Radio Stations

Copyright 2014 by Ronald B. Standler

During electric power outages, I sometimes listen to a battery-powered radio. This webpage lists some of the major radio stations in the Northeastern USA and Canada that broadcast news. This is not a complete list of all radio stations.

News Radio

50 kW AM transmitters

The maximum legal radiated power for the medium-wave band (i.e., frequencies between 530 and 1620 kHz) in the USA is 50 kW. Here is a list of some of the news radio station in the northeastern USA that have a transmitter power of 50 kW.

City, State	Call Sign	kHz	Website	Network
Toronto, Ontario	CFTR	680	CFTR	Independent
Cincinnati, Ohio	WLW	700	WLW	Independent
Chicago, Ill.	WGN	720	WGN	Independent
New York City	WABC	770	WABC	ABC
Chicago, Ill.	WBBM	780	WBBM	CBS
Schenectady, NY	WGY	810	WGY	Independent
Worcester, Mass.	WCRN	830	WCRN	Independent
New York City	WCBS	880	WCBS	CBS
Chicago, Ill.	WLS	890	WLS	Independent
New York City	WINS	1010	WINS	CBS
Pittsburgh, PA	KDKA	1020	KDKA	CBS
Boston, Mass.	WBZ	1030	WBZ	CBS
Philadelphia, Penn.	KYW	1060	KYW	CBS
Hartford, Conn.	WTIC	1080	WTIC	CBS
Baltimore, Maryl.	WBAL	1090	WBAL	CBS
New York City	WBBR	1130		Bloomberg
Rochester, NY	WHAM	1180	WHAM	Independent

AM Radio Near Concord, NH

City, State	Call Letters	kHz	Website	Network	Power kW Day, Night
Manchester, NH	WGIR	610	WGIR	Fox	5, 1
Laconia, NH	WEZS	1350	WEZS	Fox	5, 0.1
Concord, NH	WKXL	1450	WKXL		1, 1

FM Radio Near Concord, NH

City, State	Call Letters	MHz	Website	Network
Concord, NH	WEVO	89.1	WEVO	NPR
Boston, Mass.	WGBH	89.7	WGBH	NPR
Boston, Mass.	WBUR	90.9	WBUR	NPR
Bow, NH	WCNH	91.5	WCNH	classical music
Portland, Maine	W245AA	96.9	WBACH	classical music
Lowell, Mass.	WCRB	99.5	WCRB	classical music
Thomaston, Maine	WBQX	106.9	WBQX	classical music

Time Broadcasts

The U.S. Government broadcasts time signals from transmitters near Ft. Collins, Colorado on frequencies of 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz. WWV webpage.

The Canadian Government broadcasts time signals from transmitters near Ottawa on frequencies of 3330, 7850, and 14670 kHz. CHU webpage.

Don't have a shortwave radio? You can listen to time broadcasts in the USA on long-distance telephone, as described in my earlier webpage on sources of news, time, and weather.

Shortwave

During the 1930s through the 1980s, people listened to shortwave radio broadcasts to get reliable news and details of what was happening in foreign nations. As a child in the early 1960s, I remember listening to a shortwave radio and hearing "This is London. You are listening to the World Service of the BBC." Satellite distributions of television broadcasts in the 1980s and 1990s made radio obsolete for many people. Further, the rise of the Internet in the 1990s decreased the number of people who listen to shortwave radio in the USA and Western Europe.

The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) ended its shortwave transmissions to North America on 1 July 2001.
Deutsche Welle, the German government foreign radio broadcaster, ended its shortwave transmissions to North America in Oct 2006. DW
Radio Netherlands ended its shortwave transmissions to North America on 26 Oct 2008. RNW

Links to Other Websites

Official government lists of radio stations in USA and Canada
1. U.S. Federal Communications Commission query for data on AM or FM radio stations.
2. Canadian radio transmitters by region, frequency, or call sign.
Wikipedia list of 50 kW radio transmitters in the USA; also Wiki list of clear-channel stations (50 kW power day/night); list of clear-channel stations from North Pine
Radio-Locator search by city, state, call sign, or format (e.g., classical music, talk, news, sports, etc.) in the USA and Canada.
Worldwide links to radio stations, maintained by Mika Mäkeläinen in Finland.
Search for AM radio stations in the USA and Canada, by Topaz Designs
List of radio stations in Northeast Ohio at Kent State University.

This document is at http://www.rbs0.com/radio.htm
created 7 Oct 2014, modified 12 Oct 2014

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