AM dxing - 12/15/2008 1030pm-midnight

AM Dxing 1030pm-1215am (12/15/2008)
Location: Leesville, SC 57F mostly cloudy
Radio: Grundig G6 internal ferrite antenna
Focused mostly on the lower end of the AM dial

610 UNIDENTIFIED - Monday night football, weak and faded out

630 WMAL Washington, DC - caught the ID of this one and not much else as signal faded real quick, only transmit 1000 watts at night

650 WSM Nashville, TN - talking about Hank Williams

660 WFAN New York, NY - Monday night football and 20/20 sports update at midnight, poor signal

670 UNIDENTIFIED - two stations fighting it out, one had MNF followed by Dan Patrick, other was playing rock music with Spanish DJ and commercials

700 WLW Cincinnati, OH - commercials for REI and Goodwill followed by local talk show

720 WGN Chicago, IL - local talk show, commercial for Westmont Pharmacy

740 KRNG Tulsa, OK - commercials for "Christian Train" followed by "the hamlet" commercial, then station ID

750 WSB Atlanta, GA - always booms at night here, Michael Savage

760 WJR Detroit, MI - Dr Laura show which I didn't know was still on the air, commercials for Home Medics and 1800 flowers

770 WABC New York, NY - Jared Diamond commercial followed by station ID

780 WBBM Chicago, IL - weather and traffic on the 8's, current 13 degrees in Chicago, calling for 2-4 inches of snow tomorrow

800 Canada - never heard call letters but had Canadian Press news on the hour followed by hockey news and a Walmart commercial

820 WBAP Dallas, TX - commecial for a business venture followed by a traffic report and warning of icy conditions on roads in the suburbs

840 WHAS Louisville, KY - Michael Savage spewing, "Kentucky Colonels" charity ad

860 CJBC Toronto, Canada - in french

870 WWL New Orleans, LA - monday night football commercial for Rolaids, Sporting news radio after game

880 WCBS New York, NY - always there, always news

890 WLS Chicago, IL - yet another Chicago station, conservative talk radio

1000 WMVP Chicago, IL - yet another Chicago station, ESPN radio

1070 WFNI Indianapolis, IN - ESPN radio

1100 WTAM Cleveland, OH - bitching about the Cleveland Browns losing bad to the Eagles, 30 to 10

1120 KMOX St. Louis, MO - this one is always here, CBS news

1430 WBLR Batesburg-Leesville SC - our only local station, barely can hear 1 mile from house, station goes to 130 watts at night.

1510 WLAC Nashville, TN - got call letters right away, easy catch

1530 WCKY Cincinnati, OH - sports radio, Prep H commercial, calls itself "1530 homer"

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Around dusk today earlier

1090 WBAL Baltimore, MD - knew by the commercials what this was, tends to die around 5pm local here, probably when 50kw signal goes directional

1470 WRGA Rome, GA - got the call letters clear, didn't last long though, news updates