Scanning the radio dial yesterday

[*Awful Llama*]

(06-19-2015, 03:04 PM)Vas Deferens Wrote: ive heard the big one out in CO a couple of times.

Back in the old days it was 500k watts, 10x the signal strength it has today.  Can you imagine?  It was easily heard in Mexico City.  Stations as far away as Toronto complained that it was drowning out the signal of stations that were just near 700 AM.  So, they scaled back and congress eventually capped broadcasters at 50k watts.  In 1962, though, Crosley applied for an application to broadcast at 750k watts, but was turned down.

So, there's a long answer to a question you didn't ask.