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crainbebo
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Re: 530-800 AM: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?
« Reply #60 on: December 07, 2009, 08:35:19 PM »

Updated bandscan from Bothell, WA

530: TIS stations
540: City of Burien TIS sometimes
550: KARI Blaine, WA-Religious
560: KPQ Wenatchee, WA-News/Talk, usually a threshold but sometimes so-so reception
570: KVI Seattle, WA-Talk
580: 570 slop
590: **VERY** faint KQNT Spokane, WA, very occasional threshold (News/Talk)
600: nothing
610: KONA Pasco, WA-News/Talk/Information, threshold to VERY faint
620: KPOJ Portland, OR-Progressive Talk occasionally but usually severe 630 slop
630: KCIS Edmonds, WA-Religious
640: severe KCIS slop
650: CISL Vancouver, BC-Adult Standards
660: KAPS Mount Vernon, WA-Country/sometimes CFFR Calgary, AB-All News mid afternoons winters
670: rarely KBOI Boise, ID-News/Talk
680: KBRD Lacey, WA-Nostalgia
690: CBU Vancouver, BC-Public/Talk/CBC
700: KXLX Airway Heights, WA-Sports (RARE)
710: KIRO Seattle, WA-Sports
720: 710 slop
730: CHMJ Vancouver, BC-Traffic
740: wide bandwidth KCIS bleed, narrow bandwidth nothing
750: KXL Portland, OR-Talk/sometimes KERR Polson, MT-Country only 90 minutes before sunset in the winter
760: 770 slop
770: KTTH Seattle, WA-Conservative Talk
780: 770 slop
790: KGMI Bellingham, WA-News/Talk (once caught CFCW Camrose, AB 70 minutes before sunset, that was on Saturday)
800: nothing usually, but KPDQ Portland, OR-Christian Talk and CKOR Penticton, BC-Adult Contemporary pop up time to time, very weak usually

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Re: 530-800 AM: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?
« Reply #61 on: December 10, 2009, 06:58:11 PM »

From East Moline, IL (Quad Cities USA):

Daytime-

530: Nothing
540: KWMT Fort Dodge, IA
550: KTRS St. Louis, MO
560: WIND Chicago, IL
570: WNAX Yankton, SD (Very Weak)
580: WILL Urbana, IL
590: WMT IBOC Hash
600: WMT Cedar Rapids, IA
610: WMT IBOC Hash
620: WTMJ Milwaukee, WI
630: Nothing
640: WOI Ames, IA
650: Usually nothing; have occasionally received WSM Nashville, TN; most likely SR or SS skip
660: WSCR IBOC Hash
670: WSCR Chicago, IL
680: WSCR IBOC Hash
690: Nothing
700: Usually nothing; have occasionally received WLW Cincinnati, OH; most likely SR or SS skip
710: WGN IBOC Hash
720: WGN Chicago, IL
730: WGN IBOC Hash
740: KBOE Oskaloosa, IA (weak)
750: WNDZ Portage, IN (weak)
760: Usually nothing; have occasionally received WJR Detroit, MI; most likely SR or SS skip
770: Nothing
780: WBBM Chicago, IL
790: Nothing
800: KXIC Iowa City, IA

Note: There are no local AMs in the Quad Cities below 800 kHz.  Local stations are at 960, 1170, 1230, 1270, and 1420 kHz in this area.  As soon as I locate a thread covering these frequencies, I will gladly list them, possibly with (local) as a label for the local AMs in my area.
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Re: 530-800 AM: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?
« Reply #62 on: December 11, 2009, 01:24:18 PM »

Cincinnati, OH
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I hope I didn't post my list when this thread was first posted.
At work, so I'm going by memory.

530 Weather Info CVG Airport KIH42
540 Occasionally Disney out of Pittsburg
550 WKRC Cincinnati - Local
560 Absent
570 WKBN Youngstown
580 WILL Urbana, IL & WCHS Charleston, WV
590 WVLK Lexington, KY
610 WTVN Columbus, OH
620 Seldom anything, WTUV Louisville when something is.
630 WLAP Lexington, KY - Strong
640 WHLO - Very weak or not there.
650 WSM Nashville
660 WXIC Waverly, OH
670 WSCR Chicago - Very weak
680 WDRD Louisville - I think
690 WLW slop
700 WLW The Nation's Station - A local
710 WLW slop
720 WGN - Very weak
730 Nothing
740 WNOP Newport, KY
750 Nothing
760 WJR Detroit - Very weak
770 WCGW Nicholasville, KY
780 WBBM Chicago, Very weak.
790 WCRD Louisville
800 CKLW Windsor, ON CAN - VERY weak
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Re: 530-800 AM: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?
« Reply #63 on: December 11, 2009, 10:52:03 PM »

I think I posted my Dayton list, if not its very close to Cinncinati, so hear are a couple of places I visit

Vermillion Ohio (on Lake Erie just west of Lorain..this from memory)

530-
540 CBEF Windsor ONT
550 maybe WGR Buffalo
560 WHNE Monroe MI
570 WKBN Younstown OH
580 CKWW Windsor ONT
590
600 WSOM Salem OH
610 WTVN Columbus OH (gets interference toward sunset still better night signal than in Dayton)
620 can't remember anything
630 CFCO Chatham ONT day and night
640 WHLO Akron OH day and night
650 blank
660 WMIC Sandusky MI if anything days
670 blank until WSCR at night
680 nada
690
700 WLW still listenable even there
710
720 nothing until dark
730 WJYM Bowling Green OH (1000 watts and they get EVERYWHERE)
740 CKZM or whatever they are this week Toronto day and night
750 nada
760 WJR
770 nothing by day
780 nada
790 havent IDed anything
800 CKLW.

Lafayette IN area

540 WAUK Jackson WI
550 KTRS St. Louis, faint WKRC. At least before their tower problems, they kicked KMOX's butt signal wise
560 WIND Chicago
570 nuttin honey
580 WILL Champaign
590 WKZO Kazoo
600 WMT if anything
610 WTVN Columbus OH
620 WTMJ Milwaukee
630 WLAP Lexington
640 nothing, WBOW Terre Haute before it losts its license
650 weak WSM
660 nada
670 WSCR
680 nothing
690 weak St Louis pre IBOC
700 WLW
710 vacuum cleaners
720 WGN
730 WJYM Bowling Green OH (like I said)
740
750 WNDZ Portage IN
760 WJR
770 nothing
780 WBBM
790 nada
800 CKLW or WKZI Casey IK 
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Re: 530-800 AM: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?
« Reply #64 on: December 12, 2009, 04:51:35 PM »

Cleveland OH:

530: nothing, TIS stations some locations
540: CBEF Windsor (very weak)
550: WGR Buffalo (very weak)
560: nothing
570: WKBN Youngstown
580: CKWW Windsor (weak)
590: CJCL Toronto (very weak)
600: WSOM Salem OH
610: WTVN Columbus
620: nothing
630: CFCO Chatham ON + WHLO IBOC
640: WHLO Akron (local)
650: WHLO IBOC
660: nothing
670: usually nothing, WSCR Chicago very weak wintertime
680: CFTR Toronto (weak)
690: nothing
700: WLW Cincinnati (fairly weak)
710: nothing
720: usually nothing, very weak WGN some winter days
730: nothing
740: CHWO Toronto (weak)
750: nothing
760: WJR Detroit
770: nothing
780: usually nothing, WBBM some winter days
790: WPIC Sharon PA
800: CKLW Windsor
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Re: 530-800 AM: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?
« Reply #65 on: December 12, 2009, 10:51:43 PM »

In Gary, IN I get the following stations:

530 - TIS Highway info
540 - WAUK Jackson/Milwaukee, WI (used to not get this station when it ran IBOC)
550 - KTRS St. Louis, MO
560 - WIND Chicago (live 2-3 miles from the towers)
570 - vacant
580 - WILL Urbana, IL
590 - vacant
600 - vacant
610 - vacant
620 - WTMJ Milwaukee
630 - vacant
640 - vacant
650 - vacant
660 - vacant
670 - WSCR Chicago
680 - vacant
690 - vacant
700 - WLW Cincinnati
710 - vacant
720 - WGN Chicago
730 - vacant
740 - vacant
750 - WNDZ Portage, IN
760 - vacant
770 - vacant
780 - WBBM Chicago
790 - vacant
800 - vacant
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Re: 530-800 AM: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?
« Reply #66 on: December 13, 2009, 09:12:13 AM »

Update from the post I made last year...

This time the location is Manassas,  VA

530 Nothing
540 a faint barely listenable blend of WWCS Canonsburg, PA (near Pittsburgh) and WGOP Pocomoke City, MD (near the Atlantic coast)
550 WSVA Harrisonburg, VA decent signal
560 WFRB Frostburg, MD listenable signal
570 WTNT Bethesda, MD (inner DC suburb)
580 WHP Harrisburg, PA modest signal
590 WLES Richmond, VA barely heard with 600W
600 WCAO Baltimore, listenable
610 Almost nothing; WTFX Winchester, VA became silent last year; WIP Philly barely listenable
620 WKHB Irwin, PA (Transmitter SE of Pittsburgh) weak
630 WMAL DC strong local and no longer uses the IBOC (Hurray)
640 WWJZ Mount Holly, NJ (near Philly) barely heard
650 Nothing
660 WFAN NY barely heard
670 WIEZ Lewiston, PA very weak
680 WCBM Baltimore adequate signal
690 WELD Fisher, WV weak, in the "handle" part of the panhandle part of WV
700 Nothing; WDMV Walkersville, MD was there but became silent last year
710 WOR NY very weak
720 WWII Shiremanstown, PA (near Harrisburg) weak
730 WXTR Alexandria, VA good signal
740 WRNR Martinsburg, WV very weak only 500W
750 WBGR Baltimore weak
760 Nothing
770 Almost nothing
780 WAVA Arlington, VA
790 Mt.Jackson, VA very weak
800 WCHA Chambersburg, PA weak
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Re: 530-800 AM: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?
« Reply #67 on: December 13, 2009, 04:08:08 PM »


From Warminster PA:
 
 530-empty
 540-WLIX Islip NY(Long Island)
 550-empty
 560-WFIL Philly
 570-WMCA New York
 580-WHP Harrisburg
 590-WARM Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
 600-WCAO Baltimore(sometimes)
 610-WIP Philly
 620-WSNR Newark NJ(weak)
 630-sometimes WMAL Washington
 640-WWJZ Mt Holly NJ(Radio Disney)
 650-empty
 660-WFAN New York
 670-empty
 680-empty
 690-WPHE Phoenixville PA(Spanish)
 700-empty
 710-WOR New York
 720-faint signal from some Central PA station, forget the calls
 730-empty
 740-WVCH Chester PA
 750-sometimes WBGR Baltimore
 760-empty
 770-WABC New York
 780-empty
 790-WAEB Allentown
 800-WTMR Camden NJ(Philly)
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Re: 530-800 AM: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?
« Reply #68 on: December 14, 2009, 12:06:03 AM »

Durham, North Carolina

530 Nothing
540 WETC Wendell-Zebulon, NC (local; stronger daytime, but audible at night with 500 watts)
550 WIOZ Southern Pines, NC
560 nothing
570 WDOX, Raleigh, NC (Local)
580 WKSK, West Jefferson, NC some late afternoons
590 WGTM, Wilson, NC
600 WSJS, Winston-Salem, NC
610 WFNZ, Charlotte, NC (only if WDNC 620 is off-air or you're far enough away from their antena site)
620 WDNC, Durham, NC (local)
630 WMAL, Washington, DC (only if WDNC is off-air, or you're far enough away from their antena site)
640 WFNC, Fayetteville, NC
650 either WPIZ-762, Durham, NC Traveler Info Station of the Durham Visitors Bureau which has broadcast dead air since fall 2007 or faint WSM, Nashville, TN
660 WFAN, New York, NY
670 interference from WPTF or faint WSCR, Chicago, IL
680 WCBM Baltimore adequate signal
690 interference from WPTF
700 WLW, Cincinnati, OH faintly
710 WZOO, Asheboro, NC or WOR, New York, NY
720 nothing
730 WFMC, Goldsboro, NC
740 WPAQ, Mount Airy, NC or CFZM, Toronto, ON
750 WAUG, New Hope, NC (local)
760 WCPS, Tarboro, NC
770 WLWL, Rockingham, NC
780 WCKB, Dunn, NC (local)
790 WBLO, Thomasville, NC
800 WSVS, Crewe, VA
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Re: 530-800 AM: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?
« Reply #69 on: December 14, 2009, 10:51:06 AM »

Durham, North Carolina

530 Nothing
540 WETC Wendell-Zebulon, NC (local; stronger daytime, but audible at night with 500 watts)
550 WIOZ Southern Pines, NC
560 nothing
570 WDOX, Raleigh, NC (Local)
580 WKSK, West Jefferson, NC some late afternoons
590 WGTM, Wilson, NC
600 WSJS, Winston-Salem, NC
610 WFNZ, Charlotte, NC (only if WDNC 620 is off-air or you're far enough away from their antena site)
620 WDNC, Durham, NC (local)
630 WMAL, Washington, DC (only if WDNC is off-air, or you're far enough away from their antena site)
640 WFNC, Fayetteville, NC
650 either WPIZ-762, Durham, NC Traveler Info Station of the Durham Visitors Bureau which has broadcast dead air since fall 2007 or faint WSM, Nashville, TN
660 WFAN, New York, NY
670 interference from WPTF or faint WSCR, Chicago, IL
680 WCBM Baltimore adequate signal
690 interference from WPTF
700 WLW, Cincinnati, OH faintly
710 WZOO, Asheboro, NC or WOR, New York, NY
720 nothing
730 WFMC, Goldsboro, NC
740 WPAQ, Mount Airy, NC or CFZM, Toronto, ON
750 WAUG, New Hope, NC (local)
760 WCPS, Tarboro, NC
770 WLWL, Rockingham, NC
780 WCKB, Dunn, NC (local)
790 WBLO, Thomasville, NC
800 WSVS, Crewe, VA

Do you get WFAN & WSCR during the midday?
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