re: Farthest location you listened to LSU on WWL

I can listen in the winter months on clear nights in Goldsboro, North Carolina.

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No, I mean, how is it not too far for your radio to pick it up?

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At night, the ionosphere rises to a higher altitude above sea level. AM radio waves are reflected back to the earth by the ionosphere although some do penetrate it and travel out into space. When the ionosphere is higher, the reflected radio waves can travel over a longer distance. This phenomenon is known as "skip".

My brother in law lived in Pittsburg and he drove to spot above the city on a mountain top. Depending on the weather he could hear the entire game. Most games were at night. The police making their rounds would stop and cheer with him. This was back in the 60’s and 70’s. He would bring coffee with him to keep himself warm.

But I listened to WWL in Illinois at night as a 10 year old kid after my parents told us that we would be moving to New Orleans. The first thing I did after getting the news was put on headphones and scan the AM dial for New Orleans radio. Didn't hear the Tigers during that time.

At night, there are some places in and around Merritt Island, Cocoa, and Rockledge, Florida, where I picked up the Les Miles Show on WWL this past Wednesday night. When I lived in Fayetteville, NC, there were areas near Cliffdale Road where I get get a clear signal at night.

I was traveling from Pensacola to Fayetteville, NC, using I-65 and I-85, during the 2004 Citrus Bowl game, I picked up WWL all the way from Pensacola to La Grange, GA. I stopped in La Grange to watch the game on TV in a hotel, only to be heartbroken when Iowa scored that last-second touchdown that beat LSU.

I could pick up LSU baseball in Gulf Shores, AL, during the day.

When I lived in the Pensacola area, I could pick up LSU baseball and football on WWL in the daytime and at night.

One of my fondest memories was listening to the 1959 LSU-Ole Miss game on WWL in the driveway with my Dad (1950 LSU grad) in Mobile when Billy Cannon ran the Ole Miss punt back 89 yards for a TD.

The easiest part of tuning to LSU sports has been detecting the announcers. When I am searching for LSU sports around the 870 AM dial, the distinct voices of John Ferguson and Jim Hawthorne have been the "tuning fork" (as in tuning a violin) to let me know I have reached for what I am searching. Interestingly, this analogy works well in the Spiritual realm (my sheep hear my voice, and they follow me).

Douglas wy.

up state NY, for the 1972 jones to davis td

Listened to many a game when we lived in east Texas in the 90's. Guess not as far as some.