1240 AM explained

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.[1]

Argentina

Canada

City of license Daytime power (kW) Nighttime power (kW) Transmitter coordinates
Beardmore, Ontario 0.04 0.04 49.5969°N -87.9594°W
Mattawa, Ontario 0.04 0.04 46.3136°N -78.7214°W
Port Hardy, British Columbia 10 9 50.7094°N -127.438°W
The Pas, Manitoba 1 1 53.8128°N -101.2764°W
Osoyoos, British Columbia 1 1 49.0825°N -119.524°W
Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador 1 1 49.9569°N -56.1781°W
Mackenzie, British Columbia 1 1 55.3467°N -123.15°W

Mexico

United States

City of license Facility ID Class Daytime power (kW) Nighttime power (kW) Unlimited power (kW) Transmitter coordinates
Elk City, Oklahoma 29030 C 1 35.3808°N -99.4069°W
Carlsbad, New Mexico 33300 C 1 1 32.3953°N -104.2467°W
New Iberia, Louisiana 48452 C 1 30.0175°N -91.8361°W
Newcastle, Wyoming 9288 C 1 43.8464°N -104.2125°W
Minden, Louisiana 13803 C 1 32.6306°N -93.2822°W
Idabel, Oklahoma 14759 C 1 33.8817°N -94.8194°W
Monte Vista, Colorado 58903 C 1 37.6028°N -106.1494°W
Ottumwa, Iowa 24207 C 1 41°N -92.3897°W
Olympia, Washington 34486 C 1 1 47.0578°N -122.9008°W
Pierre, South Dakota 60858 C 1 44.3506°N -100.3189°W
Clovis, New Mexico 74565 C 1 1 34.3781°N -103.2061°W
Trinidad, Colorado 52475 C 0.25 37.1458°N -104.5117°W
Colville, Washington 49195 C 1 48.5208°N -117.9078°W
Sacramento, California 29297 C 1 1 38.5881°N -121.4681°W
Decorah, Iowa 16368 C 0.58 43.3244°N -91.7847°W
Durango, Colorado 55657 C 1 37.305°N -107.8569°W
Devils Lake, North Dakota 15272 C 1 48.1117°N -98.8453°W
Kilgore, Texas 48950 C 1 32.4172°N -94.8542°W
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico 59687 C 1 35.2017°N -106.5989°W
Corvallis, Oregon 39573 C 1 1 44.5939°N -123.225°W
Elko, Nevada 19371 C 1 1 40.8656°N -115.7194°W
Kahului, Hawaii 161045 B 5 5 20.8225°N -156.4542°W
San Bernardino, California 28663 C 0.7 0.7 34.0819°N -117.3047°W
Cheyenne, Wyoming 43629 C 0.7 41.1214°N -104.8394°W
Wichita, Kansas 53598 C 0.63 37.7183°N -97.3181°W
Flat River, Missouri 55100 C 1 37.8528°N -90.5203°W
Lincoln, Nebraska 34436 C 1 1 40.8194°N -96.6586°W
Spencer, Iowa 29078 C 1 43.1658°N -95.1461°W
Garden City, Kansas 67041 C 1 37.9978°N -100.9069°W
Globe, Arizona 24161 C 1 33.3808°N -110.7569°W
Billings, Montana 41600 C 1 1 45.7581°N -108.4978°W
KJOPLemoore, California 31589 C 0.25 1 36.3131°N -119.73°W
Jefferson City, Missouri 68147 C 1 38.5639°N -92.1892°W
Ridgecrest, California 459 C 0.82 35.6344°N -117.6708°W
Glasgow, Montana 24243 C 1 1 48.2183°N -106.6453°W
Hamilton, Montana 4699 C 1 46.2561°N -114.1625°W
Monterey, California 35276 C 1 1 36.6156°N -121.8983°W
Mountain Home, Idaho 72657 C 1 1 43.1508°N -115.7072°W
Nevada, Missouri 35216 C 0.5 37.8603°N -94.3817°W
San Diego, California 30831 C 0.55 0.55 32.6942°N -117.1214°W
North Platte, Nebraska 9931 C 1 41.1539°N -100.7731°W
St. Maries, Idaho 65263 C 1 0.5 47.3206°N -116.5472°W
Okmulgee, Oklahoma 55496 C 1 35.6086°N -95.9719°W
Crescent City, California 72537 C 1 1 41.7597°N -124.1911°W
Roseburg, Oregon 40386 C 1 43.1931°N -123.3608°W
Rawlins, Wyoming 46736 C 1 41.7819°N -107.2611°W
Redmond, Oregon 129314 C 1 1 44.2781°N -121.1456°W
Colorado Springs, Colorado 66250 C 1 1 38.8286°N -104.8389°W
Altamont, Oregon 160745 C 1 1 42.205°N -121.7597°W
Whitefish, Montana 160441 C 0.4 0.4 48.3956°N -114.3197°W
Santa Maria, California 4123 C 1 34.9506°N -120.4908°W
Raymondville, Texas 18653 C 0.52 0.85 26.4053°N -97.9144°W
Susanville, California 60302 C 1 1 40.3958°N -120.6275°W
Bryan, Texas 62002 C 0.38 0.38 30.6503°N -96.3492°W
Pendleton, Oregon 643 C 0.8 0.8 45.685°N -118.8547°W
Mountain Home, Arkansas 35671 C 0.83 0.83 36.3564°N -92.3592°W
Alpine, Texas 5216 C 1 30.3736°N -103.6622°W
Arkadelphia, Arkansas 24734 C 1 34.1108°N -93.0503°W
Ardmore, Oklahoma 11182 C 1 34.1817°N -97.1467°W
Stuttgart, Arkansas 2774 C 0.96 0.96 34.4856°N -91.5597°W
Pocatello, Idaho 35885 C 0.96 0.96 42.9242°N -112.4586°W
Decorah, Iowa 39255 C 1 1 43.3097°N -91.8083°W
Dalhart, Texas 15300 C 1 36.0958°N -102.5106°W
Ellensburg, Washington 35958 C 1 1 47.0025°N -120.5253°W
Sweetwater, Texas 63197 C 1 32.4878°N -100.3919°W
Brownwood, Texas 71105 C 1 31.7058°N -98.9958°W
Humacao, Puerto Rico 50011 C 1 18.1469°N -65.8136°W
Watertown, New York 11624 C 1 43.9803°N -75.9367°W
Cadillac, Michigan 65928 C 1 1 44.2242°N -85.4°W
Youngstown, Ohio 13667 C 1 41.0806°N -80.6483°W
Florence, Alabama 4769 C 1 34.7836°N -87.7042°W
Elizabethton, Tennessee 9431 C 1 36.3353°N -82.2175°W
Chipley, Florida 27538 C 1 30.7719°N -85.5586°W
Cheboygan, Michigan 56074 C 1 1 45.6583°N -84.49°W
Cambridge, Maryland 46939 C 1 1 38.5842°N -76.0817°W
Elizabeth City, North Carolina 49438 C 1 36.3106°N -76.2322°W
Elkins, West Virginia 40182 C 1 1 38.9233°N -79.8625°W
Sumter, South Carolina 55267 C 1 33.9044°N -80.3236°W
Brewton, Alabama 19823 C 1 31.1097°N -87.06°W
Harrisburg, Illinois 70348 C 1 37.7175°N -88.5436°W
Fayetteville, Tennessee 32199 C 1 35.1578°N -86.5903°W
Union City, Tennessee 71504 C 1 1 36.4278°N -89.0347°W
St. Augustine, Florida 60271 C 0.5 0.5 29.8503°N -81.3303°W
Maysville, Kentucky 62215 C 1 38.6361°N -83.7606°W
Franklin, New Hampshire 49391 C 1 43.4544°N -71.6425°W
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 66365 C 1 41.2536°N -75.9069°W
Freeport, New York 72091 C 1 1 40.6456°N -73.5775°W
Gulfport, Mississippi 31216 C 0.94 0.94 30.4292°N -89.0194°W
Gainesville, Georgia 32977 C 1 1 34.3169°N -83.8292°W
Roanoke, Virginia 37746 C 1 37.27°N -79.9706°W
West Yarmouth, Massachusetts 6251 C 1 1 41.6353°N -70.235°W
Geneva, New York 36290 C 1 42.8603°N -77.0164°W
Anderson, Indiana 2212 C 0.7 0.7 40.0736°N -85.6994°W
Poynette, Wisconsin 54617 C 1 1 43.3606°N -89.4022°W
Zanesville, Ohio 61218 C 1 0.96 39.9556°N -81.9836°W
Charlotte, North Carolina 72331 C 1 1 35.2°N -80.8108°W
Knoxville, Tennessee 61041 C 1 35.9547°N -83.9511°W
Lewiston, Maine 11031 C 1 0.86 44.1153°N -70.2486°W
Hagerstown, Maryland 25828 C 1 39.6667°N -77.725°W
Lansing, Michigan 17382 C 0.89 0.89 42.72°N -84.5197°W
Jasper, Alabama 54798 C 1 33.815°N -87.2719°W
Rice Lake, Wisconsin 67196 C 1 45.5086°N -91.7739°W
Jacksonville, North Carolina 73143 C 1 34.7489°N -77.4142°W
St. Cloud, Minnesota 73144 C 1 1 45.56°N -94.1392°W
Jamestown, New York 29922 C 0.5 1 42.1047°N -79.2575°W
Newberry, South Carolina 48706 C 1 34.2917°N -81.6208°W
Bluefield, West Virginia 44001 C 1 37.2658°N -81.1889°W
Eustis, Florida 29339 C 0.79 28.8386°N -81.6961°W
La Grange, Georgia 32980 C 1 33.04°N -85.0242°W
Louisville, Kentucky 1125 C 0.53 0.53 38.2303°N -85.8222°W (daytime)
38.2306°N -85.8222°W (nighttime)
Loris, South Carolina 29541 C 1 1 34.0347°N -78.8828°W
Hibbing, Minnesota 60911 C 1 1 47.4083°N -92.9511°W
Gadsden, Alabama 21817 C 1 34.0011°N -86.03°W
Natchez, Mississippi 47456 C 1 31.5206°N -91.3858°W
Melbourne, Florida 11408 C 1 28.0778°N -80.5986°W
Southaven, Mississippi 2801 C 0.58 34.9825°N -90.0125°W
Nashville, Tennessee 16898 C 1 36.1564°N -86.7711°W
Rhinelander, Wisconsin 49801 C 0.95 1 45.6283°N -89.3939°W
Manitowoc, Wisconsin 59610 C 0.992 44.1253°N -87.6281°W
Woonsocket, Rhode Island 73676 C 1 1 42.0161°N -71.4917°W
Thomasville, Georgia 37034 C 1 1 30.8367°N -83.9789°W
Raleigh, North Carolina 73884 C 1 35.7736°N -78.6192°W
Pikeville, Kentucky 18225 C 1 1 37.4806°N -82.5264°W
Schenectady, New York 8726 C 1 42.8103°N -73.9844°W
Reading, Pennsylvania 55307 C 1 40.3244°N -75.9419°W
Altoona, Pennsylvania 67505 C 1 40.5072°N -78.4208°W
Chicago, Illinois 16847 C 1 41.9814°N -87.7722°W
Sterling, Illinois 37207 C 0.5 1 41.8164°N -89.6703°W
Somerset, Kentucky 21626 C 0.79 37.1175°N -84.6117°W
Montpelier, Vermont 23049 C 1 44.2444°N -72.5464°W
Bridgeton, New Jersey 12212 C 1 1 39.4589°N -75.2033°W
Brevard, North Carolina 54616 C 1 35.2231°N -82.7056°W
Millinocket, Maine 33469 C 1 45.6733°N -68.7186°W
Springfield, Illinois 9961 C 1 39.7933°N -89.605°W
Staunton, Virginia 50077 C 1 38.1417°N -79.0425°W
Petersburg, Virginia 60474 C 1 37.2336°N -77.3767°W
Thomson, Georgia 8746 C 0.6 0.6 33.4722°N -82.5172°W
Liberty, New York 43980 C 1 41.7817°N -74.7303°W
Saranac Lake, New York 73314 C 1 44.3161°N -74.1189°W
Dunbar, West Virginia 2682 C 1 1 38.3856°N -81.7142°W
Waterbury, Connecticut 40678 C 1 41.5664°N -73.0564°W
Statesboro, Georgia 54804 C 0.71 32.4553°N -81.7744°W
Wilkesboro, North Carolina 22017 C 1 36.15°N -81.1617°W
Aberdeen, Mississippi 65201 C 1 33.8089°N -88.5425°W
Cross City, Florida 73408 C 1 29.6097°N -83.1342°W
Flowood, Mississippi 52026 C 0.88 32.3008°N -90.1367°W

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2015-12-11. AM Station Classes, and Clear, Regional, and Local Channels. 2020-11-26. Federal Communications Commission. en.