This is the AM radio landscape in my area (Tampa Bay)
Talk means any talk, sports, politics religion etc.
Music means any music genre.
Variety means anything goes
540 T
570 T
620 T
640 M
680 M
720 T
760 T
790 T
820 T
860 T
910 T
950 T
970 T
990 T
1010 T
1030 T
1080 T
1130 M
1150 M
1170 M
1200 M
1230 M
1250 T
1300 M
1350 T
1380 T
1400 T
1430 T
1450 T
1470 M
1490 M
1500 T
1550 T
1570 M
1600 M
1680 M
1710 V
Note: Much of the talk was from the same source. A waste of spectrum.
My little bit of Texoma/North Texas looks like this:
540 Spanish
570 Talk
600 Talk
620 Talk
660 Talk
700 Asian Talk/Music
730 Asian Music
750 Music
770 Music
820 Talk
850 Spanish Talk
910 Talk
990 Spanish Music
1040 Music
1080 Talk
1110 Spanish Music
1160 Talk
1190 Talk
1230 Music
1250 Music
1270 Spanish Music
1310 Talk
1400 Music
1420 Music
1440 Spanish Sports
1480 Asian Music
1490 Music
1500 Music
1580 Music
1600 Ethnic Variety
1630 Music
1670 Music
1700 Spanish Music
Note: 850 and 910 air the same programming but in different languages. Both carry the same identical Catholic programming simultaneously however 850 carries the Spanish Feed while 910 carries the English Feed.
Out of all these only 820, 1080, 1400, 1420, and 1670 are strong enough to be considered "local". The rest are listenable but noticeably weaker, 1230 is the stronger of the "weaker" bunch.
Well, at least you have more music than the Central Florida wasteland. 🙂
550(buffalo) sports
590 sports
610 talk
640 talk
680 news
740 music
820 talk
900 talk
930(buffalo) talk
970(buffalo talk
1010 talk
1050 sports
1150 sports
1250 religeous
1430 multicultural
1540 multicultural
1580 music
1610 multicultural
1650 multicultural
1690 multicultural
Mark
The vast majority of these stations are Talk. That's why AM is in the dumper. No variety - Little Music
Admittedly there is a ton of music on AM where I'm at, better yet its not all bad music either.
750 & 1230 (Oldies)
770 & 1500 (Adult Standards)
1250 & 1400 & 1420 & 1490 (Classic Country)
1400 is kind of all over the place musically, 1420 is 80s/90s Country, 1490 is 60s/70s Country.
Of the music AMs 750, 1400, 1420, 1490, and 1500 have FM translators.
There is an attitude in St. Louis that everyone wants to hear about sports at all times with little else on anyone's mind. Even so, there were more sports stations for awhile, but new management is always quick on the draw to change formats when ratings sag.
Categories: C = Christian; S/T = Sports/Talk; E = Ethnic; M = Music; CW = Country Western; RR = Rockn'Roll; V = Variety; P = Pending.
550 S/T
590
630 C
690 C
770 E
850 C
880 E
920 S/T
970 V
1010 C
1080 C
1120 S/T
1190 M CW
1260 T
1320 C
1380 C
1430 M RR
1460 C
1490 T
1510 E
1550 V
1570 T
1600 C
1640 V
1680 V
1710 P
Note: All four Variety stations are KDX frequencies. The station Pending is also one of mine, under development.
Seems Christian dominates the airwaves in St Louis.
Seems a strong message is on the agenda there.
Mark
Mark notices: "Seems Christian dominates the airwaves in St Louis."
It's even worse on FM.
There has got to be big money in it somehow otherwise they'd all go "belly up".
It's interesting to analyze the different kinds of religious stations.
There are those that sell air time to preacher whanna-bes who do home-spun sermons, those which are religious corporations that peddle christian "product", and the mainstream denominations like Catholic and Lutheran.
KDX has a deal for christian programs... we will carry them for $250 an hour.
For over a hundred years philosophers and scientists have known that there is no such thing as a human "soul", but the religions continue pushing the false-myth because without it they could not offer "salvation of souls".
And of course ordinary people could not possibly end up "saved" on their own, the only formula known to succeed is a paid subscription to a church.
My sister and I have long contemplated starting a radio church and spending the rest of our lives lying to people for the generous contributions.
I assume you're all using Radio Locator to find these?
For beautiful Downtown Bovey there are 9 AM stations listed.
Now, I've lived here for over 20 years. You can't get 9 AM stations with any sort of reliability.
4 of the 9 are in Duluth/Superior. That's 75-90 miles away depending on the station. Between the Mesaba Iron Range and the hills in Duluth none of those stations come in here except with very good radios and the right conditions. One of those 9 is in Park Rapids. Over 70 miles away. It doesn't come in here at all. One is in Aitkin, might come in if the wind is blowing right.
Of the remaining three, one is the one I work for, one is 30 miles away in Hibbing. We're oldies/news/sports they're all talk. The third I haven't been able to tune in for a while.
My station (the full power) and the Hibbing station are the only ones that lock on with the scan feature on any AM radio I've owned, home or car, since we've lived here. BAsically the only two valid stations here are on 1320 and 650.
That's why my little Part 15 works so well. I'm not fighting a crowded dial.
TIB
Tim in Bovey wonders: "I assume you're all using Radio Locator to find these?"
True, I got mine from Radio Locater but I left out the stations that are not received here, which was about 5 stations.
My stations are "received here" only if I'm in a small part of here... they are not received in Greater Metropolitan Here.