M BANDSCAN THE WORLD OF DOMESTIC BROADCASTING Doug Smith, W9WI A
[email protected] State-by-State: Great Lakes e have two easy states this month til Sacramento sunset, it may allow some good at night, too – directional to protect a Portland, and two tough ones. They’re also early-evening DX possibilities out West.) Oregon, station. But a few years back, New W the last four mainland states we’ll The state’s third 50,000-watt station is York City’s WLIB, also on 1190, arranged for do. In October we’ll move on to Canada. Cleveland’s WTAM-1100. Like WLW and WOWO to reduce nighttime power to 9,800 WCKY, this is a news/talk station. It’s also non- watts and change their antenna pattern to null Michigan: directional and audible over most of the East in the direction of New York. The move allowed If 760 is open in your area, then the Mo- and Midwest. WHKW is Cleveland’s 2nd and the NYC station to increase power and operate tor City’s WJR is your Michigan target. The Ohio’s 4th 50,000-watter. It’s a religious station at night. (It had been a daytime-only outlet.) 50,000-watt “Voice of the Great Lakes” is just and uses a directional antenna that beams all its For listeners to the south of Fort Wayne, the that. The format is news/talk. power north and south. change hasn’t had much effect, and WOWO is If 760 is not open, don’t despair.