List of 50 kW AM radio stations in the United States

The following is a list of radio stations in the United States that are authorized to run 50 kW (50,000 watts) of power. This is the highest power authorized to any AM station in the United States.

Power Legend: U=unlimited time, D=daytime power, N=nighttime power, CH=critical hours power. Class A unless otherwise specified. Omnidirectional antenna unless otherwise specified. A comma after the power indicates sunset. Whatever is after the comma is the night-time authorization, to avoid interfering with other, higher priority stations. Another comma indicates if it's a directional antenna system. DA means the station uses a directional antenna system. DA1 means the pattern is always directional, with the same pattern, day and night. DA2 means the station has two different patterns (protecting different stations), one for Day, and one for Night. DAN means the station broadcasts omnidirectionally (equal in all directions) Day, and directionally at Night.
Call sign Frequency Community of License Power
KAAY 1090 kHz Little Rock, Arkansas 50 kW U, DAN
KALL 0700 kHz North Salt Lake City, Utah 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KBLA 1580 kHz Santa Monica, California 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
KBOI 0670 kHz Boise, Idaho 50 kW U, DAN (Class B)
KBRT 0740 kHz Costa Mesa, California 50 kW-D, 0.19 kW (190 watts)-N, DA2 (Class D)
KCBC 0770 kHz Manteca, California 50 kW-D, 4.1 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KCBQ 1170 kHz San Diego, California 50 kW-D, 2.9 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KCBS 0740 kHz San Francisco, California 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
KCKN 1020 kHz Roswell, New Mexico 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
KCRN 1120 kHz Limon, Colorado 50 kW-D, Daytime only, DA (Class D)
KCTA 1030 kHz Corpus Christi, Texas 50 kW-D, Daytime only (Class D)
KDKA 1020 kHz Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 50 kW U
KDFD 0760 kHz Thornton, Colorado 50 kW-D, 1 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KDRI 0830 kHz Tucson, Arizona 50 kW-D, 1 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KDUN 1030 kHz Reedsport, Oregon 50 kW-D, 0.63 kW (630 watts)-N (Class B)
KEEL 0710 kHz Shreveport, Louisiana 50 kW-D, 5 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KEIB 1150 kHz Los Angeles, California 50 kW-D, 44 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KENI 0650 kHz Anchorage, Alaska 50 kW U (Class N)
KERR 0750 kHz Polson, Montana 50 kW-D, 1 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
KEX 1190 kHz Portland, Oregon 50 kW U, DAN
KEXB 1440 kHz University Park, Texas 50 kW-D, 0.35 kW (350 watts)-N, DA2 (Class B)
KFAB 1110 kHz Omaha, Nebraska 50 kW U, DAN
KFAX 1100 kHz San Francisco, California 50 kW U, DA1 (Class B)
KFBK 1530 kHz Sacramento, California 50 kW U, DA2
KFI 0640 kHz Los Angeles, California 50 kW U
KFLC 1270 kHz Fort Worth, Texas 50 kW-D, 5 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KFNW 1200 kHz West Fargo, North Dakota 50 kW-D, 13 kW-N DA-2 (Class B)
KFNX 1100 kHz Phoenix, Arizona 50 kW-D, 1 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KFQD 0750 kHz Anchorage, Alaska 50 kW U (former Class N)
KFXR 1190 kHz Dallas, Texas 50 kW-D, 5 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KFXX 1080 kHz Portland, Oregon 50 kW-D, 9 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KGA 1510 kHz Spokane, Washington 50 kW-D, 0.54 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KGB 0760 kHz San Diego, California 5 kW-D, 50 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
KGBT 1530 kHz Harlingen, Texas 50 kW-D and CH, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KGDD 1520 kHz Oregon City, Oregon 50 kW-D, 15 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KGNW 0820 kHz Burien, Washington 50 kW-D, 5 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KGO 0810 kHz San Francisco, California 50 kW U, DA1
KGOL 1180 kHz Humble, Texas 50 kW-D, 3 kW-N DA2 (Class B)
KHTK 1140 kHz Sacramento, California 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
KICY 0850 kHz Nome, Alaska 50 kW U, DACH
KIHU 1010 kHz Tooele, Utah 50 kW-D, .194 kW (194 watts)-N, 42 kW-CH, DA2 (Class D)
KIRO 0710 kHz Seattle, Washington 50 kW U, DAN
KIXI 0880 kHz Mercer Island/Seattle, Washington 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KJNP 1170 kHz North Pole, Alaska 50 kW-D, 21 kW-N
KJR 0950 kHz Seattle, Washington 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
KKOB 0770 kHz Albuquerque, New Mexico 50 kW U DAN (Class B)
KKOH 0780 kHz Reno, Nevada 50 kW U, DAN (Class B)
KKOV 1550 kHz Vancouver, Washington 50 kW-D, 12 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
KKXA 1520 kHz Snohomish, Washington 50 kW U, DAN (Class B)
KKYX 0680 kHz San Antonio, Texas 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
KLAA 0830 kHz Orange, California 50 kW-D, 20 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
KLOK 1170 kHz San Jose, California 50 kW-D, 9 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KLRG 0880 kHz Sheridan, Arkansas 50 kW-D, 31 kW-CH, 0.22 kW-N, DAN (Class D)
KLTT 0670 kHz Commerce City, Colorado 50 kW-D, 1.4 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KMJ 0580 kHz Fresno, California 50 kW U, DA1 (Class B)
KMMQ 1020 kHz Plattsmouth, Nebraska 50 kW-D, 1.4 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KMNY 1360 kHz Hurst, Texas 50 kW-D, 0.89 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KMOX 1120 kHz Saint Louis, Missouri 50 kW U
KMPC 1540 kHz Los Angeles, California 50 kW-D, 37 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KMXA 1090 kHz Aurora, Colorado 50 kW-D, 0.5 kW (500 watts)-N, DA2 (Class B)
KNBR 0680 kHz San Francisco, California 50 kW U
KNFL 0740 kHz Fargo, North Dakota 50 kW-D, 7.5 kW-CH, 0.94 kW-N, DA3 (Class B)
KNX 1070 kHz Los Angeles, California 50 kW U
KNZZ 1100 kHz Grand Junction, Colorado 50 kW-D, 36 kW-CH, 10 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
KOA 0850 kHz Denver, Colorado 50 kW U
KOFI 1180 kHz Kalispell, Montana 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
KOKC 1520 kHz Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 50 kW U, DAN
KOTV 1170 kHz Tulsa, Oklahoma 50 kW U, DAN
KNWN 1000 kHz Seattle, Washington 50 kW U, DAN
KPAM 0860 kHz Troutdale, Oregon 50 kW-D, 15 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
KPNW 1120 kHz Eugene, Oregon 50 kW U, DA1 (Class B)
KPTR 1090 kHz Seattle, Washington 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
KPXQ 1360 kHz Glendale, Arizona 50 kW-D, 1 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
KRCN 1060 kHz Longmont, Colorado 50 kW-D, 0.111 kW-N, ND2 (Class D)
KRKO 1380 kHz Everett, Washington 50 kW U, DAN (Class B)
KRLA 0870 kHz Glendale, California 50 kW-D, 3 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KRLD 1080 kHz Dallas, Texas 50 kW U, DAN
KRMG 0740 kHz Tulsa, Oklahoma 50 kW-D, 25 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KRPI 1550 kHz Ferndale, Washington 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KRVN 0880 kHz Lexington, Nebraska 50 kW U, DAN (Class B)
KSL 1160 kHz Salt Lake City, Utah 50 kW U
KSTP 1500 kHz Saint Paul, Minnesota 50 kW U, DAN
KTCT 1050 kHz San Mateo, California 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KTIS 0900 kHz Minneapolis, Minnesota 50 kW-D, 0.5 kW (500 watts)-N, DA2 (Class B)
KTKR 0760 kHz San Antonio, Texas 50 kW-D, 1 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KTLK 1130 kHz Minneapolis, Minnesota 50 kW-D, 25 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KTNN 0660 kHz Window Rock, Arizona, Navajo Nation 50 kW U, DAN (Class B)
KTNQ 1020 kHz Los Angeles, California 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
KTRB 0860 kHz San Francisco, California 50 kW U, DAN (Class B)
KTRH 0740 kHz Houston, Texas 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
KTTH 0770 kHz Seattle, Washington 50 kW-D, 5 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KTWO 1030 kHz Casper, Wyoming 50 kW U, DAN (Class B)
KUAZ 1550 kHz Tucson, Arizona 50 kW-D (daytime only), ND (Class D)
KUTR 0820 kHz Taylorsville, Utah 50 kW-D and CH, 2.5 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KVTT 1110 kHz Mineral Wells, Texas 50 kW-D, 39 kW-CH (Class D)
KWKH 1130 kHz Shreveport, Louisiana 50 kW U, DAN
KWVE 1110 kHz Pasadena, California 50 kW-D, 20 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KXEL 1540 kHz Waterloo, Iowa 50 kW U, DAN
KXNT 0840 kHz North Las Vegas, Nevada 50 kW-D, 25 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KXTG 0750 kHz Portland, Oregon 50 kW-D, 20 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
KYES 1180 kHz Rockville, Minnesota 50 kW-D, 8 kW-CH, 5 kW-N, DA3 (Class B)
KYNO 0940 kHz Fresno, California 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
KYW 1060 kHz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 50 kW U, DA1
WABC 0770 kHz New York 50 kW U
WADO 1280 kHz New York, New York 50 kW-D, 7.2 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WAPI 1070 kHz Birmingham, Alabama 50 kW-D, 5 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
WAQI 0710 kHz Miami, Florida 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
WAZX 1550 kHz Smyrna, Georgia 50 kW-D, 0.016 kW (16 watts)-N, DA2 (Class D)
WBAJ 0890 kHz Blythewood, South Carolina 50 kW-D, 8.5 kW-CH (Class D)
WBAL 1090 kHz Baltimore, Maryland 50 kW U, DAN
WBAP 0820 kHz Ft Worth, Texas 50 kW U
WBBR 1130 kHz New York 50 kW U, DAN
WBIN 0640 kHz Atlanta, Georgia 50 kW-D, 1 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WBOB 0600 kHz Jacksonville, Florida 50 kW-D, 9.7 kW-N, DA-2 (Class B)
WBT 1110 kHz Charlotte, North Carolina 50 kW U, DAN
WBZ 1030 kHz Boston, Massachusetts 50 kW U, DA1
WCBM 0680 kHz Baltimore, Maryland 50 kW-D, 20 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WCCO 0830 kHz Minneapolis, Minnesota 50 kW U
WCEO 0840 kHz Columbia, South Carolina 50 kW-D, DA (daytime only) (Class D)
WCKY 1530 kHz Cincinnati, Ohio 50 kW U, DAN
WCNN 0680 kHz North Atlanta, Georgia 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WCRN 0830 kHz Worcester, Massachusetts 50 kW, DA2 (Class B)
WCRT 1160 kHz Donelson, Tennessee 50 kW-D, 1 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
WCSZ 1070 kHz Sans Souci, South Carolina 50 kW-D, 1.5 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
WCTS 1030 kHz Maplewood, Minnesota 50 kW-D, 1 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WDFN 1130 kHz Detroit, Michigan 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WDIA 1070 kHz Memphis, Tennessee 50 kW-D, 5 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WDRU 1030 kHz Wake Forest, North Carolina 50 kW-D, DA (daytime only) (Class D)
WEEI 0850 kHz Boston, Massachusetts 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
WEPN 1050 kHz New York 50 kW U, DA1 (Class B)
WFAN 0660 kHz New York 50 kW U
WFDF 0910 kHz Farmington Hills, Michigan 50 kW-D, 25 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WFED 1500 kHz Washington, D.C. 50 kW U, DA2
WFLF 0540 kHz Orlando, Florida 50 kW D, 46 kW-N DA2 (Class B)
WFLI 1070 kHz Lookout Mountain, Tennessee 50 kW-D, 2.5 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WFME 1560 kHz New York 50 kW U, DA2
WGCR 0720 kHz Pisgah Forest, North Carolina 50 kW-D, 15 kW-CH, ND2 (Class D)
WGN 0720 kHz Chicago, Illinois 50 kW U
WGSF 1030 kHz Memphis, Tennessee 50 kW-D, 1 kW-N, 10 kW-CH, DAN (Class B)
WGY 0810 kHz Schenectady, New York 50 kW U
WHAM 1180 kHz Rochester, New York 50 kW U
WHAS 0840 kHz Louisville, Kentucky 50 kW U
WHB 0810 kHz Kansas City, Missouri 50 kW-D, 5 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
WHKW 1220 kHz Cleveland, Ohio 50 kW U, DA1 (Class B)
WHO 1040 kHz Des Moines, Iowa 50 kW U
WHSQ 0880 kHz New York 50 kW U
WINS 1010 kHz New York 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
WINZ 0940 kHz Miami, Florida 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
WISN 1130 kHz Milwaukee, Wisconsin 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WIXC 1060 kHz Titusville, Florida 50 kW-D, 17 kW-CH, 5 kW-N, DA3 (Class B)
WJBR 1010 kHz Seffner, Florida 50 kW-D, 5 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WJFK 1580 kHz Morningside, Maryland 50 kW-D, .27 kW-N (270 watts), DA2 (Class B)
WJNL 1210 kHz Kingsley, Michigan 50 kW-D, 2.5 kW-CH, (Daytime Only) (Class D)
WJNT 1180 kHz Pearl, Mississippi 50 kW-D, 10 kW-CH, .5 kW-N (500 watts) DA2 (Class B)
WJOX 0690 kHz Birmingham, Alabama 50 kW-D, .5 kW (500 watts)-N, DAN (Class B)
WJR 0760 kHz Detroit, Michigan 50 kW U
WJXL 1010 kHz Jacksonville Beach, Florida 50 kW-D, 30 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WKNG 1060 kHz Talapoosa, Georgia 50 kW-D, 5 kW-CH, ND2 (Class D)
WKNR 0850 kHz Cleveland, Ohio 50 kW-D, 4.7 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WKVM 0810 kHz San Juan, Puerto Rico 50 kW U, DA-N (Class B)
WLAC 1510 kHz Nashville, Tennessee 50 kW U, DAN
WLNO 1060 kHz New Orleans, Louisiana 50 kW-D, 5 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WLOR 1550 kHz Huntsville, Alabama 50 kW-D, 0.044 kW (44 watts)-N, DA2 (Class D)
WLQV 1500 kHz Detroit, Michigan 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WLS 0890 kHz Chicago, Illinois 50 kW U
WLW 0700 kHz Cincinnati, Ohio 50 kW U
WMAC 0940 kHz Macon, Georgia 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
WMQM 1600 kHz Lakeland, Tennessee 50 kW-D, .035 kW-N (35 watts), ND2 (Class D)
WMUZ 1200 kHz Taylor, Michigan 50 kW-D, 15 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WMVP 1000 kHz Chicago, Illinois 50 kW U, DA2
WNCT 1070 kHz Greenville, North Carolina 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WNNZ 0640 kHz Westfield, Massachusetts 50 kW-D, 1 kW-N DA-2 (Class B)
WNQM 1300 kHz Nashville, Tennessee 50 kW-D, 5 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
WNTP 0990 kHz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WNWR 1540 kHz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 50 kW D, DAD (Class D)
WOAI 1200 kHz San Antonio, Texas 50 kW U
WOKV 0690 kHz Jacksonville, Florida 50 kW-D, 25 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
WOR 0710 kHz New York 50 kW U, DA1
WOWO 1190 kHz Fort Wayne, Indiana 50 kW-D, 9.8 kW-N, DAN (Class B)
WPBS 1040 kHz Atlanta, Georgia 50 kW-D, 5.5 kW-CH (Class D)
WPHT 1210 kHz Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 50 kW U
WPTF 0680 kHz Raleigh, North Carolina 50 kW U, DAN (Class B)
WQBA 1140 kHz Miami, Florida 50 kW-D 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WQLL 1370 kHz Pikesville, Maryland 50 kW-D, 24 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WQOM 1060 kHz Natick, Massachusetts 50 kW-D, 2.5 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WQOS 1080 kHz Coral Gables, Florida 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WRKO 0680 kHz Boston, Massachusetts 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
WRVA 1140 kHz Richmond, Virginia 50 kW U, DA1
WSB 0750 kHz Atlanta, Georgia 50 kW U
WSCR 0670 kHz Chicago, Illinois 50 kW U
WSJC 0810 kHz Magee, Mississippi 50 kW-D, 500 W-N, DAN (Class B)
WSM 0650 kHz Nashville, Tennessee 50 kW U
WTAM 1100 kHz Cleveland, Ohio 50 kW U
WTAR 0850 kHz Norfolk, Virginia 50 kW-D, 25 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WTCM 0580 kHz Traverse City, Michigan 50 kW-D, 1.1 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WTEM 0980 kHz Washington, D.C. 50 kW-D, 5 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WTIC 1080 kHz Hartford, Connecticut 50 kW U, DAN
WTLN 0990 kHz Orlando, Florida 50 kW-D, 14 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WTMJ 0620 kHz Milwaukee, Wisconsin 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WTRU 0830 kHz Kernersville, North Carolina 50 kW-D, 10 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WXKG 1010 kHz Atlanta, Georgia 50 kW-D, 0.078 kW (78 watts)-N, 45 kW-CH (Class D)
WTSD 1190 kHz Leesburg, Virginia 50 kW-D, 1.2 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WWBC 1510 kHz Cocoa, Florida 50 kW-D, 25 kW-CH, DA2 (Class D) (daytime only)
WWFE 0670 kHz Miami, Florida 50 kW-D, 1 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WWGB 1030 kHz Indian Head, Maryland 50 kW D (Class D)
WWJ 0950 kHz Detroit, Michigan 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
WWJZ 0640 kHz Mount Holly, New Jersey 50 kW-D, 0.95 kW (950 watts)-N, DA2 (Class B)
WWKB 1520 kHz Buffalo, New York 50 kW U, DA1
WWL 0870 kHz New Orleans, Louisiana 50 kW U, DA1
WWNL 1080 kHz Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 50 kW-D, 25 kW-CH, DAD (Class D)
WWVA 1170 kHz Wheeling, West Virginia 50 kW U, DAN
WXJC 0850 kHz Birmingham, Alabama 50 kW-D, 1.0 kW-N, DA2 (Class B)
WXKS 1200 kHz Newton, Massachusetts 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
WXYT 1270 kHz Detroit, Michigan 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
WYGM 0740 kHz Orlando, Florida 50 kW U, DA2 (Class B)
WYLL 1160 kHz Chicago, Illinois 50 kW-U, DA2 (Class B)
WYMM 1530 kHz Jacksonville, Florida 50 kW-D (Daytime Only) (Class D)
WZFG 1100 kHz Dilworth, Minnesota 50 kW-D, .44 kW (440 watts)-N, 5 kW-CH, DAN (Class B)

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