While many AM-band radios can be tuned to 1710 kHz, it is above the standard upper limit of 1700 kHz assigned to the

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, thus is generally unavailable for licensed radio operation because it may interfere with

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on 1708 kHz.

Canada

CHIM-FM CHIM is a Canadian radio station, which previously broadcast Christian music on 102.3 FM in Timmins, Ontario. The station also currently broadcasts on 1710 AM. The station began testing its signal on 102.3 MHz on December 24, 1995, and of ...

says that it operates on 1710 kHz at

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. There may be other radio stations that use this frequency for tourist information, traffic,

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, unlicensed

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stations, or temporarily for special events.

United States

Travelers' information station A travelers' information station (TIS), also called highway advisory radio (HAR) by the United States Department of Transportation, is a licensed low-powered non-commercial radio station, used to broadcast information to the general public, inclu ...

WQFG689 is the only station licensed on 1710 in the US; it is licensed to the government of

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. *Low-powered "

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" relay of

KHMV-LP KHMV-LP is a low power radio station broadcasting out of Half Moon Bay, California Half Moon Bay is a coastal city in San Mateo County, California, United States, approximately south of San Francisco. Its population was 11,795 2020 census ...

in Half Moon Bay, California (does not require a license) *In 2010, an illegal unlicensed radio station in

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, was reported to have used this frequency.

References

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