 
newfoundlandtime said:
Oh, and most nights, CHUM AM Toronto and WEPN AM NYC keep fighting a lot for my attention (TSN Radio in English, ESPN Deportes in Spanish) in much the same way CFRB AM Toronto and WINS AM NYC do. (Neither 1050 signal listed here is a Clear Channel.)
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I wonder if *I* caught CHUM last night (for the first time in almost 35 years) from south FL, but I doubt it. There was sports talk in English & mention of the Yankees. I thought that WEPN went Spanish. I am sure there are other sports-talk 1050's now on flea power in the USA.

cd
 
KR4BD said:
crainbebo said:
1060 should have KYW there. Try it out!

-crainbebo
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Not necessarily... KYW-1060 is nulled to the Northeast to protect 1050 in NYC about 90 miles away... If you drive NE out of Philadelphia toward NYC, KYW's signal drops off rather quickly. I would imagine KYW is also protecting the 1060 in the Boston area, as well.
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Yeah, I can confirm that too from all the times I went with my parents up the New Jersey turnpike to visit the relatives in north Jersey when I was growing up.

My father always liked to listen to KYW and it was usually unlistenable by the time we got to around exit 9 which was still a ways to go until our destination of exit 14 C in Jersey City.

Yet, I can sometimes hear KYW at night here in Tampa.
 
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