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Bemidji Minnesota

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Bemidji Minnesota

Post by fairbankshockeypuck » Thu Dec 05, 2019 8:47 pm

Biggest AM catches after sunset...Denver 710 and 850 KOA..1510 oldies Littleton.
1190 Weyburn Sask. Canada. 680 CJOB
760 WJR..950 a bit WWJ..major Chicago blow torches..
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Re: Bemidji Minnesota

Post by MWmetalhead » Fri Dec 06, 2019 6:33 pm

No 830 WCCO or 1040 WHO?



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Re: Bemidji Minnesota

Post by sfpcc » Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:29 pm

There is something I always wondered about TV and Radio in Northern Minnesota. Stations that begin with a K are west of the Mississippi River and stations that begin with a W are east of it. That river begins at Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota. How do they determine K And W prefixes when there is no river?, (the location is north of that lake for example International Falls.) I would guess either each station would make its own determination, or an imaginary line is drawn from Lake Itasca to the border.



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Re: Bemidji Minnesota

Post by fuzzpower » Sat Dec 07, 2019 6:10 am

The rules are not as strict in Minnesota.



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Re: Bemidji Minnesota

Post by sfpcc » Sat Dec 07, 2019 5:57 pm

The rules are not as strict in Minnesota.

That seems to be the case. I did a search of Radio and TV stations in northern Minnesota. In Duluth which is 155 miles east of Lake Itasca have stations that begin with both K and W. International Falls, which is also east of that point, has three radio stations that start with K.



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Re: Bemidji Minnesota

Post by fairbankshockeypuck » Sun Dec 08, 2019 2:07 pm

Yes got 830..but not as good As I thought it would be ...1040 and 1540 too



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Re: Bemidji Minnesota

Post by innate-in-you » Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:51 pm

If I remember correctly, someone at an NRC convention several years back said that stations in Minnesota and Louisiana (the only states with land on both sides of the river) are free to choose an available call sign beginning with K or W.



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