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Author Topic: KDKA Pittsburgh 1020 khz  (Read 759 times)

Offline East Troy Don

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KDKA Pittsburgh 1020 khz
« on: July 05, 2020, 0249 UTC »
@ 0238 UTC with an ID and the 'CBS NEWS ROUNDUP' followed by a lengthy interview on the razing of historical statues in Richmond VA.   
Commercial block @ 02:48
Minimal QRN with no fading.


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Re: KDKA Pittsburgh 1020 khz
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2020, 0242 UTC »
KDKA owns 1020 here at night, have never heard another station on 1020 even during the fades.
Das Radiobunker somewhere in Michigan