1090 now Fox Sports

[tivoking]

Comes in decently on the east side, but it is AM, so even the best AM is horrible. Not many vehicles have HD AM and there are maybe 2 portable HD AM radios being manufactured.

[Colonel Flagg]

Doesn't matter. Still can't pick it up.

Should they apply for a broader signal reach? The current one is a joke.

WCAR
LIVONIA MI US
AM BROADCAST
1090 kHz

https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=WCAR&c ... d=&lang=en

I picked it up today! I was driving north on 275 just north of Newport and I got it loud and clear!

The day pattern is a big, wide cloverleaf. Hits most of Wayne, and southern Oakland (to about Waterford) and southern Macomb. Disappears fast as you head downriver. The night pattern is one lobe that goes straight up Telegraph, and beyond. If you believe the maps, the night pattern makes it all the way to Oxford. Basically, the day pattern hits all of the populated areas...from 1965.

[fuzzpower]

SixPlusOne: Yes, I am talking about WBAL at night. I’ve picked that up instead of WCAR, and I’m less than ten miles from the towers, in the null. There is no way they could increase coverage at night. WBAL is directional, but so is KAAY.

During the day, there are co-channels (daytimers) in Fort Wayne and the Dayton area. I can’t remember if there is anything allotted in Ontario causing issues.

[jsf]

I caught it today and all I heard was how to bet the football games this weekend. Sounded like a broadcast out of Las Vegas sports betting place.
Not sure I'll be back.

[innate-in-you]

WCAR, previously WIID, WTAK, and originally WERB, WBRB's sister station, was a cash machine when Walter Wolpin owned it. WTAK was metro Detroit's first all talk station, and made Lou Gordon famous. The day and night patterns on this facility are very different, and the station actually increases power at night, which is unusual. At night, it goes north, I assume to protect co-channel KAAY Little Rock. And once again, I've dated myself, with all of this ancient history.

Years ago, when my job was on the East Side of Detroit (directly across the tracks from DET), WBAL would override WCAR as long as an hour after Detroit sunrise.

[Mega Hertz]

Doesn't matter. Still can't pick it up.

Should they apply for a broader signal reach? The current one is a joke.

WCAR
LIVONIA MI US
AM BROADCAST
1090 kHz

https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=WCAR&c ... d=&lang=en

I picked it up today! I was driving north on 275 just north of Newport and I got it loud and clear!

The day pattern is a big, wide cloverleaf. Hits most of Wayne, and southern Oakland (to about Waterford) and southern Macomb. Disappears fast as you head downriver. The night pattern is one lobe that goes straight up Telegraph, and beyond. If you believe the maps, the night pattern makes it all the way to Oxford. Basically, the day pattern hits all of the populated areas...from 1965.

I was shocked to actually hear it. In AA and now Brighton you can forget it. Even 1050 loses it at night around here, and I'm not that far north of AA.

I need WWJ on FM, also.

[Deleted User 15475]

I wonder how many actually know 1090am exists? Maybe Fox Sports will be the charm, however when one has to get WDFN's "Sloppy Seconds" , it's a bit like opening up a winter clothing store in San Diego CA.

[innate-in-you]

Will anyone care ???

Likely not, 1090 is a waste of good electricity. Besides, no one cared about it on WDFN either. If they really wanted to be bold, Sima could of given "The Switch" another try.

" Kickin live on the A-mmmm Peeps, this be teh nah tee da switch! we smackin da heet for sheesy!"

Inasmuch as it's 250 watts, you can ignore its environmental impact.

Our TV uses more power than AM 1090.

[innate-in-you]

WCAR, previously WIID, WTAK, and originally WERB, WBRB's sister station, was a cash machine when Walter Wolpin owned it. WTAK was metro Detroit's first all talk station, and made Lou Gordon famous. The day and night patterns on this facility are very different, and the station actually increases power at night, which is unusual. At night, it goes north, I assume to protect co-channel KAAY Little Rock. And once again, I've dated myself, with all of this ancient history.

Due to NARBA, it also has to protect the ghost of CKKW.

[SixPlusOne]

At night, it goes north, I assume to protect co-channel KAAY Little Rock. And once again, I've dated myself, with all of this ancient history.

I wonder if WKBZ in Muskegon is also a factor here. They are on 1090 as well however they are daytime only.

WKBZ
MUSKEGON MI US
AM BROADCAST
1090 kHz

https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=WKBZ&c ... d=&lang=en