Saul wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

... for the next two weeks, it's going to be almost impossible to escape every time you turn on your radio or TV. 

When I listen to my radio over these next two weeks, I'm quite sure I won't hear any mention of TS on 1240 WJMC Rice Lake WI, 1089 TalkSport in Brookmans Park UK, or whatever else happens to fade in. All it takes is avoiding certain frequencies.

I can confirm that this morning (the first day of the Taylor Swift concerts) that 1240 WJMC Rice Lake WI came out of the CBS news with a female announcer who led off with local weather.  No mention of what it would be like outside of the Rogers Centre.   Earlier at 6 a.m. on co-channel WSDR Sterling IL there also was no mention of Taylor Swift, just a plug for the Sauk Valley YWCA.

Saul wrote:

mace wrote:

When I was out in Oakville earlier this week, there was no static on 900 and I heard muffled pulsating voices on the frequency. Unfortunately, not strong enough to identify. Has anything appeared at night?

From Kawarthas I have heard IDs from three: WABY Watervliet NY (Rock-pop); WKDA Franklin TN (adult standards), WURD (African American talk, possibly also the one with jazz. I haven't set up my outdoor antennas yet for the coming AM season, or done any serious listening. These just from quick moments on a portable. One London DXer also heard a Georgia African American gospel station. With CHIN running daytime only on 1540 at night, a few of have heard ZNS1 from Nassau Bahamas. Last night they were running African American gospel music.

In addition to WKDA and WURD being there most of the time on 900, In Toronto I've been hearing a lot of WFIA Louisville at 6 a.m. with religious programming.   WKDA for me seems to to be most dominant during the nightmiddle.   And as I type this Cuba (Radio Progreso) is in there with the same programing as on 890.  

Other 900s noted since CHML stopped coming down for breakfast:  WCPA-Clearfield PA, WJWL-Georgetown DE, WACA-Laurel MD and WKDW-Staunton VA

RadioActive wrote:

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out after dark. 

Are they completely off the air or just at such low power that you can't hear them? I used to work there in another lifetime (my very first "volunteer" job in radio) and before the daytime pattern change, they were at 500 watts. You could barely get them across the street.

Definitely off.   In North York, unti last week I had no problem hearing them in the nightmiddle, but it was easy to hear KXEL underneath.  Now KXEL just sounds as strong as the adjacent Cincinnati on 1530 and Windsor on 1550.  
 

Saul wrote:

My dream, wholly improbable of course, is that no one watches, the ratings tank spectacularly, and the parties are forced to hold fresh conventions. The whole thing reminds me of cartoon - I can't recall the name - where both candidates turn out to be aliens from the same planet, on the same mission...

You must be thinking of Kodos and Kang spoofing the 1996 Clinton-Dole election on The Simpsons.
 

For what it is worth, at 5:30 a.m. this morning the 1540 wasn't even on.  It was all KXEL in Waterloo Iowa.   I can usually hear KXEL through CHIN's programming of old-time radio shows during the nightmiddle.

unclefester wrote:

Watching CTV News Channel today & noticed this during a clip with Thomas Mulcair    

​Upper right corner of the screen showing Saint-Sauveur QB - Mr, Mulcair's residence.

Or is it?

Since when did "QB" become accepted short form for the province of Quebec?

Today?

Depending on whether you are French or English or wish to correspond by international mail the only generally accepted terms are Que. for English & Qc in French. The post office goes with QC as its internationally approved code. 

So can we assume that whoever wrote "QB" sounded things out & heard Kew Bec in their head and there you go.

Jesus Christ CTV New Channel 

I associate "QB" with Quarterback.  Maybe the CTV News Channel people were excited about this afternoon's NFL Pro Bowl (which was on ABC, not CBS.... so there's no risk of 60 Mintues being delayed).
 

WGAC Augusta and WCHS Charleston were what I heard in the nightmiddle on Wednesday when CJCL silentwent for a while as 580 was splatter free.

If it really happens and Rogers is william to pay him $500 million, maybe in addition to hitting and pitching (in 2025) he will also be able to read an occasional Japanese news segment on CFTR or maybe Omni-TV will initiate a Japanese program?

Still more watts (daytime) than listeners?

I listened this afternoon and enjoyed the ultra-rare version of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons' "December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" mixed with Gino Vannelli's "I Just Want To Stop".   

I'm have no doubt there have been other glitches like that.

Now I have  Gowan's "A Criminal Mind" mixed with religious messages.   But of course, that's just WHKW-Cleveland clobbering CFAJ as sunset approaches.

I note the Broadcast Dialogue refers to "TSN 590 (CJCL)" in Toronto.   I guess nobody  is listening to 1050-CHUM these days

RadioActive wrote:

Chrisphen wrote:

1 km long antennas? That's a significant investment for a hobbyist.

I guess if you're going to go all the way into the middle of nowhere, you better make sure you get what you came for. If AM ever gets eliminated, so will their hobby. 

A few links to articles about Nordic DXers:

http://www.kongsfjord.no/

http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aihkiniemi_dx_cabin_for_rent.dx

http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih163report.htm

The CIA's World Factbook says that The Czech Republic =16pxadded the short-form name Czechia in 2016.

What about 1610-CHEV in Markham?

Interesting how Katherine Couric morphed into Katie Couric in montage.