Brand new AM 50kw Daytime blast furnace seeks DX Reports

[The Beave]

Hi DX-ers,

Our station management and engineers are seeking "HONEST" DX reports from DX-ers in the following states.
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, & Canada (Manatoba/Saskatchewan)

If you are able to receive WZFG-AM 1100 Dilworth, MN/Fargo, ND
Please e-mail Scott Hennen at: scotth@am1100.tv
or you can snail mail the station at:

WZFG-AM 1100 The Flag
Attn: Scott Hennen
64 N. Broadway
Fargo, ND 58102

Please include the date and time as well as your location (please include Long. & Lat. also)
and the programming you heard.

WZFG-AM is a daytime 50kw Non Directional Nighttime .4kw

Thank you

[Rob-42]

I'll set up a bevvy and try my best.. I DX mostly FM though.
AM here is too crowded with spanish crap and tick tock from cuba.

good luck

Rob

[rbrucecarter5]

You are a bit far afield at 948 miles, but I've done 1000 mile daytime DX before - but never this high on the band.  Fortunately, KRLD IBOC is shut down today, so I have a chance.

The frequency is all but blank, but there are two stations competing for the frequency.  The strongest is playing country music, I would be inclined to believe it is WOMN on their 50 kW construction permit, because 450 miles on a 1000 Watt station is not believable, and WISS is even less likely given their present power of 1000W at 862 miles or their CP of 2500W.  The weaker station is probably KDRY - but it is definitely not the one dominating the frequency.

If I get a chance, I'll try again at sunset before you power down.

Reception location - Plano, TX.  Equipment GE Superadio 1 with a 3 foot loop.  I will also try again with the 8 foot loop, which is presently down for repair.

[The Beave]

You are a bit far afield at 948 miles, but I've done 1000 mile daytime DX before - but never this high on the band.  Fortunately, KRLD IBOC is shut down today, so I have a chance.

The frequency is all but blank, but there are two stations competing for the frequency.  The strongest is playing country music, I would be inclined to believe it is WOMN on their 50 kW construction permit, because 450 miles on a 1000 Watt station is not believable, and WISS is even less likely given their present power of 1000W at 862 miles or their CP of 2500W.  The weaker station is probably KDRY - but it is definitely not the one dominating the frequency.

If I get a chance, I'll try again at sunset before you power down.

Reception location - Plano, TX.  Equipment GE Superadio 1 with a 3 foot loop.  I will also try again with the 8 foot loop, which is presently down for repair.

The closest class 50KW to WZFG... is 1100 in Omaha. and they are heard in the monitors at night while WZFG is on "Flea" power. WZFG is a class B signal and has to protect Omaha and a few others at night.

[rbrucecarter5]

The closest class 50KW to WZFG... is 1100 in Omaha. and they are heard in the monitors at night while WZFG is on "Flea" power. WZFG is a class B signal and has to protect Omaha and a few others at night.

?  I thought Omaha was KFAB 1110, not 1100! 

Your signal never did come through as the evening progressed, first it was owned by either the San Antonio or Missouri preaching station, then enough IBOC hash from KFAB that 1100 was a muddled mess underneath.

[The Beave]

You must have been listening during "critical Hours" where the power drops from 50kw at 1 hour before sunset to 22kw and then drops to 0.400kw at sunset for night time. Omaha is a co-channel to 1100 it still requires protection.

These stations are on the 1100am channel:
KKLL       1100 AM       Webb City, MO              Religious   
WTAM       1100 AM       Cleveland, OH              News/Talk
KDRY       1100 AM       Alamo Heights, TX           Religious
***WZFG       1100 AM       Dilworth, MN              Talk***

on 1110:
KFAB       1110 AM       Omaha, NE              News/Talk
WJML       1110 AM       Petoskey, MI              Talk

on 1090:
CKRX       1090 AM       Lethbridge, AB              Country
KBOZ       1090 AM       Bozeman, MT              News/Talk
KNWS       1090 AM       Waterloo, IA       Northwestern College       Christian Contemporary
KSOU       1090 AM       Sioux Center, IA              Christian Contemporary
KTGO       1090 AM       Tioga, ND              Country
WAQE       1090 AM       Rice Lake, WI              Country

it is very possible that interference could come from any of the above stations.

[mimo]

You must have been listening during "critical Hours" where the power drops from 50kw at 1 hour before sunset to 22kw and then drops to 0.400kw at sunset for night time. Omaha is a co-channel to 1100 it still requires protection.

These stations are on the 1100am channel:
KKLL       1100 AM       Webb City, MO              Religious   
WTAM       1100 AM       Cleveland, OH              News/Talk
KDRY       1100 AM       Alamo Heights, TX           Religious
***WZFG       1100 AM       Dilworth, MN              Talk***

on 1110:
KFAB       1110 AM       Omaha, NE              News/Talk
WJML       1110 AM       Petoskey, MI              Talk

on 1090:
CKRX       1090 AM       Lethbridge, AB              Country
KBOZ       1090 AM       Bozeman, MT              News/Talk
KNWS       1090 AM       Waterloo, IA       Northwestern College       Christian Contemporary
KSOU       1090 AM       Sioux Center, IA              Christian Contemporary
KTGO       1090 AM       Tioga, ND              Country
WAQE       1090 AM       Rice Lake, WI              Country

it is very possible that interference could come from any of the above stations.

CKRX has been off of 1090 for years.  It never was country.  They were top 40 then oldies then rock, it's now  on 106.7 fm, with the same format it had in it's last AM days.

[The Beave]

CKRX has been off of 1090 for years.  It never was country.  They were top 40 then oldies then rock, it's now  on 106.7 fm, with the same format it had in it's last AM days.

Mimo,
This is an FCC list. Right from their official site.

[mimo]

The FCC keeps defunct Canadian AM's on their list for some reason.  Some of whom have been silent for decades.  Maybe it's because there is a slim chance the station may come back.  Lethbridge Alberta has been granted the frequencies of 1090 and 1220, neither of which are in operation anymore as both have moved to FM years ago.  I used to listen to 1090 back when they were 1090 CHEC with their top 40 format and then their oldies by day top 40 by night format and I've heard them as a rocker in their final AM days.  The only way I see 1090 being activated again is if the Lethbridge FM dial becomes so full and a station is needed the only place for it will be on AM. 

[rbrucecarter5]

The FCC keeps defunct Canadian AM's on their list for some reason.  Some of whom have been silent for decades.  Maybe it's because there is a slim chance the station may come back.  Lethbridge Alberta

I have never understood why Canadian stations are migrating to FM.  With such a large land area, and most of the population concentrated along the Southern border to escape brutal winters - AM clears would seem to be the ideal way to serve small remote, isolated populations to the North.  The population density falls as you go North, but with all that land area I assume it adds up to a lot of people.  FM translators don't seem to be a viable way to reach them, neither does satellite or streaming.