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'LIVEWIRE?' · 28th Feb 2020, 4:26 pm

I always understood that N. American MW stations were limited to 50kW max. o/p by FCC(USA) and equivalent Canadian regulations. There are/were some 'clear channels' on which only a few stations were permitted to broadcast. One was 'Clear Channel 650' whose principal occupant was (still is?) WSM in Nashville, Tenn. - the home of the 'Grand Ole Opry' for maybe 90 years now. It's just possible that WSM has been heard in the UK or Europe, as it's 650kHz frequency would be 2kHz HF of the nearest European Channel (648kHz) these days only occupied by R. Caroline's 1kW transmitter in Suffolk, though I've never managed to hear WSM.

28th Feb 2020, 4:26 pm	#11
'LIVEWIRE?' Rest in Peace Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: N.W. Oxfordshire(Chipping Norton) Posts: 7,306	Re: Spanish station on 612KHz MW I always understood that N. American MW stations were limited to 50kW max. o/p by FCC(USA) and equivalent Canadian regulations. There are/were some 'clear channels' on which only a few stations were permitted to broadcast. One was 'Clear Channel 650' whose principal occupant was (still is?) WSM in Nashville, Tenn. - the home of the 'Grand Ole Opry' for maybe 90 years now. It's just possible that WSM has been heard in the UK or Europe, as it's 650kHz frequency would be 2kHz HF of the nearest European Channel (648kHz) these days only occupied by R. Caroline's 1kW transmitter in Suffolk, though I've never managed to hear WSM.