WSM INTERFERENCE

[formerjock]

Last night unidentified station mixing with WSM, sometimes to the point of completely covering them up. Listening from East Tennessee, 200 to 250 miles from Nashville around 11pm. The other station was talk and was in english but couldn't get id. Anyone else hear this?

 

[AckDX]

It must have been either KIKK-Pasadena,TX or WNMT, Nashwauk,MN even another possibility is WHAN out of Ashland,VA. They have a CP to move to 650 with a maximum daytime power of 50Kw

 

[ddsparxx]

WHAN is still at 1430. Not yet on 650.

 

[KE4KLS_Radio]

I live about 100 miles south of WSM's tower, and noticed the english chatter underneath, a few nights ago sounded like a medical infomercial but didn't get an ID. Perhaps someone near Houston or MN can chime in on this?

 

[Icangelp]

WSM booms in most nights here in Cincinnati. I noticed the signal was much weaker than usual. Didn't stay long enough to notice any other signals on the frequency. This morning driving to work and before sunrise, I briefly heard a very weak station under 1530/WCKY. Way to weak to identify. That absolutely never happens.

Last night was not a normal night for medium wave. Some reliable 50KW signals were really struggling.

Seemed to favor Canadian and Caribbean stations.

 

[radiotower40]

Last night was definitely a strange night for MW. I tuned into local 560 AM WIND in Chicago. They are 5kw, yet I
never get any interference. Last night however I was receiving a very strong sportstalk station underneath.

I also noticed a very strong Spanish station underneath 50kw WLS, it has been there before, but, never as strong
as I noticed last night.

WSM which I usually get when I null WSCR's I block was non existent.

 

[MikeStandardsFromIndiana]

There are Sports Talkers on 560 In Duluth MN, WEBC, Memphis TN WHBQ, Nashville TN WNSR, Dothan AL WOOF, and a Stretch for maybe chicago WQAM in Miami

 

[spiritof67]

I'm located in St. Louis, and WSM booms here at night. I have noticed the interference here as well. While I have not heard the ID, based on their program schedule, I strongly suspect it is WNMT.

 

[Lawppy]

It is WNMT. With my radio pointed south, WSM is still rock solid. Turn it north and even west, it's like someone flipped a switch. WNMT is there with no sign of 'SM. Pretty amazing stuff, as Nashville is only a hair over 400 miles away from my location.

 

[vibe]

Some Carribean in SW fla on 650 but WSM seems to be a lot stonger at 4AM or so.

 

[davideduardo]

Some Carribean in SW fla on 650 but WSM seems to be a lot stonger at 4AM or so.

The station almost always heard, in Spanish, on 650 in the East and Southeast is Rardio Aragueña, the 50 kw station in in Maracay, Venezuela.

 

[Tom Wells]

I'm about 20 miles E of the iboc spewing AM 670 in Chicago.
Unless the excrement spewer is broken or in "game mode", WSM is badly trashed here.
There are bright spots, analog tuned radios can slide down toward 640 and miss 90% of the intentional, repeated, malicious, willful jamming,
and those with loop antennas can null as long as their location puts WSM more than 45 degrees off from 670.
For me, that's 90 degrees, which is fine here in the house, but I havent figured out how to get that "true-tracking" compass azimuth loop working on the roof of my car yet. Trying to listen to WSM on the way to work at night is pretty frustrating.

 

[AckDX]

I'm about 20 miles E of the iboc spewing AM 670 in Chicago.
Unless the excrement spewer is broken or in "game mode", WSM is badly trashed here.
There are bright spots, analog tuned radios can slide down toward 640 and miss 90% of the intentional, repeated, malicious, willful jamming,
and those with loop antennas can null as long as their location puts WSM more than 45 degrees off from 670.
For me, that's 90 degrees, which is fine here in the house, but I havent figured out how to get that "true-tracking" compass azimuth loop working on the roof of my car yet. Trying to listen to WSM on the way to work at night is pretty frustrating.

Whenever I'm in St. Louis I make it a point to listen to the blowtorch that is WSM. One of the best signals there is in my opinion.

 

[cyberdad]

Last night was definitely a strange night for MW. I tuned into local 560 AM WIND in Chicago. They are 5kw, yet I
never get any interference.

Agree....

I'm about 65 miles northwest of WIND's sticks....with all the juice aimed right at me. Still, I'm getting used to hearing crud underneath them. Usually faint, but still something that never used to happen. Night before last the background chorus was quite a bit stronger than usual.

More surprising was WLS...which is about the same distance away from me as 'IND. There was a talk show (in English) that I couldn't quite identify, but was still trashing the now "not-so-big 89". WLS was definitely getting torched more than WIND was.

This is coming after two weeks of travel...one in Ontario and New York, the other in Texas. On both of these trips, WLS had been sounding noticeably more robust than has usually been the case in recent years.

 

[Icangelp]

Since the topic is WSM, they get my vote as the most unique major market 50kw station in the United States. However, I can't help but wonder if they make a profit.

I guess if a personality oriented, country oldies format is going to make it, Nashville is the place to be, but I'm also thinking their listening base is the 55 - 90 year old male.

Hope they never change.

 

[Icangelp]

This is coming after two weeks of travel...one in Ontario and New York, the other in Texas. On both of these trips, WLS had been sounding noticeably more robust than has usually been the case in recent years.

WLS is usually has a strong night signal here in Southwest Ohio. Kind of goes like this: 780 & 890, then 720 (Probably would be stronger but it is between my locals 700 WLW & 740 WNOP), 1000, 670, 1690, 560. With the excepton of the last three, they are reasonably close in strength and reliability. 1160 is a local frequency here, but WYLL can be heard if WQRT is nulled.

 

[davideduardo]

Since the topic is WSM, they get my vote as the most unique major market 50kw station in the United States. However, I can't help but wonder if they make a profit.

WSM has some unique characteristics.

1. It is the lowest billing former 1-A clear channel station by far.
2. It is one of the lowest billing stations in Nashville, with a Spanish language AM and a gospel AM outbilling it. It's 27th in billing, with the top station in the market billing nearly 30 times as much.
3. It billed less than $800 a day in 2008.

 

[Icangelp]

Since the topic is WSM, they get my vote as the most unique major market 50kw station in the United States. However, I can't help but wonder if they make a profit.

WSM has some unique characteristics.

1. It is the lowest billing former 1-A clear channel station by far.
2. It is one of the lowest billing stations in Nashville, with a Spanish language AM and a gospel AM outbilling it. It's 27th in billing, with the top station in the market billing nearly 30 times as much.
3. It billed less than $800 a day in 2008.

Thanks, David.

I was going to evoke your name on the "money/cash flow" question, but figured you would see the post and reply.

It's rare these days to have an owner who is willing to overlook the profits and approach something as as marketing aid, although I checked Gaylord's filings and it appears they have over a billion in debt to pay off 3 -5 years from now. That could change things.

 

[BRNout]

Agree....

I'm about 65 miles northwest of WIND's sticks....with all the juice aimed right at me. Still, I'm getting used to hearing crud underneath them. Usually faint, but still something that never used to happen. Night before last the background chorus was quite a bit stronger than usual.

More surprising was WLS...which is about the same distance away from me as 'IND. There was a talk show (in English) that I couldn't quite identify, but was still trashing the now "not-so-big 89". WLS was definitely getting torched more than WIND was.

From where I live (a little southeast of you, I guess), WIND comes in fine with just a little background interference here and there. Lately, I hear music and talk under WLS almost every night. Haven't been able to make an ID, but it's definitely present and is most definitely not an "image" from some other local station (for one thing, none are that strong here). At night, WLS is not that strong at my location - not nearly as strong as WBBM, WSCR or WGN.

Since the subject is WSM, most nights I can get it quite well here. Although hash from WSCR obliterates 660 and 680 most nights, it only leaves a faint hiss in the background of an otherwise robust WSM signal. I've gotten WSM from Maine to Wyoming - it's got a pretty impressive signal. Sad to read the financial figures in the posts above - that's a real shame. Must we really have every single AM station featuring either political talk or Bible bangers?

Speaking of classic country music, I have noticed that KWKH is continuing putting an impressive signal into this area every night now. I cannot imagine how they could go months without switching to their nighttime pattern. Yet, based on the pattern that I see on the 'net, it shouldn't be so...Chicago should be in their null with their lobes facing WSW and SE. Strong and steady, you can listen to them almost as clearly as a local now. I wonder what's up.

 

[gar hi]

Whenever I'm in St. Louis I make it a point to listen to the blowtorch that is WSM. One of the best signals there is in my opinion.

I wonder what would be considered the station with the best signal.

Haven't been to every part of the country but my vote could go to WCBS.

Down here at night, they come in FAR better than any of the other NYC stations.

Some nights, WCBS has just as good a signal here in Tampa as I remember it being at night up in New Jersey some 80 miles from New York.

It's even been said to reach parts of Florida's east coast during the day and I think that had to be the second very faint station I was picking up on 880 during the day at Daytona Beach when I had the radio in the exact direction of New York.