[bars] WRKO RFI on 14.280 MHz

Tue Feb 14 17:19:36 EST 2023

*** With my apologies for the delayed response ***

Gary,

When you say that WRKO and WBZ "do not share programming", I don't know if you're making a distinction between "programming" meaning shows or some other distinction. I am pretty sure that I have heard the WBZ newscast at certain times on WRKO. Otherwise, I have not heard the same programming on the two different stations, but I have heard the WBZ news broadcasts on WRKO at times.

This wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRKO) lists the following about news sharing (towards the very end of the page and I'm specifically referencing the last sentence quoted here):
WRKO airs several weekend talk programs, including: Gun Talk<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Talk_(radio_program)>, Free Talk Live, The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Money_Pit_Home_Improvement_Radio_Show> and The Lutheran Hour<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lutheran_Hour>; syndicated shows hosted by Gil Gross<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Gross> and Bill Cunningham<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Cunningham_(talk_show_host)>; and assorted brokered programming<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokered_programming>. ABC News Radio<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_News_Radio> begins most hours at night and on weekends, with local news updates provided by sister station WBZ.

OK, I don't know if you have any other light to shed on this, but given my personal experiences listening as well as the above paragraph, I believe a listener might hear the voices of WBZ personalities and news on WRKO. The exact scheduling at which that occurs is unclear to me.

Christopher - KC1GHR

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Subject: Re: [bars] WRKO RFI on 14.280 MHz

NO they do NOT share programming!

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Subject: Re: [bars] WRKO RFI on 14.280 MHz

Ah, I see.  I am not an AM radio listener.  They share programming.  When I turned in I heard a station ID of WBZ.

Chris

On Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 7:36 PM Craig Davidson <cwdavidson1 at yahoo.com<mailto:cwdavidson1 at yahoo.com>> wrote:

Thanks for the report Chris!

I don't understand the relationship completely, but WBZ is one of 3 "iHeartRadio" stations in the Boston area that includes WRKO. Looking at online info, WRKO call themselves WRKO-680, and wikipedia states the transmitter is in Burlington. I think the two stations share programming, including news broadcasts. Again, not sure how it all ties together, but I do hear the 680 KHz station identifying as WRKO.

-Craig K1CWD

On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 07:19:58 PM EST, Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com<mailto:kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>> wrote:

I live in Bedford.  I hear 680kHz loud and clear, but that is WBEZ.

I only have an SDR receiver with a simple wire antenna set up at the moment.  I didn't hear anything on 14.280.

Chris W2BPL

On Fri, Feb 10, 2023, 12:32 PM ARTHUR PIZER <apizer at comcast.net<mailto:apizer at comcast.net>> wrote:

Hi all I’ve been sending these replies from my iPhone voice to text feature from my cafeteria during lunch at work so I apologize for any typographical errors or that is to say transcription errors when I get home I will give a listen for my shack tonight 73 Art

On 02/10/2023 12:27 PM Craig Davidson via bars <bars at w1hh.org<mailto:bars at w1hh.org>> wrote:

Thanks for all the replies from everyone. I'm not sure if everyone sees the replies through the reflector, but wanted to add some additional info:

I have two rigs, an ANAN 7000 and an IC-7300. Both rigs see the AM signal at 14.280.

I can tell it's WRKO because I switch to the AM band and hear the same dialog on their station. Of course, their station is booming because I'm only a few miles away.

There is no overload condition on the front-ends of either receiver that I can tell. I can reduce the input attenuation and the signal is still there, although reduced somewhat with the attenuation, which is to be expected I think if it's actually interference being picked up by the antenna, as opposed to an RFI path after the front-end.

I have two wire antennas with two separate feedlines, and have the interference on both antenna's.

This just started recently, and can't correlate it to any change I made in my station.

Thanks,

Craig

On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 11:32:10 AM EST, Craig Davidson via bars <bars at w1hh.org<mailto:bars at w1hh.org>> wrote:

Good Morning,

Has anybody else noticed interference at 14.280 from the WRKO station broadcasting at 680 KHz?

This seems to have started a few days ago.

I'm pretty sure it's not receiver overload on my end, but actual out-of-band stuff generated by the station (granted that my QTH is very close to the transmitter in Burlington).

I tried calling the station numbers I had available but just get voicemail.

Anybody deal with this before, or have good contact info for the station engineer?

Thanks,

Craig, K1CWD

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