530-800 AM: What does your AM band look like in the daytime?

[Eli Polonsky]

Somerville, MA (Boston area) daytime:

530: nothing, Massachusetts Turnpike TIS stations when closer to it
540: nothing, was weak "Grlz Radio" unlicensed station Dorchester, MA
550: WDDZ Pawtucket, RI
560: weak mix: WHYN Springfield, MA (dominant), WGAN Portland, ME
570: nothing (WMCA New York City at night, or maybe close to sunset)
580: WTAG Worcester, MA very weak, buried under WEZE 590 splatter
590: WEZE Boston (local)
600: WEZE 590 splatter
610: WGIR Manchester, NH
620: nothing
630: WPRO Providence, RI
640: WNNZ Westfield, MA (western MA, very weak)
650: WSRO Ashland, MA (west suburban Boston area)
660: WFAN New York City (very weak day, strong at night)
670: WRKO 680 splatter
680: WRKO Boston (local)
690: WRKO 680 splatter
700: WJOE Orange, MA (central MA, very weak)
710: WOR New York City (very weak day, strong at night)
720: very weak Dorchester (Boston), MA pirate
730: very weak mix: WACE Chicopee MA, WJTO Bath, ME under WJIB 740 splatter
740: WJIB Cambridge, MA (local)
750: WJIB 740 splatter
760: WVNE Leicester, MA
770: WABC New York City (very weak day, strong at night)
780: nothing
790: WPRV Providence, RI
800: WNNW Lawrence, MA

[cyberdad]

Northwest of Chicago

530:  Blank
540: Former WZER (Milwaukee ESPN) weak to moderate.  KWMT weak underneath sometimes
550: KTRS weak under WIND splatter
560: WIND (local)
570: WIND splatter
580: WILL moderate
590: WKZO very weak
600: WMT weak
610: WTMJ splatter
620: WTMJ (local)
630: WTMJ splatter...KJSL very weak with good radio nulled correctly
640: WMFN weak with WOI weaker underneath
650: blank
660: WSCR splatter
670: WSCR (local)
680: WSCR splatter
690: blank
700: WLW very weak
710: Splatter from badly played playoff baseball
720: Badly played playoff baseball (local)
730: More splatter from badly played playoff baseball
740: Blank
750: WNDZ moderate
760: WJR very weak
770: WBBM splatter
780: WBBM (local)
790: WBBM splatter
800: KXIC  very weak and only on a very good radio.

[schmave]

League City, Texas

530 -
540 -
550 KTSA San Antonio, comes in quite well
560 KLVI Beaumont, blasts down the Gulf coast
570 KLIF Dallas is faint but very listenable. Hardly any KLVI slop.
580 -
590 Austin fighting it out with a Spanish-language station I don't know
600 KILT splatter
610 KILT Houston (local)
620 Major KILT splatter ... I'm right in the heart of the daytime pattern
630 KSLR San Antonio
640 -
650 KIKK local
660 A little KIKK splatter but not much
670 -
680 KKYK San Antonio
690 KSEV splatter
700 KSEV Tomball, good signal
710 KSEV splatter
720 KSAH San Antonio, very good signal
730 KTRH splatter
740 NewsRadio 740 KTRH ... like KILT, we're in the main lobe here so it is like it's next-door 24/7
750 Major KTRH splatter
760 KTKR San Antonio very weak
770 Some IBOC splatter
780 IBOC hash from KBME
790 KBME Houston
800 Major IBOC hash from KBME, same on 810

[Scott Fybush]

Rochester NY -

530 CIAO Brampton/Toronto (semi-local)
540 weak CBEF Windsor ON
550 WGR Buffalo (local)
560 CFOS Owen Sound ON (weak)
570 WSYR Syracuse (semi-local)
580 CFRA Ottawa, occasional WHP Harrisburg
590 CJCL Toronto (weak - I'm on the wrong side of their directional array!)
600
610 CKTB St. Catharines ON
620 WHEN Syracuse (semi-local)
630 CFCO Chatham ON
640 CFMJ Toronto (weak)
650
660
670
680 CFTR Toronto, WINR Binghamton NY (weak)
690 CINF Montreal (weak)
700
710 CJRN Niagara Falls ON
720
730
740 CFZM Toronto (local)
750
760 WJR Detroit (weak)
770 WTOR Youngstown NY (very weak)
780
790 WLSV Wellsville NY, WTNY Watertown NY (weak)
800 CJBQ Belleville ON (local)

[Zach]

From Grenada County, Mississippi:

530
540 - KMLB Monroe, LA (v. weak)
550
560 - WHBQ Memphis, TN (v. weak)
570
580 - WELO Tupelo, MS (v. weak)
590
600 - WREC Memphis, TN (v. weak)
610
620 - WJDX Jackson, MS (v. weak)
630
640 - WCRV Memphis, TN (moderate)
650
660
670
680 - WSMB Memphis, TN (weak)
690 - WSPZ Birmingham, AL (super weak)
700
710
720
730
740
750
760
770
780
790 - WMC Memphis, TN (v. weak)
800

And that's it.  Looks like I'm the winner for 'least amount of stations' so far.

[jd]

590 Austin fighting it out with a Spanish-language station I don't know

This is a classic battle that's been around for quite a few decades.  XEFD in Rio Bravo really gives KLBJ fits toward the south and no wonder, since they're both 5,000 watts daytime non-directional.  Plus the Mexican station gets a boost from a salt-water path toward you:   
www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=XEFD&service=AM&status=F&hours=D

[schmave]

Even with all the problems radio-wise between our countries, how do two stations with the same power end up located that close to one another?! I imagine each station gets interference in places where otherwise its signal would be crystal-clear.

[LKidd]

McPherson, KS
530 Nothing
540 KWMT on the Very rare occasion KFRM might be off
550 KFRM (in city grade of this DA)
560 slop
570 WNAX very weak
580 WIBW
590 Old WOW depending on exact location, better further west and south I go
600 Blank
610 KCSP
620 Blank
630 Blank
640 WWLS very weak
650 Blank
660 KCRO very weak
670 Denver very weakly
680 KFEQ
690 KGGF
700 Blank
710 KCMO weak
720 Blank
730 KLOE (Goodland, KS) weak but can be dug out (1 KW 250 miles out, what our ground conductivity can do)
740 Have picked up KRMG, not very often
750 KMMJ
760 KCCV
770 Blank
780 Usually a weak KSPI from Stillwater
790 KXXX, weak but very stable
800 Blank

[Smittian]

From Port Isabel,TX

530-?
540-?
550- KTSA (San Antonio)
560-KLVI (Beaumont)
570- ?
580- ?
590- XEFD (Rio Bravo,MX)
600-?
610- KILT (Houston)
620-?
630-?
640-?
650- KIKK (Houston) very faint
660-?
670-?
680-KKYX (San Antonio)
690-?
700- KSEV (Houston) sometimes if there's no KURV splatter
710-KURV(Edinburg,local)
720- ?
730-?
740-KTRH (Houston) booms in like a local
750-?
760-KTKR (San Antonio) not as strong as it used to be

Sorry this is not more complete

[radiorob2.0]

QTH: Owensboro, KY

540 Clarksville, TN
550 St. Louis, MO (A good receiver will catch Cincinnati on a null)
560 Memphis and Nashville/Brentwood, TN
570 Paducah, KY
580 Urbana, IL
590 Lexington, KY
600 Memphis
610 Russellville, KY (A very good receiver on the perfect winter day will notice Columbus, OH)
620 Louisville, KY
630 St. Louis
640 Collierville (Memphis) TN
650 Nashville
670 Chicago
680 Memphis and Newburgh/Louisville
690 St. Louis and Birmingham (on a good winter day)
700 Cincinnati
720 Chicago
730 Madisonville, KY
750 Brookport, IL/Paducah
760 Detroit (winter day)
770 St. Louis and Athens, AL
780 Chicago
790 Louisville and Ashland City, TN
800 Windsor, ON (winter day)