My AM Band (530-1700) - night & daytime...

[radioman148]

Surprised you get WIND during the day with 550 Cincy & WIND sending most of their signal north.

I also receive 560 WIND here in Cincinnati daytimes with WKRC nulled , although I do have to use a ferrite loop antenna to receive them. I can hear WIND at night also. As I recall, WIND has a fairly strong signal in central Indiana during the day.

Here in Cincinnati, the strongest Chicago day signal is 780 KHZ, the strongest of the weak day signals that is. Days I can also receive 670, 720, 890 but very weak, and 1000 on a good day. 720 is sandwiched between our locals 700WLW and 740WNOP, so you need a good radio/antenna to receive it, but it puts in a good night signal. I love listening to that Milt Rosenburg guy on WGN evenings.

Sunset skip 820, 850, 1030. 1690 booms in here for sss when on their 10KW power.

Nights, 560, 670, 720, 780, 890, 1000, we have a local on 1160, & 1690 weak but regular.

I'm using a pretty good receiver / antenna combination in order to receive the day sigs, although in winter I have received them on some small portable radios.

WLW's IBOC is clearly heard under WGN in the St. Marys, Ohio area. I don't see how you could get it daytime in Cincinnati! I hate hearing the crap hamper WLW's otherwise crisp signal.

It's the opposite here in the Chicago area. You can barely hear WLW during the day sandwiched between WSCR & WGN.

 

[Icangelp]

Surprised you get WIND during the day with 550 Cincy & WIND sending most of their signal north.

I also receive 560 WIND here in Cincinnati daytimes with WKRC nulled , although I do have to use a ferrite loop antenna to receive them. I can hear WIND at night also. As I recall, WIND has a fairly strong signal in central Indiana during the day.

Here in Cincinnati, the strongest Chicago day signal is 780 KHZ, the strongest of the weak day signals that is. Days I can also receive 670, 720, 890 but very weak, and 1000 on a good day. 720 is sandwiched between our locals 700WLW and 740WNOP, so you need a good radio/antenna to receive it, but it puts in a good night signal. I love listening to that Milt Rosenburg guy on WGN evenings.
Sunset skip 820, 850, 1030. 1690 booms in here for sss when on their 10KW power.

Nights, 560, 670, 720, 780, 890, 1000, we have a local on 1160, & 1690 weak but regular.

I'm using a pretty good receiver / antenna combination in order to receive the day sigs, although in winter I have received them on some small portable radios.

WLW's IBOC is clearly heard under WGN in the St. Marys, Ohio area. I don't see how you could get it daytime in Cincinnati! I hate hearing the crap hamper WLW's otherwise crisp signal.

I have a Drake R8B receiver, and rotatable ferrite rod antennas, one of which provides super good nulling. WLW is northeast of my location, so I am able to null it just enough for daytime reception of WGN. WLW completely destroys 690 and is severe on 710 here in Cincy, although I can receive WOR and other 710 stations with the antenna null directed at WLW.

At night it is an easier matter, although I am only 4 miles from WNOP and even at night with 30 watts directed at me, they send a pesky signal in my direction. Of course, I could drive two miles in either direction, and they would fade away.

I see 940 is again using their old call letters of WCIT. Didn’t they used to be in Celina? Back in the day, I always listened to WCIT when I traveled to Fort Wayne. In my opinion, it was a pretty good rock & roll station.

 

[cyberdad]

WLW is still do-able daytime northwest of Chicago. But it's not as easy as it used to be with all the buzzers turned on. Same goes for WJR.

 

[radioman148]

WLW is still do-able daytime northwest of Chicago. But it's not as easy as it used to be with all the buzzers turned on. Same goes for WJR.

WJR is very tough now in Chicago with that 750 in Indiana. WJR used to be an easy day catch.

 

[schmave]

Surprised you get WIND during the day with 550 Cincy & WIND sending most of their signal north.

I also receive 560 WIND here in Cincinnati daytimes with WKRC nulled , although I do have to use a ferrite loop antenna to receive them. I can hear WIND at night also. As I recall, WIND has a fairly strong signal in central Indiana during the day.

Here in Cincinnati, the strongest Chicago day signal is 780 KHZ, the strongest of the weak day signals that is. Days I can also receive 670, 720, 890 but very weak, and 1000 on a good day. 720 is sandwiched between our locals 700WLW and 740WNOP, so you need a good radio/antenna to receive it, but it puts in a good night signal. I love listening to that Milt Rosenburg guy on WGN evenings.
Sunset skip 820, 850, 1030. 1690 booms in here for sss when on their 10KW power.

Nights, 560, 670, 720, 780, 890, 1000, we have a local on 1160, & 1690 weak but regular.

I'm using a pretty good receiver / antenna combination in order to receive the day sigs, although in winter I have received them on some small portable radios.

WLW's IBOC is clearly heard under WGN in the St. Marys, Ohio area. I don't see how you could get it daytime in Cincinnati! I hate hearing the crap hamper WLW's otherwise crisp signal.

I have a Drake R8B receiver, and rotatable ferrite rod antennas, one of which provides super good nulling. WLW is northeast of my location, so I am able to null it just enough for daytime reception of WGN. WLW completely destroys 690 and is severe on 710 here in Cincy, although I can receive WOR and other 710 stations with the antenna null directed at WLW.

At night it is an easier matter, although I am only 4 miles from WNOP and even at night with 30 watts directed at me, they send a pesky signal in my direction. Of course, I could drive two miles in either direction, and they would fade away.

I see 940 is again using their old call letters of WCIT. Didn’t they used to be in Celina? Back in the day, I always listened to WCIT when I traveled to Fort Wayne. In my opinion, it was a pretty good rock & roll station.

Personally I don't know too much about WCIT's history ... I have family in that area and was visiting. Gr8 Oldies probably knows a lot more about that than me. It did sound good over the weekend in SM, even for not shooting much power in that direction.
To an earlier poster ... is WGN back to running IBOC? I read somewhere that they weren't anymore. As far away as I was from Chicago and with the Bowling Green station on 730, I couldn't hear any buzz even if it was there.

 

[gr8oldies]

No, WCIT never was in Celina. You may be thinking of WCSM.

 

[radioman148]

Surprised you get WIND during the day with 550 Cincy & WIND sending most of their signal north.

I also receive 560 WIND here in Cincinnati daytimes with WKRC nulled , although I do have to use a ferrite loop antenna to receive them. I can hear WIND at night also. As I recall, WIND has a fairly strong signal in central Indiana during the day.

Here in Cincinnati, the strongest Chicago day signal is 780 KHZ, the strongest of the weak day signals that is. Days I can also receive 670, 720, 890 but very weak, and 1000 on a good day. 720 is sandwiched between our locals 700WLW and 740WNOP, so you need a good radio/antenna to receive it, but it puts in a good night signal. I love listening to that Milt Rosenburg guy on WGN evenings.
Sunset skip 820, 850, 1030. 1690 booms in here for sss when on their 10KW power.

Nights, 560, 670, 720, 780, 890, 1000, we have a local on 1160, & 1690 weak but regular.

I'm using a pretty good receiver / antenna combination in order to receive the day sigs, although in winter I have received them on some small portable radios.

WLW's IBOC is clearly heard under WGN in the St. Marys, Ohio area. I don't see how you could get it daytime in Cincinnati! I hate hearing the crap hamper WLW's otherwise crisp signal.

I have a Drake R8B receiver, and rotatable ferrite rod antennas, one of which provides super good nulling. WLW is northeast of my location, so I am able to null it just enough for daytime reception of WGN. WLW completely destroys 690 and is severe on 710 here in Cincy, although I can receive WOR and other 710 stations with the antenna null directed at WLW.

At night it is an easier matter, although I am only 4 miles from WNOP and even at night with 30 watts directed at me, they send a pesky signal in my direction. Of course, I could drive two miles in either direction, and they would fade away.

I see 940 is again using their old call letters of WCIT. Didn’t they used to be in Celina? Back in the day, I always listened to WCIT when I traveled to Fort Wayne. In my opinion, it was a pretty good rock & roll station.

Personally I don't know too much about WCIT's history ... I have family in that area and was visiting. Gr8 Oldies probably knows a lot more about that than me. It did sound good over the weekend in SM, even for not shooting much power in that direction.
To an earlier poster ... is WGN back to running IBOC? I read somewhere that they weren't anymore. As far away as I was from Chicago and with the Bowling Green station on 730, I couldn't hear any buzz even if it was there.

They were not running it last time I checked about a month ago.

 

[gr8oldies]

Here’s my night scan from the Dayton, OH area.
540 WDAK Columbus GA
550 WKRC
560 nothing dominant
570 WKBN Youngstown /Reloj Cuba
580 mess
590 mess
600 WMT Cedar Rapids IA
610 WTVN/Kansas City/Roanoke VA
620 WRJZ Knoxville TN
630 mess
640 mess
650 WSM
660 WFAN
670 WSCR
680 WPTF
690 IBOC, formerly Montreal
700 WLW
710 IBOc(formerly WOR)
720 WGN
730 mess, French lang station
740 CHWO, Sometimes KRMG
750 WSB
760 WJR
770 WABC
780 WBBM
790 various
800 gy style mess
810 WGY
820 WBAP
830 WCCO
840 WHAS
850 WKNR/KOA
860 French Toronto
870 WWL
880 WCBS
890 WLS
900 CHML, others
910 mess
920 mess
930 mess, sometimes Huntington WV
940 mess, sometimes Montreal, sunrise WMAZ, sunset WCPC
950 WWJ
960 various
970 WFUN Ashtabula OH
980 WONE 990 various
990 various
1000 WLUP
1010 WINS/CFRB
1020 KDKA
1030 WBZ
1040 WHO
1050 CHUM/and New York
1060 KYW
1070 WFNI/CHOK
1080 WTIC
1090 WBAL, sometimes KAAY
1100 WWWE
1110 WBT
1120 KMOX
1130 mess of sports stations, KWKH
1140 WRVA
1150 WIMA
1160 WJJD
1170 WWVA
1180 WHAM
1190 surprisingly no WOWO!
1200 WOAI
1210 WPHT
1220 Cleveland
1230 gy mess
1240 gy mess
1250 WEAE
1260 WNDE
1270 WXYT
1280 WGBF
1290 WHIO, sometimes WIRL or the Disney station in VA
1300 nothing dominant
1310 WDTW
1320 various
1330 various
1340 gy mess
1350 Akron, others
1360 WSAI
1370 WSPD
1380 various
1390 WBLL
1400 WBAT
1410 WING
1420 various
1430 variou
1440 various
1450 gy mess
1460 mess
1470 mess
1480 mess/WHBC/WCIN
1490 gy mess
1500 Minneapolis or DC
1510 WLAC
1520 KOMA (or whatever they are now)/WWKB
1530 WCKY
1540 KXEL/Canada
1550 various/WBSC Bennettsville SC
1560 Radio Disney NY
1570 mess, sometimes WPTW Piqua
1580 mess (a couple hours before sunset WPGC)
1590 WAKR
1600 mess
1610 unid
1620 local TIS
1630 KCJJ
1640 ?
1650 ?
1660 >
1670 WTDY
1680 Radio Disney
1690 WVON, others
1700 Spanish

 

[radioman148]

"gr8" I too still call 1160 WJJD
Very surprised you don't get WOWO.

 

[gr8oldies]

knew full well it was WYLL but...

 

[radioman148]

knew full well it was WYLL but...

I understand. I still refer to it as WJJD.

 

[cyberdad]

Very surprised you don't get WOWO.

I lived in Lake Geneva in 1976. WOWO was there every day. Today, it's basically invisible in the Northwest suburbs...and has been for years.

 

[radioman148]

Very surprised you don't get WOWO.

I lived in Lake Geneva in 1976. WOWO was there every day. Today, it's basically invisible in the Northwest suburbs...and has been for years.

I used to listen to WOWO regularly in the northern Chicago suburbs in the 60s & 70s. Even had a button on it in the car.
Now with the splatter from WRTO I can't get it at all.

 

[schmave]

Here’s my night scan from the Dayton, OH area.
540 WDAK Columbus GA
550 WKRC
560 nothing dominant
570 WKBN Youngstown /Reloj Cuba
580 mess
590 mess
600 WMT Cedar Rapids IA
610 WTVN/Kansas City/Roanoke VA
620 WRJZ Knoxville TN
630 mess
640 mess
650 WSM
660 WFAN
670 WSCR
680 WPTF
690 IBOC, formerly Montreal
700 WLW
710 IBOc(formerly WOR)
720 WGN
730 mess, French lang station
740 CHWO, Sometimes KRMG
750 WSB
760 WJR
770 WABC
780 WBBM
790 various
800 gy style mess
810 WGY
820 WBAP
830 WCCO
840 WHAS
850 WKNR/KOA
860 French Toronto
870 WWL
880 WCBS
890 WLS
900 CHML, others
910 mess
920 mess
930 mess, sometimes Huntington WV
940 mess, sometimes Montreal, sunrise WMAZ, sunset WCPC
950 WWJ
960 various
970 WFUN Ashtabula OH
980 WONE 990 various
990 various
1000 WLUP
1010 WINS/CFRB
1020 KDKA
1030 WBZ
1040 WHO
1050 CHUM/and New York
1060 KYW
1070 WFNI/CHOK
1080 WTIC
1090 WBAL, sometimes KAAY
1100 WWWE
1110 WBT
1120 KMOX
1130 mess of sports stations, KWKH
1140 WRVA
1150 WIMA
1160 WJJD
1170 WWVA
1180 WHAM
1190 surprisingly no WOWO!
1200 WOAI
1210 WPHT
1220 Cleveland
1230 gy mess
1240 gy mess
1250 WEAE
1260 WNDE
1270 WXYT
1280 WGBF
1290 WHIO, sometimes WIRL or the Disney station in VA
1300 nothing dominant
1310 WDTW
1320 various
1330 various
1340 gy mess
1350 Akron, others
1360 WSAI
1370 WSPD
1380 various
1390 WBLL
1400 WBAT
1410 WING
1420 various
1430 variou
1440 various
1450 gy mess
1460 mess
1470 mess
1480 mess/WHBC/WCIN
1490 gy mess
1500 Minneapolis or DC
1510 WLAC
1520 KOMA (or whatever they are now)/WWKB
1530 WCKY
1540 KXEL/Canada
1550 various/WBSC Bennettsville SC
1560 Radio Disney NY
1570 mess, sometimes WPTW Piqua
1580 mess (a couple hours before sunset WPGC)
1590 WAKR
1600 mess
1610 unid
1620 local TIS
1630 KCJJ
1640 ?
1650 ?
1660 >
1670 WTDY
1680 Radio Disney
1690 WVON, others
1700 Spanish

I'm surprised some of those stations (WTVN, WIMA, WKNR among a few others) get into Dayton at night but WOWO does not. It still sounds pretty good after dark in St. Marys even with the pattern change and reduced power.

 

[gr8oldies]

WOWO still blasts into the Celina/St. Marys area as though no power change ever happened, but Dayton is a little iffy. I'm not so sure about WIMA at night, may have just included it out of force of habit. WTVN is basically gone but still can hear it in the mud.

 

[cyberdad]

Surprised KOMA (or whatever) is getting into Dayton....there's a pretty serious null to the east and northeast.

 

[MikeStandardsFromIndiana]

ive gotten Koma in Central indiana before

 

[radioman148]

I usually had very little trouble getting KOMA in Illinois or Indiana.

 

[schmave]

WOWO still blasts into the Celina/St. Marys area as though no power change ever happened, but Dayton is a little iffy. I'm not so sure about WIMA at night, may have just included it out of force of habit. WTVN is basically gone but still can hear it in the mud.

I heard WIMA at night in the Columbus area on a few occasions back in the early 90s. It sent a nice lobe southeast that made it dependable as far as Marysville. The other night visiting St. Marys WIMA was dominant on 1150 with the Canadian oldies station clearly underneath. I don't recall that much interference on WIMA from back in the 80s, but who knows.

 

[ddsparxx]

KOMA was loud and clear when I was in remote, very thinly populated section of eastern NM during the evening hours, when it played top 40 music in the late 70s.