AM Radio Station ID Recordings
(From Vadnais Heights, MN 45° 03' 43" N, 93°  04' 28" W e-mail)
Updated 3-29-2016

LOCAL Minneapolis/St. Paul area station recordings. (In process of updating.  Some are from 2009)

NOTE:  Some recordings may require headphones to hear the ID, e.g. KAVP, KBIZ and other weak stations

USA:

 KAIR 1470 Atchison, KS
KASM 1150 Albany, MN
KATL 770 Miles City, MT (Very good signal and recording)
KAUS 1480 Austin, MN
KAVP 1450 Colona, CO (NRC record)
KBEW 1560 Blue Earth, MN
KBHB 810 Sturgis, SD (May have been on 25KW day power at 4:41 am)
KBIZ 1240 Ottumwa, IA (NRC U.S.A. record) KBIZ
KBJA 1640 Sandy, UT
KBUF 1030 Holcomb, KS (local WCTN nulled)
KBMW 1450 Breckenridge, MN
KBRF 1250 Fergus Falls, MN
KBRK 1430 Brookings, SD ("You're listening to AM 1430 KBRK, Brookings")
KBRL 1300 McCook, NE
KCCR 1240 Pierre, SD
KCHI 1010 Chillicothe, MO
KCJB 910 Minot, ND
KCJJ 1630 Iowa City, IA
KCKK 1510 Littleton, CO (no call letters, ID assumed from context)
KCKM 1330 Monahans, TX (3/22/2014 DX Test.  Sweep tones and CW KCKM ID)
KCKN 1020 Roswell, NM
KCNN 1590 East Grand Forks, MN
KCRO 660 Omaha, NE
KDLR 1240 Devil's Lake, ND
KDMA 1460 Montevideo, MN
KDTH 1370 Dubuque, IA
KDXU 890 Saint George, UT (Use headphones: TOH ID "Utah's number one source for news.  News talk 890 KDXU, Saint George"_
KEYL 1400 Long Prairie, MN
KFEQ 680 St. Joseph, MO
KFI 640 Los Angeles, CA
KFJB 1230 Marshalltown, IA
KFNW 1200 West Fargo, ND
KFUO 850 Clayton, MO
KFXY 1640 Enid, OK
KFYO 790 Lubbock, TX
KGGF 690 Coffeyville, KS (Sign on)
KGLB 1310 Glencoe, MN
KGOW 1560 Bellaire, TX (Local-like signal the entire night)
KGRN 1410 Grinnell, IA (47 watts!!!)
KGYN 1210 Guymon, OK
KHAC 880 Tse Bonito, NM (56 seconds)
KHAS 1230 Hastings, NE (Use headphones.  ID is "1230 KHAS")
KHAT 1210 Laramie, WY
KHMO 1070 Hannibal, MO
KHNC 1360 Johnstown, CO ("This is the Lion KHNC 1360 AM Johnstown, Denver")
KHOW 630 Denver, CO (IDs as "Kay How")
KHRT 1320 Minot, ND
KHSE 700 Wylie, TX (ID in EE and SS)
KHWG 750 Fallon, NV
KICD 1240 Spencer, IA
KIUL 1240 Garden City, KS (NRC U.S.A. record)
KJAM 1390 Madison, SD
KJJK 1020 Fergus Falls, MN
KJME 890 Fountain, CO (Two IDs.  Second one is the top of the hour ID)
KKAA 1560 Aberdeen, SD
KKAR 1290 Omaha, NE
KKBJ 1360 Bemidji, MN
KKCQ 1480 Austin, MN
KKDA 730 Grand Prairie, TX ("AM 730.  Soul 73, KKDA")
KKIN 930 Aitkin, MN
KKIM 1000 Albuquerque, NM ("KKIM AM 1000, Albuquerque. New Mexico's...")
KKZN 760 Thornton, CO
KLEM 1410 Le Mars, IA
KLMS 1480 Lincoln, NE
KLOE 730 Goodland, KS
KLRG 880 Sheridan, AR
KLTF 960 Little Falls, MN
KLTI 1560 Macon, MO
KLTK 1140 Centerton, AR
KLWN 1320 Lawrence, KS (only 250 watts)
KMBZ 980 Kansas City, MO (Under pre-s/on carrier of local KKMS)
KMLB 540 Monroe, LA (Probably on day power)
KMON 560 Great Falls, MT (only my second MT ever)
KMSD 1510 Milbank, SD (very poor recording)
KMTL 760 Sherwood, AR
KMXA 1090 Aurora, CO (Long 5:41, TOH ID @4.5 seconds, after song ID @5:28 minutes)
KNBR 680 San Francisco, CA
KNLV 1060 Ord NE
KNMX 540 Las Vegas, NM
KNSI 1450 St. Cloud, MN
KNSP 1430 Staples, MN
KNUJ 860 New Ulm, MN
KNUS 710 Denver, CO
KNX 1070 Los Angeles, CA
KOAL 750 Price, UT
KOAQ 690 Terrytown, NE (Only 65 watts!)
KODY 1240 North Platte, NE (NRC U.S.A. record)
KOEL 950 Oelwein, IA
KOGA 730 Ogallala, NE
KOIL 1180 Bellevue, NE
KOKK 1210 Huron, SD (Sign on)
KOMO 1000 Seattle, WA
KOZY 1320 Grand Rapids, MN
KPRM 870 Park Rapids, MN
KQAQ 970 Austin, MN
KQCV 800 Oklahoma City, OK
KQDS 1490 Duluth, MN
KQNK 1530 Norton, KS
KQPN 730 West Memphis, AR
KRBT 1340 Eveleth, MN
KRCN 1060 Longmont, CO (Fantastic signal!)
KREL 1580 Colorado Springs, CO
KRHW 1520 Sikeston, MO
KRMO 990 Cassville, MO
KRND 1630 Fox Farm, WY (Spanish)
KRNI 1010 Mason City, IA
KRNT 1350 Des Moines, IA
KRRZ 1390 Minot, ND
KRVN 880 Lexington, NE (When I grew up 18 miles from there, KRVN was on 1010 Khz)
KRVT 1270 Claremore, OK ("Tulsa's 1270")
KSDR 1480  Watertown, SD
KSIR 1010 Brush, CO
KSJB 600 Jamestown, ND
KSKY 660 Balch Springs, TX
KSOO 1140 Sioux Falls, SD
KTIC 840 West Point, NE
KTNN 660 Window Rock, AZ ("Voice of the Navajo Nation", composite of two IDs)
KTNZ 1010 Amarillo, TX
KTOK 1000 Oklahoma City, OK
KTSM 690 El Paso, TX
KVBR 1340 Brainerd, MN
KVFD 1400 Ft. Dodge, IA
KVGB 1590 Great Bend, KS
KVKK 1070 Verndale, MN
KVOX 740 Fargo, ND
KVSH 940 Valentine, NE
KVSI 1450 Montpelier, ID (NRC record)
KWAM 990 Memphis, TN
KWHN 1320 Fort Smith, AR (There are at least half a dozen IDs in this clip)
KWOA 730 Worthington, MN
KWOC 930 Poplar Bluff, MO
KWOS 950 Jefferson City, MO
KWLM 1340 Wilmar, MN
KWTL 1370 Grand Forks, ND
KXEN 1010 St. Louis, MO
KXPO 1340 Grafton, ND (KXPO or KXEO? What do you hear?)
KXXT 1010 Tolleson, AZ (TOH English ID: "KXXT Tolleson/Phoenix")
KXRA 1490 Alexandria, MN
KYES 1180 Rockville, MN
KYMN 1080 Northfield, MN
KYNT 1450 Yankton, SD  KYNT 1450
KYSM 1230 Mankato, MN
KZLS 1640 Enid, OK
KZQZ 1430 St. Louis, MO
KZZJ 1450 Rugby, ND (composite of 3 IDs.  Last one says "1450 KZZJ, Rugby")
WAGL 1560 Lancaster, SC (My first SC station)
WAIT 850 Crystal Lake/Chicago, IL
WARF 1350 Akron, OH
WAVL 910 Apollo, PA
WAYY 790 Eau Claire, WI
WBAL 1090 Baltimore, MD (my first MD station)
WBBL 1340 Grand Rapids, MI
WBCK 930 Battle Creek, MI ("Playing America's music with fewer commercials, Battle Creek's Country 93")
WBEN 930 Buffalo, NY
WBEV 1430 Beaver Dam, WI
WBIZ 1400 Eau Claire, WI (Under local SS KMNV, ID "Sports Radio 1400 WBIZ Eau Claire")
WBOG 1460 Tomah, WI
WBZ 1030 Boston, MA (local WCTS nulled)
WCEV 1450 Cicero, IL (Very difficult to pull out ID, slightly past halfway through the recording.  NRC U.S.A. record)
WCMP 1350 Pine City, MN
WDBC 680 Escabana, MI
WDLB 1450 Marshfield, WI
WDLR 1550 Deleware, OH
WDUX 800 Waupaca, WI
WEW 770 St. Louis, MO (Sign on)
WFAW 940 Ft. Atkinson, WI
WFCV 1090 Ft. Wayne, IN
WFHR 1320 Wisconsin Rapids, WI
WGEM 1440 Quincy, IL
WGL 1250 Fort Wayne, IN
WGUN 1010 Atlanta, GA
WGVU 1480 Kentwood, MI
WHAS 840 Louisville, KY
WHCO 1230 Sparta IL ("More music on WHCO, Real Country 1230...") (NRC U.S.A. record)
WHIO 1290 Dayton, OH
WHIT 1550 Madison, WI
WHKW 1220 Cleveland, OH (Over/under local KLBB)
WIAN 1240 Ishpeming, MI ("You're listening to 1320 WDMJ, 1240 WIAN")
WIBW 580 Topeka, KS
WIGM 1490 Medford, WI
WIGN 1550 Bristol, TN
WILS 1320 Lansing, MI
WIMA 1150 Lima, OH (Several WIMA, WIMA 1150 IDs)
WINU 870 Shelbyville, IL
WIST 690 New Orleans, LA
WJIL 1550 Jacksonville, IL
WJJQ 810 Tomahawk, WI
WJMC 1240 Rice Lake, WI
WJNZ 1140 Kentwood, MI
WJON 1240 St. Cloud, MN
WJRW 1340 Grand Rapids, MI
WKBN 570 Youngstown, OH
WKJW 1010 Black Mountain, NC (Long, 2:09, ID mostly as WKJV.  WKJW is // WKJV)
WKLK 1230 Cloquet, MN
WKMI 1360 Kalamazoo, MI
WKRD 790 Louisville, KY
WKTI 1040 Powell, TN
WKY 930 Oklahoma City, OK
WLCO 1530 Lapeer, MI
WLBL 930 Auburndale, WI (70 watts!)
WLQV 1500 Detroit, MI ("Faith Talk 1500", KSTP off the air.  Only my second station on 1500)
WMBD 1470 Peoria, IL
WMDB 880 Nashville, TN (Spanish La Ranchera ID)
WMEQ 880 Menomonie, WI
WMFN 640 Zeeland, MI (TOH Spanish ID)
WMOB 1360 Mobile, AL
WMT 600 Cedar Rapids, IA
WNAX 570 Yankton, SD
WNDE 1260 Indianapolis, IN
WNDZ 750 Portage, IN
WNFL 1440 Green Bay, WI
WNMT 650 Nashwauk, MN (on top of WSM)
WOC 1420 Davenport, IA
WOGO 680 Hallie, WI
WOOD 1300 Grand Rapids, MI
WOTE 1380 Clintonville, WI
WPAD 1560 Paducah, KY
WPCN 1010 Stevens Point, WI
WPDR 1350 Portage, WI
WROK 1440 Rockford, IL
WRTO 1200 Chicago, IL
WSBT 960 South Bend, IN
WSDR 1240 Sterling, IL
WSEV 930 Sevierville, TN
WSGW 790 Saginaw, MI
WSOY 1340 Decatur, IL (NRC U.S.A. record)
WSQR 1180 Sycamore, IL
WTAX 1240 Springfield, IL
WTIQ 1490 Manistique, MI (NRC U.S.A. record)
WTJK 1380 South Beloit, IL
WTKG 1230 Grand Rapids, MI
WTMJ 620 Milwaukee, WI
WTNI 1640 Biloxi, MS (No actual ID, only ESPN ID--My first MS logging)
WUMY 1180 Turrell, AR (Only "Big Country 105.5" ID at TOH.  No WUMY ID)
WVHF 1140 Kentwood, MI
WVLN 740 Olney, IL
WWJ 950 Detroit, MI
WWLS 640 Moore, OK
WXCO 1230 Wausau, WI
WXNT 1430 Indianapolis, IN
WXYG 540 Suak Rapids/St. Cloud, MN
WYLD 940 New Orleans, LA
WZAP 690 Bristol, VA
WZGV 730 Camerton, NC

Canada:

Canadian stations are often heard here in southern Minnesota with near local-like signals.  Check out the stations marked with an *.

CBE 1550 (10 KW, 544 mi.) Windsor, ON
* CBK 540 (50 KW, 727 mi.) Regina, SK
CBR 1010 (50 KW, 1042 mi.) Calgary, AB
* CBW 990 (46 KW, 389 mi.) Winnepeg, MB (Long--3 minutes 21 seconds)
CFAM 950 (10 KW, 357 mi.) Altona, MB
CFCO 630 (6 KW, 548 mi.) Chatham, ON (Local WREY nulled)
CFFR 660 (50 KW, 1044 mi.) Calgary, AB
CFOS 560 (1 KW, 633 mi.) Owen Sound, ON
CFRW 1290 (10 KW, 381 mi.) Winnipeg, MB
* CFRY 920 (25 KW, 419 mi.) Portage la Prairie, MB
CFSL 1190 (5 KW, 588 mi.) Weyburn, SK (note "AM 1190" signature, mention of Weyburn, and temps. in Celsius)
CFTR 680 (50 KW, 678 mi.) Toronto, ON
* CFZM 740 (50 KW, 662 miles) Toronto, ON (No call letters, only "AM 740" and promo for the CNE which is in Toronto) Long (over 1 minute)
* CHAB 800 (10 KW, 679 mi.) Moose Jaw, SK
CHHA 1610 (6.2 KW, 684 mi.) Toronto, ON
* CHML 900 (50 KW, 733 mi.) Hamilton, ON
CHQT 880 (50 KW, 1073 mi.) Edmonton, AB (IDs as "I-News 880")
CHTO 1690 (1 KW, 684 mi.) Toronto, ON
CHUM 1050 (50 KW, 673 mi.) Toront, ON (ID as "CP24")
* CIGM 790 (50 KW, 592 mi.) Sudbury, ON
CINW 940 (50 KW, 940 mi.) Montreal, QC (no actual call letter ID)
CIWW 1310 (50 KW, 840 mi.) Ottawa, ON
CJAD 800 (10 KW, 950 mi.) Montreal, QC
CJCA 930 (50 KW, 1079 mi.) Edmonton, AB
* CJGX 940 (10 KW, 601 mi.) Yorkton, SK
CJME 980 (5 KW, 648 mi.) Regina, SK
CJNB 1050 (10 KW, 872 mi) North Battleford, SK (ID very near end of recording, difficult to hear.)  CJNB ("Country 1050 CJNB")
CJOB 680 (50 KW, 371 mi.) Winnipeg, MB
CJOY 1460 (5 KW, 395 mi) Guelph, ON
CJRB 1220 (10 KW, 437 mi) Boissevain, MB
CJYM 1330 (10 KW, 813 mi.) Rosetown, SK (Local WLOL nulled)
CKAT 600 (5KW, 664 mi.) North Bay, ON
* CKDM 730 (5 KW, 534 mi.) Dauphin, MB
CKDO 1580 (10 KW, 709 mi.) Oshawa, ON
CKGM 990 Montreal, QC (50 KW, 940 mi.) (No call letters, just "Team 990" ID)
CKJH 750 Melfort, SK (25 KW,  746 mi.), (ID as CK750)
* CKLQ 880 (10 KW, 445 mi.) Brandon, MB
CKOC 1150 (50 KW, 672 mi.) Hamilton, ON
CKOM 650 (10 KW, 780 mi.) Saskatoon, SK
* CKRM 620 (10 KW, 670 mi.) Regina, SK
* CKSB 1050 (10 KW, 376 mi.) St. Boniface, MB (French ID at TOH)
CKST 1040 (50 KW, 1422 mi.) Vancouver, BC QRM from WHO ("You're listening to ESPN Radio, the home of Canuk hockey, Vancouver's total ...the Team 1040...")

Cuba

Radio Enciclopedia 530 [Very poor recording]
CMAQ 790 Pinar del Rio, PR (Minute beep and code "RR" ID only)
CMDC 570 Santa Clara, VC (Minute beep and code "RR" ID with Spanish in background)
CMDT 870 Sancti Spiritus, SS Minute beep and code "RR" ID.  This is a regular here, heard many nights.

Mexico

XEROK 800 Ciudad Juarez, CH, Mexico ID #1
XEROK 800 Ciudad Juarez, CH, Mexico ID #2
XEG 1050 Monterrey, NL, Mexico

Unidentified

KLOY 1340, location unknown

Spanish on 540 4:00 am CST 12/16/2009

WPNT 1490, 5:57 am CST 12/16/2009.  This sounds like WPNT, but this station is supposed to be silent.

Unknown 1640 (KBJA?) 3-24-2014 6:00 am.

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