I am about to reveal the true depths of my nerdiness.
In my new-to-me tow vehicle (which will be towing in approx 2.5 weeks) I have spent considerable time strategizing on how to program the radio favorite buttons.
I know, I KNOW, it's a huge decision. It's rare when something this serious comes up but it must be decided on and then I have to live with the consequences.
I have four rows of touch screen favorites each row having eight programmable buttons. So the high level decision is to split those four rows among the various sources (AM, FM, SiriusXM) which is not that hard. But the pressure is on the button choices for each row.
Since I listen to satellite radio quite a bit, I first decided to devote two of the four rows to SiruisXM station, one row to FM stations, and the last row to AM stations. That's the easy, high level decision.
Not going to go into too many details on the button choices except to explain my AM station choices for
@Teamubr's sake.
The buttons on AM are, sadly, looking for homes since I hardly if ever listen to AM (the hard part is the SiriusXM buttons, honestly). But then I decided, since this YukonXL has very good AM reception (Suburban AM side was junk), to go with the superstation/baseball options where possible.
First AM button went to the local, central Alabama sports AM station. Powers down at night to 20W bulb strength though.
Second AM button goes to 670 WSCR of the Chicago Cubs radio network. 50Kw 24/7 for baseball at night.
Third AM button goes to 700 WLW of the Cincinnati Reds radio network. 50Kw 24/7 for baseball at night.
Fourth AM button goes to 870 WWL in New Orleans. 50Kw 24/7 for all things NOLA (LSU tears after a loss is must-hear).
Fifth AM button goes to 1100 WTAM of the Cleveland Indians radio network. 50Kw 24/7 for my hometown Tribe.
Sixth AM button goes to 1120 KMOX of the St. Louis Cardinals radio network. 50Kw 24/7 for
@Teamubr's baseball team.
The last two buttons are open to suggestions. Must be 50Kw at night for me to pick up. I'm disappointed that 1020 KDKA in Pittsburgh is apparently NOT on the Pirates network (wish they were - my brother now lives in Pittsburgh). The Braves are on an Atlanta station that is 50Kw during the day but powers down at night. Supposedly they have an affiliate (sometimes) in Birmingham about 50 miles from me but the games are not always played on any of their 2 FM and 1 AM family of stations. They get bumped off about 50% of the time for what seems to be no reason at all. Not that I give a rat's rear end about the Braves (they beat the Indians in the World Series about 25 years ago and I've never forgiven them - I always pull for the other team).
If you've managed to read this far, you're probably thinking that this is DEEP down a rabbit hole that only Ed cares about (or he needs a professional intervention). But sometimes when I head out on the road early in the morning before the sun comes up, I can pull in the AM superstations and it's fun to listen to weather or sports talk in a different city. As well as at night of course after dark.
So I am taking suggestions on my last two buttons. Must be 50Kw 24/7 and not across the country like California or Alaska.
Bama Ed
PS - baseball affiliates are a plus
PPS - yes I have the MLB phone app/desktop subscription and for $20/yr can listen to either side's radio broadcasters and AUX/BT it into the radio from the phone. But I grew up in cars with AM radios tuned with knobs and a sliding orange tuning stick so I have an affinity for listening to the car radio directly.