Monday, April 01, 2013

Band Scan


I recently found a parking pad below a hillside on a road in the Amish country with no power lines. It's very RF quiet, meaning I get an odd array of local, and not-so-local radio stations. So I took some time mid afternoon over the weekend to give a through listen.

Below is the complete AM bandscan, including some unresolved mysteries. These mystery stations are marked with an asterisk, programming notes are in parentheses.

*540 - ???? (Spanish) WLIE-AM?
560 - WFIL-AM, Philadelphia, PA
580 - WHP-AM, Harrisburg, PA
610 - WIP-AM, Philadelphia, PA
640 - WWJZ-AM, Philadelphia, PA (Radio Disney)
660 - WFAN-AM, New York, NY
670 - WIEZ-AM, Lewistown, PA (The Car Doctor program)
680 - WCBM-AM, Baltimore, MD
690 - WPHE-AM, Phoenixville, PA (Spanish Religious)
700 - WDMV-AM, Walkersville, MD (Spanish)
710 - WOR-AM, New York, NY
720 - WHYF-AM, Harrisburg, PA (Religious)
770 - WABC-AM, New York, NY
790 - WAEB-AM, Allentown, PA (Kim Kommando Show)
*820 - Dance music ????
830 - WEEU-AM, Reading, PA (Food Chain Show)
880 - WCBS-AM, New York, NY (News Talk)
900 - WURD-AM, Philadelphia, PA (News Talk)
910 - WSBA-AM, York, PA (Fox Sports Radio)
940 - WADV-AM, Lebanon, PA (Country Gospel)
960 - WHYL-AM, Carlisle, PA (Standards)
990 - WNTP-AM, Philadelphia, PA(News Talk)
1060 - KYW-AM, Philadelphia, PA(News/Traffic/Weather)
1090 - WBAL-AM Baltimore, MD (Yahoo! Sports)
1130 - WBBR-AM, New York, NY (Business News)
1150 - WDEL-AM, Wilmington, DE (Into Tomorrow Show)
1160 - WBYN-AM, Lehighton, PA (Religious)
1180 - WFYL-AM, King of Prussia, PA (News Talk)
*1190 - ???? (Global Monitor?)
1210 - WPHT-AM, Philadelphia, PA (News Talk)
1230 - WKBO-AM, Harrisburg, PA (Religious)
1240 - WIOV-AM, Reading, PA (Sports Talk)
1250 - WYYC-AM, York, PA (Religious)
1270 - WLBR-AM, Lebanon, PA (News Talk)
1290 - WWTX-AM, Wilmington, DE (Fox Sports Radio)
1340 - WRAW-AM, Reading, PA (Oldies)
1350 - WOYK-AM, York, PA (Yahoo! Sports)
1390 - WLAN-AM, Lancaster, PA (News Talk)
1400 - WHGB-AM, Harrisburg, PA (Sports Talk)
1420 - WCOJ-AM, Coatesville, PA (Religious)
1440 - WGLD-AM, York, PA (CBS Sports Radio)
*1450 - ???? (Fox Sports Radio)
1460 - WTKT-AM, Harrisburg, PA (Sports Radio)
1490 - WLPA-AM, Lancaster, PA (Fox Sports Radio)
1510 - WWSM-AM, Lebanon, PA (Country Oldies)
*1540 - ???? (Sports Talk)
1560 - WQEW-AM, New York, NY (Radio Disney)
1580 - WVZN-AM, Lancaster, PA (Spanish Religious)
1600 - WPDC-AM, Elizabethtown, PA (Sports Talk)
1660 - WWRU-AM, Jerssey City, NJ (Spanish)
1680 - WTTM-AM, Philadelphia, PA (Spanish Religious)

3 comments:

  1. Your 820 is WWFD Frederick MD, which recently flipped from a simulcast of "Federal News Radio" WFED 1500 DC to "The Gamut," an interesting music channel heard on WTOP-FM-HD3 in DC.

    1190 is almost certainly WCRW Leesburg VA, which carries China Radio International to DC. (It used to be on 1200 as WAGE.)

    1450 was probably WTHU Thurmont MD. Less sure about 1540.

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  2. good call on 820.. I'd never have known that. I caught it again this morning and it was oldies. as always Fybush knows all.

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  3. Always pleased to be of service!

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