Picked up a Panasonic RF-2200

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by drh4683

I am listening to WCBS 880, New York with excellent clarity as I type this. Its one of those stations thats difficult to pick up and not any radio can do the job, so I enjoy receiving it if I can. Another DXing favorite is CHWO, AM 740 from Toronto which plays 1950's/60's adult standards like Perry Como and Ray Conniff. This radio is a great performer with great sound having seperate bass and treble controls.

Doug, I'm surprised that WCBS-AM would be difficult to receive anywhere in the eastern US at night, with its 50kW signal. I live near Lake Erie and hear WCBS, WABC, WFAN (formerly WNBC), et al. just fine after sunset Eastern time. I can also hear the major Chicago stations here very well after dark. I think the main reason you have trouble hearing WCBS is that it is right next to (on the dial) WBBM-AM 780. The other New York stations (WABC-AM and WFAN) could be difficult to receive in the Chicago area for the same reason: because WLS-AM and WSCR-AM (890 and 670 respectively) are immediately adjacent on your dial to them.

CHWO 740 in Toronto is indeed a great station. I have one of my vintage radios permanently set on that station (dial cord broke some time ago; haven't gotten around to fixing it yet), but I don't mind--my other radios also receive it very well 24 hours daily. The station has the same great music it had before its recent format switch (which I don't think was much of a "switch" at all), and is now known as CFZM "Zoomer Radio" AM 740. With WGN (AM) just 20 kHz down the dial, though, as with WCBS, you may have trouble separating the stations unless your receiver is very selective. If you cannot hear CFZM 740 over the air for any reason, it also streams over the Internet at www.am740.com.