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So I'm driving down from the mountains tonight and check the AM dial for some NFL scores, and cruise by 1040 WHO around 6 pm MDT. WHO comes in pretty well here in Colorado once the sun sets. I remembered back when I lived in the midwest listening to Zabel and Walden's show on occasion. I didn't realize it was still on... and I must say, that had to be the most painful 20-30 minutes of radio I've listened to since Marty Tyrell graced KXNO's studio. How bad is it when you have a sunday sports recap show, and the two HOSTS are calling in from AZ and Washington state? Do they do that every sunday? Aren't there any sports figures that actually live IN Iowa that can host a show? Granted, many of the central Iowa sports chatterboxes are on during weekday shows, but that's a first for me to here a show where the hosts were on the phone from different time zones. Some highlights included Zabel interrupting Walden several times and Walden thinking that K-State was one of the Big12's 9 bowl candidates... until Paul Clark corrected him and told him they weren't eligible (uh Jim, you're hosting a sports radio talk show, shouldn't you have your info correct?) Then Clark tells the hosts that the Cyclones could play in the Texas bowl, which was formerly called the Houston Bowl, where ISU played in '05, to which Walden asked "where is that one held at?" I must ask, does anyone listen to that show? does anyone listen to AM radio on sunday nights in Iowa (besides me, by accident)..?
 
frontrangeclone said:
So I'm driving down from the mountains tonight and check the AM dial for some NFL scores, and cruise by 1040 WHO around 6 pm MDT. WHO comes in pretty well here in Colorado once the sun sets. I remembered back when I lived in the midwest listening to Zabel and Walden's show on occasion. I didn't realize it was still on... and I must say, that had to be the most painful 20-30 minutes of radio I've listened to since Marty Tyrell graced KXNO's studio. How bad is it when you have a sunday sports recap show, and the two HOSTS are calling in from AZ and Washington state? Do they do that every sunday? Aren't there any sports figures that actually live IN Iowa that can host a show? Granted, many of the central Iowa sports chatterboxes are on during weekday shows, but that's a first for me to here a show where the hosts were on the phone from different time zones. Some highlights included Zabel interrupting Walden several times and Walden thinking that K-State was one of the Big12's 9 bowl candidates... until Paul Clark corrected him and told him they weren't eligible (uh Jim, you're hosting a sports radio talk show, shouldn't you have your info correct?) Then Clark tells the hosts that the Cyclones could play in the Texas bowl, which was formerly called the Houston Bowl, where ISU played in '05, to which Walden asked "where is that one held at?" I must ask, does anyone listen to that show? does anyone listen to AM radio on sunday nights in Iowa (besides me, by accident)..?
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Nope. Stopped listening to them years ago.
 
ISUAlum2002 said:
Holy crap....you can pull in WHO radio in Colorado? Wow, that's some range.
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AM frequencies carry farther at night causing the FCC to make most of them lower their power, WHO along with a handful of others nationwide are allowed to broadcast without reduction allowing the station to travel huge distances as long as the atmospherics are cooperating.
 
Yeah, its pretty brutal. They get some decent guests as the saving grace. They've gotten radio/media persona's for ISUs upcoming opponents on occasion.

Speaking of possibly pulling in some radio stations from way out...I was driving back from Columbia on saturday(some where near Macon) and picked up various SEC feeds, and even an ATM post game show!

Of course Ive caught Sooner, and Mizzou games when going to Omaha as well. Perhaps some local stations pick up those feeds...but the variety of games ive found travleing just outside iowa surprised me.
 
Ive noticed that heavy cloud coverage seems to help with the frequency traveling farther/better...does it bounce off the clouds or what? Ive found i start to get Omaha 590 around Rockwell city under those conditions.
 
I have picked up WHO before in Southern MO, Southern IL, Western KY, etc. Just when I think I'm out of range of the Evil Empire...
 
Iastfan112 said:
AM frequencies carry farther at night causing the FCC to make most of them lower their power, WHO along with a handful of others nationwide are allowed to broadcast without reduction allowing the station to travel huge distances as long as the atmospherics are cooperating.
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Unless you're in Ames. I can't pick up 1460 or 1700 after dark at all.
 
Iastfan112 said:
AM frequencies carry farther at night causing the FCC to make most of them lower their power, WHO along with a handful of others nationwide are allowed to broadcast without reduction allowing the station to travel huge distances as long as the atmospherics are cooperating.
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I remember growing up in Davenport, under the right circumstances, my dad often was able to pull in 660 AM WFAN from New York, which was important to him because at the time we couldn't afford satellite and it offered him the opportunity to follow his New York Mets as WFAN at the time was the flagship station (we're native Long Islanders, which explains the fascination with the Mets). We could pull 670 AM WMAQ under almost any circumstance.
 
ISUAlum2002 said:
Holy crap....you can pull in WHO radio in Colorado? Wow, that's some range.
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The year the Cyclones we went to the Insight Bowl game in Arizona, on the way back home, I picked up WHO radio and the same radio show in New Mexico. Kind of ****** me off that the Hawks have always had such a strong siginal, and we struggle to get a decent siginal in Iowa.
 
Exactly.
That is why it was so important for Jamie to get the deal worked out with 100.3.
I remember back in the day listening to 1460 at Jack Trice and couldn't hear the play-by-play for the game, IN AMES.
How sad was that?

Go Cyclones:yes:
 
I live in SE Iowa and WHO does not come in that great here at all, matter of fact it's annoying listening to Iowa games on WHO down here because of the static...I can't see how that is if you can get it in Colorado?! We actually get 100.3 just as good as WHO down here.
 
I listen to them once in while when driving home from family visits.

Painful is a good word for it. I can understand the homer Zabo connection, but to have Walden in as some sort of balance is loony. It made my respect level for Walden drop further every year I hear him.

WHO should be able to do better, but doesn't seem to have the back bone to make a change.
 
I couldn't get 1460 east Des Moines after dark. Terrible. I get 1040 in Cedar Rapids no problem most of the time; day or night. I have got 1040 long ways away before; I seem to remember picking it up in Georgia once. Not sure though. 1600 and 1360 the AM Sports in Cedar Rapids pretty much are terrible once you get 10 miles away from town. Terrible I tell you. 1430 AM is terrible for trying to listen to Cyclone games in Jack Trice. Pretty much have to go straight to 105.1. Then if you drive back from Ames to Cedar Rapids you have to switch the channels a few times; sometimes can pick up 1650 AM around Tama then between Tame and Cedar Rapids their is a dead zone then by the time you get within 5 miles of Cedar Rapids switch it to 1600 AM. Damn glad we have 1360 in Cedar Rapids which is 24/7 Fox Sports Radio/Deb Carsons with very few local interruptions. 1600 is constant local interruptions [even though cyclones are welcome] and espn radio just sucks period cept for cowherd; the rest are worthless. oh but we do get coast to coast on 600 am which is 1040 am little b*tch and copies them exactly and bob bruce is the worst radio host ever. the only thing 600 is good for is coast to coast with george noory at midnight; puts you right to sleep.
 
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