WSM, Nashville is one of the iconic US AM stations, first on the air in 1925. It runs the world's longest-running radio programme, Grand Ole Opry, the weekly country music stage show. Many of the most famous C&W stars were regulars and WSM still broadcasts the show live on Saturday nights. This is a 50 kW transmitter but its antenna footprint is non-direction so quite a good catch from over 8000 miles away. I contacted the station on Facebook and it confirmed my report, noting that I was listening to Grand Ole Opry announcer Eddie Stubbs. In the clip you can hear weather and the station cue and jingle pretty clearly.
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