Far northwest suburbs of Chicago, it's all WSCR 24/7. 50KW from about 25 miles southeast of me. My middle son lives about two miles from the stick.....so I figure if he owned a Steve Green model electric can opener, he could probably hear WSCR whether the gadget was turned on or off!
At night, on the very rare occasions when WSCR has been off, I usually hear R. Rebelde from Cuba.
Other locations: WSCR is also the best/most reliable Chicago day signal reaching Canada. Crossing the border at Detroit-Windsor, WSCR is usually listenable for about 30 miles into Ontario on a good car radio.
At the place where we stay on the gulf coast on the Alabama-Florida state line, it's R. Rebelde 27/7. Same goes for pretty much the entire Florida Gulf coast and points west towards New Orleans. At least around Pensacola, WSCR sometimes breaks through, but usually only briefly. I've also heard another Spanish-language station in the background. Perhaps that could be YVLL? They have (or used to have) a distinctive sounder during newscasts that would make them easy to identify, but, I've never caught whatever station this is doing news.
Finally, I know a Catholic priest who's also an army chaplain assigned to a base in Alabama. He's from Chicago, a sports fan, and typically listens to WSCR on drives between the base and home. He told me that when driving at night, he typically loses WSCR (to Cuba) somewhere around Nashville.
At night, on the very rare occasions when WSCR has been off, I usually hear R. Rebelde from Cuba.
Other locations: WSCR is also the best/most reliable Chicago day signal reaching Canada. Crossing the border at Detroit-Windsor, WSCR is usually listenable for about 30 miles into Ontario on a good car radio.
At the place where we stay on the gulf coast on the Alabama-Florida state line, it's R. Rebelde 27/7. Same goes for pretty much the entire Florida Gulf coast and points west towards New Orleans. At least around Pensacola, WSCR sometimes breaks through, but usually only briefly. I've also heard another Spanish-language station in the background. Perhaps that could be YVLL? They have (or used to have) a distinctive sounder during newscasts that would make them easy to identify, but, I've never caught whatever station this is doing news.
Finally, I know a Catholic priest who's also an army chaplain assigned to a base in Alabama. He's from Chicago, a sports fan, and typically listens to WSCR on drives between the base and home. He told me that when driving at night, he typically loses WSCR (to Cuba) somewhere around Nashville.
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