Did not Rush moved to the “Howie Carr” station, WRKO?
I have heard that WRKO begins to “fade out” come nightfall from Mr. Carr.
WRKO has to push their signal north and south at night to protect other stations in places like Toronto, Binghamton, Baltimore, and Charlotte. Howie jokes about not being heard much further west than Kenmore Sq. Boston. But a few years ago I was driving around to the NW of Boston on ML King Day; WRKO had a Celtics game and Howie (on his own flagship) wasn’t on till 5:30 or so. I was able to get Howie on a station from Fitchburg MA
but that faded as I started to get closer to Boston. Howie’s
Worcester affiliate WCRN 830 wasn’t carrying him yet.
But it was true—I could barely hear WRKO to the NW
as it started to get dark.
It probably won’t happen, but if WRKO simulcast on a powerful FM it would help. It did happen one time though—
on Apr 15, the day of the Boston bombings, sister station
WEEI 93.7 with a powerful signal simulcast WRKO/Howie (and at 7 pm Jeff Kuhner came in).
Anyway, yes, WRKO’s problems at night. People can hear it via smartphone apps like TuneIn.
Yes,it was WRKO and,yes,you're partially correct on the fadeout issue.In a nutshell the fadeout issue goes like this...between sundown and sunup WRKO is required to reduce their power as are,IIRC,many other AM stations.My understanding is that during this reduced power broadcasting their signal still comes in gangbusters north and south of the city.It's my understanding that RKO comes in gangbusters at night in Maine and on Cape Cod.The problem is that the most heavily populated suburbs of Boston are located *west* of the city.For me,being not too far west of Boston (certainly a lot closer than is Maine),RKO is useless to me after sundown.But I listen on the internet so it isn't an issue with me.Also,he's syndicated on a number of New England stations including one in Central Massachusetts.