Furthest Received FM Central California Station

[bjmtech]

What is the furthest Central Valley FM station you have received either in a car or stationary receiver? I have received KSKS 93.7 on a clock radio in a Walnut Creak hotel as well as KVPW 106.3 in near Tehachapi. What have you heard?

 

[Michael Rivers Kramer]

What is the furthest Central Valley FM station you have received either in a car or stationary receiver? I have received KSKS 93.7 on a clock radio in a Walnut Creak hotel as well as KVPW 106.3 in near Tehachapi. What have you heard?

Living in San Mateo, I picked up KFYE 93.7 Y94 from Fresno in the early 1980s. This is before KRXQ moved to 93.7.

I also picked up KEKA 101.5 Eureka in late 80s while driving in the Sacramento Area.

 

[kenrayc]

KSKS 93.7 definitely, I"ve heard it on the Grapevine and in the Bay area, second would be KBOS 94.9 and KSEQ 97.1 heard those as far south as Valencia and on Pachaco Pass on 152. and I think some of the other Eshom Point stations reach to those places as well.

 

[MisterGort]

KLOS 95.5 from LA and 96.1 from Sacramento come in to the Hanford Visalia area as well as some of the San Luis Obispo area Stations. 100.1 A in Stockton as well. Several of the Class A's in the Central Valley have some good coverage at times. Arvin - Lamont - Taft stations and Atwater all get into the Hanford area at times.

 

[kenrayc]

If its the reverse, stations I have received here in Clovis from out of town distance wise on FM would be 100.7 KTHU from Corning Followed by KLOS 95.5, not counting those dxing distance stations, those 2 are more common, 100.7 is open here, makes since during those Tropo conditions.

 

[stewie]

Heard 104.7 KHTN one night in Chico, CA.

Circa 2000-2001

 

[Signal Geek]

Way back in the 70's, I heard KRUZ 103.3 Santa Barbara (now KVYB The Vibe) a few times in Mill Valley, about 300 miles north.

 

[brettbutlerisok]

I heard KLOS a few times in Visalia, used to listen to 104.5 from Atascadero just outside of Riverdale quite a bit, and often listened to KFRR and KRZR in Atascadero. Driving up the grapevine I would switch back and forth between KRAB, KFRR and KROQ for kevin and bean, or loveline, when KROQ wouldn't work it was usually KJUG. I remember in the mid to late 90's the Front Row on KRZR had a frequent caller who said she listens ota from Tehachapi.

 

[mofocat]

KBAY 100.3 Monterey was a regular in the Fresno, Madera, Tulare county area before KMAK Orange Cove came on, KFAT 94.5 Gilroy was a regular for many from Sacto to Visalia '75 thru 82.
100.5 from way North of Sacto (Gridely?)was fairly regular. Occasional KLOS for me in the 80s was probably the furthest- when not counting the rare mid-west E-skip openings. (Texas through North to mid-Canada)

 

[AKDXer]

I grew up in Atascadero in the '00s. Some of my catches:

93.7 from Fresno...KSKS I guess?
103.7 from Fresno as well.
104.1 KBOX from Lompoc, but only on car radios
96.9 KWAV from Monterrey (105Kw ERP!)


Brettbutleriosk, you used to drive to Atascadero a lot? KROQ, was that 107.3 in the Atascadero area?

 

[brettbutlerisok]

I grew up in Atascadero in the '00s. Some of my catches:

Brettbutleriosk, you used to drive to Atascadero a lot? KROQ, was that 107.3 in the Atascadero area?

Used to. KROQ 106.7 Los Angeles.

 

[kenrayc]

KURQ 107.3 New Rock Grover City used to be a sister station to KFRR 104.1 Woodlake-Fresno, now they when to a Spanish Language format.