Clear Channel Stations
The AM band is allocated into three categories: local, regional, and clear channel.
- Local channels are limited to a maximum transmitter power of 1000 watts and use a non-directional antenna.
- Regional channels use higher transmitter powers, typically up to about 20,000 watts, and directional antennas.
- Clear channel stations can use 50,000 watts of power. They use both non-directional and directional antennas. There were fewer clear channel stations at one time as only one station assigned to any particular frequency. Today, with the use of directional antennas, two or more stations may be on the same frequency without interfere with other 50,000 watt stations.
| Frequency | Call Sign | Location | Frequency | Call Sign | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 540 kHz | WFLF | Orlando, FL | 1010 kHz | WINS | New York, NY | |
| 580 kHz | KMJ | Fresno, CA | 1020 kHz | KDKA | Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 640 kHz | KFI | Los Angeles, CA | KINF | Roswell, NM | ||
| KYUK | Bethel, AK. | KTNQ | Los Angeles, CA | |||
| 650 kHz | WSM | Nashville, TN | 1030 kHz | WBZ | Boston, MA | |
| KENI | Anchorage, AK | KTWO | Casper, WY | |||
| 660 kHz | WFAN | New York, NY | 1040 kHz | WHO | Des Moines, IA | |
| KTNN | Window Rock, AZ | 1050 kHz | WEVD | New York, NY | ||
| 670 kHz | KBOI | Boise, ID | 1060 kHz | KYW | Philadelphia, PA | |
| WSCR | Chicago, IL | 1070 kHz | KNX | Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 680 kHz | KNBR | San Francisco, CA | 1080 kHz | WTIC | Hartford, CT | |
| WRKO | Boston, MA | KRLD | Dallas, TX | |||
| WPTF | Raleigh, NC | 1090 kHz | WBAL | Baltimore | ||
| 700 kHz | WLW | Cincinnati, OH | KAAY | Little Rock, AR | ||
| 710 kHz | WOR | New York, NY | KYCW | Seattle, WA | ||
| KIRO | Seattle, WA | 1100 kHz | WTAM | Cleveland, OH | ||
| WAQI | Miami, FL | KFAX | San Francisco, CA | |||
| 720 kHz | WGN | Chicago, IL | 1110 kHz | WBT | Charlotte, NC | |
| KDWN | Las Vegas, NV | KFAB | Omaha, NE | |||
| 740 kHz | KCBS | San Francisco, CA | 1120 kHz | KMOX | Saint Louis, MO | |
| KTRH | Houston, TX | KPNW | Eugene, OR | |||
| WQTM | Orlando, FL | 1130 kHz | WBBR | New York, NY | ||
| 750 kHz | WSB | Atlanta, GA | KWKH | Shreveport, LA | ||
| KFQD | Anchorage, AK | 1140 kHz | WRVA | Richmond, VA | ||
| 760 kHz | WJR | Detroit, MI | KHTK | Sacramento, CA | ||
| KFMB | San Diego, CA | 1150 kHz | KTLK | Burbank, CA | ||
| 770 kHz | WABC | New York, NY | 1160 kHz | KSL | Salt Lake City, UT | |
| KKOB | Albuquerque, NM | 1170 kHz | KFAQ | Tulsa, OK | ||
| 780 kHz | WBBM | Chicago, IL | WWVA | Wheeling, WV | ||
| KKOH | Reno, NV | 1180 kHz | WHAM | Rochester, NY | ||
| 810 kHz | WGY | Schenectady, NY | 1190 kHz | KEX | Portland, OR | |
| WKVM | Puerto Rico | 1200 kHz | WOAI | San Antonio, TX | ||
| KGO | San Francisco, CA | 1210 kHz | WPHT | Philadelphia. PA | ||
| 820 kHz | WBAP | Ft Worth-Dallas, TX | 1220 kHz | WHK | Cleveland, OH | |
| 830 kHz | WCCO | Minneapolis, MN | 1500 kHz | KSTP | St. Paul-Minneapolis | |
| 840 kHz | WHAS | Louisville, KY | WTOP | Washington, DC | ||
| 850 kHz | KOA | Denver, CO | 1510 kHz | KGA | Spokane, WA | |
| WEEI | Boston, MA | WLAC | Nashville, TN | |||
| 870 khz | WWL | New Orleans, LA | WWZN | Boston, MA | ||
| KAIM | Honolulu, HI | 1520 kHz | KOMA | Oklahoma City, OK | ||
| 880 kHz | WCBS | New York, NY | WWKB | Buffalo, NY | ||
| KRVN | Lexington, NE | 1530 kHz | KFBK | Sacramento, CA | ||
| 890 kHz | WLS | Chicago, IL | WSAI | Cincinnati, OH | ||
| 940 kHz | KWRU | Fresno, CA | 1540 kHz | KXEL | Waterloo, IA | |
| 950 kHz | KJR | Seattle, WA | WPTR | Albany, NY | ||
| WWJ | Detroit, MI | 1560 kHz | WQEW | New York, NY | ||
| 1000 kHz | WMVP | Chicago, IL | 1580 kHz | KBLA | Santa Monica, CA | |
| KOMO | Seattle, WA | KMIK | Phoenix, AZ | |||
| Frequency | Call Sign | Location | Frequency | Call Sign | Location |
