The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1500 kHz:[1] The Federal Communications Commission categorizes 1500 AM as a U.S. clear-channel frequency.[2] WFED Washington, D.C., and KSTP St. Paul are the dominant Class A stations on 1500 AM.
Stations in bold are clear-channel stations.
City of license | Facility ID | Class | Daytime power (kW) | Nighttime power (kW) | Critical hours power (kW) | Transmitter coordinates | ||
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Wharton, Texas | 40487 | B | 0.5 | 0.5 | 29.3228°N -96.0589°W | |||
Boerne, Texas | 51961 | D | 0.25 | 29.8122°N -98.7281°W | ||||
New Roads, Louisiana | 14897 | D | 0.85 | 0.018 | 30.7356°N -91.4161°W | |||
Honolulu, Hawaii | 31600 | B | 5 | 5 | 21.335°N -157.8936°W | |||
Sherman, Texas | 65590 | D | 1 | 33.6917°N -96.5581°W | ||||
Merkel, Texas | 55244 | D | 0.25 | 32.4714°N -100.0053°W | ||||
Pawhuska, Oklahoma | 17779 | D | 0.5 | 36.7617°N -96.1994°W | ||||
San Jose, California | 4118 | B | 10 | 5 | 37.3578°N -121.8714°W | |||
KSTP | St. Paul, Minnesota | 35641 | A | 50 | 50 | 45.0256°N -93.0439°W (daytime) 45.0256°N -93.0517°W (nighttime) | ||
Valparaiso, Indiana | 53057 | D | 1 | 0.025 | 41.4433°N -87.0483°W | |||
Indianapolis, Indiana | 54706 | D | 5 | 39.8703°N -86.0881°W | ||||
Xenia, Ohio | 69992 | D | 0.5 | 39.7133°N -83.9133°W | ||||
Jamestown, Tennessee | 4136 | D | 1 | 0.5 | 36.4253°N -84.9422°W | |||
Dallas, Georgia | 73871 | D | 5 | 3.2 | 33.9444°N -84.8244°W | |||
WFED | Washington, District of Columbia | 74120 | A | 50 | 50 | 39.0419°N -77.0464°W | ||
Milford, Connecticut | 33246 | D | 5 | 41.1925°N -73.1014°W | ||||
Pompton Lakes, New Jersey | 40078 | D | 1 | 40.9808°N -74.285°W | ||||
Russellville, Alabama | 57623 | D | 1 | 34.5283°N -87.7114°W | ||||
Berea, Kentucky | 4810 | D | 0.25 | 37.5867°N -84.3011°W | ||||
Detroit, Michigan | 42081 | B | 50 | 10 | 42.2311°N -83.1994°W | |||
Marion, Kentucky | 31435 | D | 0.175 | 37.3378°N -88.0675°W | ||||
Manati, Puerto Rico | 39772 | B | 1.2 | 0.29 | 18.4336°N -66.4775°W | |||
Zion, Illinois | 49293 | D | 0.25 | 0.002 | 42.4553°N -87.9008°W | |||
Vandalia, Illinois | 42091 | D | 0.25 | 0.002 | 38.9578°N -89.1228°W | |||
Trenton, Tennessee | 73032 | D | 0.25 | 0.006 | 35.9811°N -88.9256°W | |||
New Port Richey, Florida | 685 | D | 0.25 | 28.2592°N -82.7292°W | ||||
Alabaster, Alabama | 72131 | D | 2.3 | 0.003 | 1.2 | 33.2075°N -86.7594°W | ||
Quitman, Mississippi | 54325 | D | 1 | 32.0642°N -88.7242°W | ||||
Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 24682 | D | 0.14 | 36.0739°N -80.2553°W | ||||
Rainsville, Alabama | 58943 | D | 1 | 1 | 34.4989°N -85.8428°W | |||
Gaffney, South Carolina | 23005 | D | 1 | 0.5 | 35.0883°N -81.6444°W |