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Clear-channel/"Blowtorch" Stations
« on: March 01, 2012, 08:18:00 AM »
Just outta curiosity: What clear-channel (border-blaster or blowtorch) AM stations do you pick up in your area? Clear-channel (not to be confused with Clear Channel Communications) is a type of radio station that extends beyond their coverage at night to dozens of other states. (More info on Wikipedia)

Aside from my local ones; WBAP News/Talk 820 and KRLD NewsRadio 1080, the other stations I picked up so far are:

- KFAQ 1170 - Tulsa, OK
- KMOX 1120 - St. Louis, MO
- WHO 1040 - Des Moines, IA
- XEEP 1060 - Mexico City

There could be a few more signals to find, but I'm hoping to pick up other stations in San Antonio, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and a few other cities.



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Re: Clear-channel/"Blowtorch" Stations
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2012, 10:20:54 AM »
I live in Daytona Beach, and on most nights I can hear my favorite stations from Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia clearly enough to enjoy listening to them.

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Re: Clear-channel/"Blowtorch" Stations
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2012, 10:43:39 AM »
I've never bothered to check, but am curious since reading about them a few weeks ago.
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Re: Clear-channel/"Blowtorch" Stations
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2012, 10:53:14 PM »
A few months ago, my roommate and I were clearly picking up AM stations from Nashville (600 miles away) on an old tube radio.
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Re: Clear-channel/"Blowtorch" Stations
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2012, 07:42:24 PM »
My radio picks up WFAN (660AM) in New York during the night. Sometimes the signal comes in during the day. 
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Re: Clear-channel/"Blowtorch" Stations
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2012, 09:44:57 PM »
In Chicago...

WSCR - 670 AM
WGN - 720 AM
WBBM - 780 AM
WLS - 890 AM*
WMVP - 1000 AM

*WLS has been heard as far away as New Zealand.   B)

One night several years ago, I was picking up an AM station from San Antonio.  The sound quality was crystal clear.
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