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1240 AM
AM radio frequency
AM radio frequency
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1240 kHz: 1240 AM is a regional (Class B) frequency outside the coterminous 48 United States (Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, & U.S. Virgin Islands), and a local frequency (Class C) within the coterminous 48 United States.
Argentina
- Cadena Uno in Argentina
- LRI218 Universidad Nacional del Sur in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires
Canada
| Call sign | City of license | Daytime power (kW) | Nighttime power (kW) | Transmitter coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBLE | Beardmore, Ontario | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
| CBLO | Mattawa, Ontario | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
| CFNI | Port Hardy, British Columbia | 10 | 9 | |
| CJAR | The Pas, Manitoba | 1 | 1 | |
| CJOR | Osoyoos, British Columbia | 1 | 1 | |
| CKIM | Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 | 1 | |
| CKMK | Mackenzie, British Columbia | 1 | 1 |
Mexico
- XEBQ-AM in Guaymas, Sonora
- XECG-AM in Nogales, Sonora
- XEMEFM-AM in Morelia, Michoacan
- XERD-AM in Pachuca, Hidalgo
- XEWG-AM in Cd.Juarez, Chihuahua
United States
| Call sign | City of license | Facility ID | Class | Daytime power (kW) | Nighttime power (kW) | Unlimited power (kW) | Transmitter coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KADS | Elk City, Oklahoma | 29030 | C | 1 | |||
| KAMQ | Carlsbad, New Mexico | 33300 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KANE | New Iberia, Louisiana | 48452 | C | 1 | |||
| KASL | Newcastle, Wyoming | 9288 | C | 1 | |||
| KASO | Minden, Louisiana | 13803 | C | 1 | |||
| KBEL | Idabel, Oklahoma | 14759 | C | 1 | |||
| KBGV | Monte Vista, Colorado | 58903 | C | 1 | |||
| KBIZ | Ottumwa, Iowa | 24207 | C | 1 | |||
| KBUP | Olympia, Washington | 34486 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KCCR | Pierre, South Dakota | 60858 | C | 1 | |||
| KCLV | Clovis, New Mexico | 74565 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KCRT | Trinidad, Colorado | 52475 | C | 0.25 | |||
| KCVL | Colville, Washington | 49195 | C | 1 | |||
| KCVV | Sacramento, California | 29297 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KDEC | Decorah, Iowa | 16368 | C | 0.58 | |||
| KDGO | Durango, Colorado | 55657 | C | 1 | |||
| KDLR | Devils Lake, North Dakota | 15272 | C | 1 | |||
| KDOK | Kilgore, Texas | 48950 | C | 1 | |||
| KDSK | Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico | 59687 | C | 1 | |||
| KEJO | Corvallis, Oregon | 39573 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KELK | Elko, Nevada | 19371 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KEWE | Kahului, Hawaii | 161045 | B | 5 | 5 | ||
| KEZY | San Bernardino, California | 28663 | C | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||
| KFBC | Cheyenne, Wyoming | 43629 | C | 0.7 | |||
| KFH | Wichita, Kansas | 53598 | C | 0.63 | |||
| KFMO | Flat River, Missouri | 55100 | C | 1 | |||
| KFOR | Lincoln, Nebraska | 34436 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KHNK | Whitefish, Montana | 160441 | C | 0.4 | 0.4 | ||
| KICD | Spencer, Iowa | 29078 | C | 1 | |||
| KIUL | Garden City, Kansas | 67041 | C | 1 | |||
| KJAA | Globe, Arizona | 24161 | C | 1 | |||
| KJCR | Billings, Montana | 41600 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KJOP | Lemoore, California | 31589 | C | 0.25 | 1 | ||
| KLIK | Jefferson City, Missouri | 68147 | C | 1 | |||
| KLOA | Ridgecrest, California | 459 | C | 0.82 | |||
| KLTZ | Glasgow, Montana | 24243 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KLYQ | Hamilton, Montana | 4699 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KMBY | Monterey, California | 35276 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KMHI | Mountain Home, Idaho | 72657 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KNEM | Nevada, Missouri | 35216 | C | 0.5 | |||
| KNSN | San Diego, California | 30831 | C | 0.55 | 0.55 | ||
| KODY | North Platte, Nebraska | 9931 | C | 1 | |||
| KOFE | St. Maries, Idaho | 65263 | C | 1 | 0.5 | ||
| KOKL | Okmulgee, Oklahoma | 55496 | C | 1 | |||
| KPOD | Crescent City, California | 72537 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KQEN | Roseburg, Oregon | 40386 | C | 1 | |||
| KRAL | Rawlins, Wyoming | 46736 | C | 1 | |||
| KRDM | Redmond, Oregon | 129314 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KRDO | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 66250 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KRJW | Altamont, Oregon | 160745 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KSMA | Santa Maria, California | 4123 | C | 1 | |||
| KSOX | Raymondville, Texas | 18653 | C | 0.52 | 0.85 | ||
| KSUE | Susanville, California | 60302 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KTAM | Bryan, Texas | 62002 | C | 0.38 | 0.38 | ||
| KTIX | Pendleton, Oregon | 643 | C | 0.8 | 0.8 | ||
| KTLO | Mountain Home, Arkansas | 35671 | C | 0.83 | 0.83 | ||
| KVLF | Alpine, Texas | 5216 | C | 1 | |||
| KVRC | Arkadelphia, Arkansas | 24734 | C | 1 | |||
| KVSO | Ardmore, Oklahoma | 11182 | C | 1 | |||
| KWAK | Stuttgart, Arkansas | 2774 | C | 0.96 | 0.96 | ||
| KWIK | Pocatello, Idaho | 35885 | C | 0.96 | 0.96 | ||
| KWLC | Decorah, Iowa | 39255 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KXIT | Dalhart, Texas | 15300 | C | 1 | |||
| KXLE | Ellensburg, Washington | 35958 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| KXOX | Sweetwater, Texas | 63197 | C | 1 | |||
| KXYL | Brownwood, Texas | 71105 | C | 1 | |||
| WALO | Humacao, Puerto Rico | 50011 | C | 1 | |||
| WATN | Watertown, New York | 11624 | C | 1 | |||
| WATT | Cadillac, Michigan | 65928 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WBBW | Youngstown, Ohio | 13667 | C | 1 | |||
| WBEJ | Elizabethton, Tennessee | 9431 | C | 1 | |||
| WBGC | Chipley, Florida | 27538 | C | 1 | |||
| WCBY | Cheboygan, Michigan | 56074 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WCNC | Elizabeth City, North Carolina | 49438 | C | 1 | |||
| WDNE | Elkins, West Virginia | 40182 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WDXY | Sumter, South Carolina | 55267 | C | 1 | |||
| WEBJ | Brewton, Alabama | 19823 | C | 1 | |||
| WEBQ | Harrisburg, Illinois | 70348 | C | 1 | |||
| WEKR | Fayetteville, Tennessee | 32199 | C | 1 | |||
| WENK | Union City, Tennessee | 71504 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WFOY | St. Augustine, Florida | 60271 | C | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| WFTM | Maysville, Kentucky | 62215 | C | 1 | |||
| WFTN | Franklin, New Hampshire | 49391 | C | 1 | |||
| WFUZ | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | 66365 | C | 1 | |||
| WGBB | Freeport, New York | 72091 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WGCM | Gulfport, Mississippi | 31216 | C | 0.94 | 0.94 | ||
| WGGA | Gainesville, Georgia | 32977 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WGMN | Roanoke, Virginia | 37746 | C | 1 | |||
| WGTX | West Yarmouth, Massachusetts | 6251 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WGVA | Geneva, New York | 36290 | C | 1 | |||
| WHBU | Anderson, Indiana | 2212 | C | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||
| WHFA | Poynette, Wisconsin | 54617 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WHIZ | Zanesville, Ohio | 61218 | C | 1 | 0.96 | ||
| WHVN | Charlotte, North Carolina | 72331 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WIFA | Knoxville, Tennessee | 61041 | C | 1 | |||
| WIGY | Lewiston, Maine | 11031 | C | 1 | 0.86 | ||
| WJEJ | Hagerstown, Maryland | 25828 | C | 1 | |||
| WJIM | Lansing, Michigan | 17382 | C | 0.89 | 0.89 | ||
| WJLX | Jasper, Alabama | 54798 | C | 1 | |||
| WJMC | Rice Lake, Wisconsin | 67196 | C | 1 | |||
| WJNC | Jacksonville, North Carolina | 73143 | C | 1 | |||
| WJON | St. Cloud, Minnesota | 73144 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WJTN | Jamestown, New York | 29922 | C | 0.5 | 1 | ||
| WKDK | Newberry, South Carolina | 48706 | C | 1 | |||
| WKEZ | Bluefield, West Virginia | 44001 | C | 1 | |||
| WKIQ | Eustis, Florida | 29339 | C | 0.79 | |||
| WLAG | La Grange, Georgia | 32980 | C | 1 | |||
| WLLV | Louisville, Kentucky | 1125 | C | 0.53 | 0.53 | (daytime) | |
| (nighttime) | |||||||
| WLSQ | Loris, South Carolina | 29541 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WMFG | Hibbing, Minnesota | 60911 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WMGJ | Gadsden, Alabama | 21817 | C | 1 | |||
| WMIS | Natchez, Mississippi | 47456 | C | 1 | |||
| WMMB | Melbourne, Florida | 11408 | C | 1 | |||
| WMSO | Southaven, Mississippi | 2801 | C | 0.58 | |||
| WNVL | Nashville, Tennessee | 16898 | C | 1 | |||
| WOBT | Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 49801 | C | 0.95 | 1 | ||
| WOMT | Manitowoc, Wisconsin | 59610 | C | 0.992 | |||
| WOON | Woonsocket, Rhode Island | 73676 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WPAX | Thomasville, Georgia | 37034 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WPJL | Raleigh, North Carolina | 73884 | C | 1 | |||
| WPKE | Pikeville, Kentucky | 18225 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WPTR | Schenectady, New York | 8726 | C | 1 | |||
| WRLD | Reading, Pennsylvania | 55307 | C | 1 | |||
| WRTA | Altoona, Pennsylvania | 67505 | C | 1 | |||
| WSBC | Chicago, Illinois | 16847 | C | 1 | |||
| WSDR | Sterling, Illinois | 37207 | C | 0.5 | 1 | ||
| WSFC | Somerset, Kentucky | 21626 | C | 0.79 | |||
| WSKI | Montpelier, Vermont | 23049 | C | 1 | |||
| WSNJ | Bridgeton, New Jersey | 12212 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WSQL | Brevard, North Carolina | 54616 | C | 1 | |||
| WSYY | Millinocket, Maine | 33469 | C | 1 | |||
| WTAX | Springfield, Illinois | 9961 | C | 1 | |||
| WTON | Staunton, Virginia | 50077 | C | 1 | |||
| WTPS | Petersburg, Virginia | 60474 | C | 1 | |||
| WTWA | Thomson, Georgia | 8746 | C | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||
| WVOS | Liberty, New York | 43980 | C | 1 | |||
| WVSL | Saranac Lake, New York | 73314 | C | 1 | |||
| WVTS | Dunbar, West Virginia | 2682 | C | 1 | 1 | ||
| WWCO | Waterbury, Connecticut | 40678 | C | 1 | |||
| WWNS | Statesboro, Georgia | 54804 | C | 0.71 | |||
| WWWC | Wilkesboro, North Carolina | 22017 | C | 1 | |||
| WWZQ | Aberdeen, Mississippi | 65201 | C | 1 | |||
| WZCC | Cross City, Florida | 73408 | C | 1 | |||
| WZQK | Flowood, Mississippi | 52026 | C | 0.88 |
Between 1951 and 1963, the frequency was also one of two used for the United States' CONELRAD emergency broadcasting system, the other frequency being 640 AM.
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