I was just wondering, is it possible to receive WWL 870 in any part of Shreveport during the day? it booms into North Texas at night. and if not, how far south on I 49 must you be to start receiving the signal?
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sox fan matt said:
I would say yes - although you would need a good radio, quiet environment, and possibly a small loop. When I lived in the Dallas area, and KFJZ was off the air for a few days, I used a 14 inch loop with a very ordinary radio to get WWL without a problem. WWL makes it to the West side of Houston, with no loop on GE Superadios in a quiet location. I can also get it on my car radio faintly. The radio locator map shows it barely covering Houston, but not making it to Shreveport - but I would say a good radio and loop could easily do it based on my experience in Dallas. If you want to follow the radio-locator map, you would have to go about halfway to Alexandria to get the same contour, but I rarely believe those maps. They are way to conservative in some cases.
To the best of my knowledge WWL is one of only 2 stations that were Class A clear channel that are directional by choice (WBZ-Boston is the other )
In both cases why feed the fishes if you don't have to.
In both cases why feed the fishes if you don't have to.
Fenway1912 said:
Having said that you can hear WBZ in Europe on many fall & winter nights.
radioman148 said:
Yup...I HAVE heard WBZ in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, in fact, just last Fall in the area of the Azores on a mini-portable radio (Tecsun PL-606). My experience with WWL is that it falls off quickly in the daytime going NE on I-59 in Mississippi. It is very weak once you get NE of Laurel, MS and virtually gone by Meridian, MS. Ground conductivity is pretty lousy in that area once you get away from the water. Therefore, I would suspect there's not much WWL signal in the daytime in Shreveport being as far as it is inland and away from the Big Easy.
sox fan matt said:
I'd seriously doubt it, at least with average-to-good radios. It used to be present on my OEM car stereo as far north as Jackson and Vicksburg, especially in the winter, and was possible to hear in Monroe if you could find a quiet location.
As the sun sets, however, it should boom in. It used to do that in north Mississippi just about every night before it weakened again for nighttime skip.
WWL also can be heard pretty much on the entire FL West Coast. It is very listenable even down to Naples and Marco Island daytime. If you can null 860 in the Tampa area, WWL easily comes in.
It has a great night signal too.
It has a great night signal too.
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