Night Video AM Bandscan during Aurora 3-11-12

[Buckeyes2001]

Could have sworn I heard French on 690 but I thought the Montreal French station was off the air along with 940. I'm thinking CHUM for your 1050, and the ethnic Toronto station for your 1430. There's a 1390 in the Youngstown area that has made the trip to Tennessee a time or two around sunset. Your other 1250 might have been WTAE depending on pattern.

LOve these! We should have the "five second ID contest"!

The 690 may have been the Detroit ethnic station still on day pattern/frequency as Detroit's sunset occurs a few minutes after sunset here in Vermilion and the video started about 10 minutes before the sun began setting here. WNIO sounds right for 1390 if they were still on day pattern. Their night pattern has a null in my direction. During the day it gets slopped on by WDLW 1380 and I haven't been able to hear anything underneath the slop. Also I'm not sure what was coming in on 1580.

[borderblaster]

This is the second time I've not realized the Detroit 680/690 combo was there LOL! No clue on your 1580; Washington (Morningside MD) gets out real well sunrise and sunset bit they're news talk...at least this week. What was the French on 1590?

[Buckeyes2001]

This is the second time I've not realized the Detroit 680/690 combo was there LOL! No clue on your 1580; Washington (Morningside MD) gets out real well sunrise and sunset bit they're news talk...at least this week. What was the French on 1590?

I imagine 690 and maybe even 680 down your way gets covered up by WLW. As for the French station on 1590 I have no idea who that would be either. I figured something from Canada but R/L doesn't even show any Canadian AM stations on 1590. Only thing I can think of is WCGO/Evanston, IL with their ethnic format. Normally WAKR is there on top of others. The Spanish on 1610 was Toronto. I noticed the 416 area code in Spanish being given along with the next 3 numbers.

[borderblaster]

No way to get 680/690 especially since WLW turned on iBoc. I did get 690 one years ago in  Ft. Wayne once when WLW was off...also got CHYR on 710 when it was there. Neither from Dayton but on a really good radio CKWW has managed to make it. Evanston might be a possibility for your 1590.

[Buckeyes2001]

No way to get 680/690 especially since WLW turned on iBoc. I did get 690 one years ago in  Ft. Wayne once when WLW was off...also got CHYR on 710 when it was there. Neither from Dayton but on a really good radio CKWW has managed to make it. Evanston might be a possibility for your 1590.

Were you able to get anything else on 700 in the absence of WLW?

[borderblaster]

Not on this occasion since it was during the day. I once received the Dothan, AL station testing when WLW was off the air overnight. In Tenessee I've received the ethnic Asian station (KHSE) in Wylie TX over WLW.

During Hurricane Hugo 690 in Jacksonville (at that time WPDQ) stayed at high power for the benefit of Charleston SC and was widely heard...including in Ft. Wayne.

[Buckeyes2001]

I was just replaying my night AM bandscan video from 3-6-12 and there was a strong station on 1540 coming in talking about Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, MI. I'm wondering what station this was as the KTGG/Spring Arbor, MI is a daytimer and this was a good 2 hours after sunset. Did they 'forget' to sign off that night? I usually get a jumble of weaker stations on 1540 at night as can be heard on the night AM scan video from the following day.

[borderblaster]

Hillsdale College is a sponsor on several conservative talk shows including Rush Limbaugh (even after the Fluke flack); odds are you had KXEL.

[MarioMania]

Why does WNZK/Detroit have 690 in the daytime and 680 in the nighttime??

[borderblaster]

Mario, see this thread about split frequency operation http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=208008.0