m II wrote:
1480 Khz..Spanish, most likely in Texas.

What is the power output of this station? It came in pretty clear
tonight in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

There are a number of possibilities - and if it was unusually strong it
might have been someone illegally using daytime facilities at night. (a
fairly common offense )

Barring recent format changes, there are nine Spanish-language stations
in the U.S. on 1480:

Phoenix, Arizona (1000/500w, directional, favors the north)
Santa Maria, California (1000/61w, non-directional)
Pueblo, Colorado (1000/107w, directional, mildly to the southeast)
Gooding, Idaho (5,000/93w, non-directional)
Mission, Kansas (1,000/500w, directional, strongly *disfavors* thenorth)
Dallas, Texas (5,000/1,500w, directional, favors the north)
Pasadena, Texas (1,000/500w, directional, mildly disfavors the north)
Spanish Fork, Utah (1,000w daytime only, non-directional)

and a station in Virginia that's VERY unlikely to be what you heard.

It's probably Dallas at 1500 watts - but if someone on day facilities it
could be any of these.
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