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870 AM has to have one of the strongest signals in the nation.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:24 pm
I could hear slight mumbling and I was able to make out enough to tell it was 870 radio in Madison, FL. That is about 40 miles east of Tallahassee.
I could catch the Saints game loud and clear right about 40 miles west of Tallahassee today.
If there is another radio station as powerful I don't know of it in the south.
I could catch the Saints game loud and clear right about 40 miles west of Tallahassee today.
If there is another radio station as powerful I don't know of it in the south.
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Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:26 pm to SmackDaniels
Yeah, you can pick it up in North MS too.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:26 pm to SmackDaniels
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If there is another radio station as powerful I don't know of it in the south.
Probably right. I know there is one in St Louis(KMOX?)that is a super station.
This post was edited on 11/16/14 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:27 pm to SmackDaniels
I remember my first AM radio.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:27 pm to SmackDaniels
Dis is dubaya dubaya ehul.
-deke bellavia
-deke bellavia
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:28 pm to SmackDaniels
Use the app and you can hear it world wide
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:29 pm to SmackDaniels
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:31 pm to SmackDaniels
WLS in Nashville, home of the Opry
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:31 pm to SmackDaniels
The big AM stations all have big signals. KOA in Denver comes in pretty strong in Louisiana, as does KDKA from Pittsburg.
WWL used to have an overnight show aimed at truckers for this reason. They were also owned by Loyola University at one time (hence the "L" in the call sign). That didn't stop them from selling air time to protestant radio preachers, many of whom were virulently anti-Catholic. Business is business.
WWL used to have an overnight show aimed at truckers for this reason. They were also owned by Loyola University at one time (hence the "L" in the call sign). That didn't stop them from selling air time to protestant radio preachers, many of whom were virulently anti-Catholic. Business is business.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:32 pm to SmackDaniels
It's a 50kw clear channel station. No other broadcasters share 870 on the dial.
On a cloudy night when atmospheric conditions are right, it can be picked up as far north as Wisconsin.
On a cloudy night when atmospheric conditions are right, it can be picked up as far north as Wisconsin.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:32 pm to glassman
I remember falling asleep to The Cardinals games on (KMOX) when I was growing up in Ouachita parish!
That's about 600 miles btw
That's about 600 miles btw
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:32 pm to glassman
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St Louis(KMOS?
KMOX - clear channel stations up their power at night.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:32 pm to Jim Rockford
Too bad wwl is terrible now
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:33 pm to SmackDaniels
It's 50,000 watts. There are a lot of radio stations that are 50,000 watts and I think that's the most powerful allowed.
However, wwl is one of a handful of stations in the country that in the infancy of radio was granted clear channel status. What that means is, all other stations in its region that are near it on the dial have to significantly reduce the power of their broadcast signal at sundown and, therefore, wwl comes in rather clearly for several hundred miles.
However, wwl is one of a handful of stations in the country that in the infancy of radio was granted clear channel status. What that means is, all other stations in its region that are near it on the dial have to significantly reduce the power of their broadcast signal at sundown and, therefore, wwl comes in rather clearly for several hundred miles.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:33 pm to Kafka
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WLS in Nashville, home of the Opry
That makes a lot of sense.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:34 pm to ChineseBandit58
It's been at least 25 years but I listened to an LSU game on WWL in Las Vegas
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:34 pm to The Boat
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I remember my first AM radio.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:35 pm to SmackDaniels
870 is strong as hell and can be heard pretty much all the way up the mississippi river valley at night...
I don't listen to it much because the quality of AM just sucks, but it is really cool to hear a local radio station from home when you get ready to listen...
I don't listen to it much because the quality of AM just sucks, but it is really cool to hear a local radio station from home when you get ready to listen...
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:35 pm to heypaul
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I remember falling asleep to The Cardinals games on (KMOX) when I was growing up in Ouachita parish! That's about 600 miles btw
Edited my post. Thanks, Paul.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:37 pm to SmackDaniels
I listen in Dallas in the evenings when the sun goes down.
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