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Strongest Charleston signals

101tm

101tm

Just wondering which signals in the Charleston market seem to be the strongest? Any specific experiences any of you have had with them?

By far, WIWF 96.9 is the strongest for me, and it's a class C. Easily throws a solid signal out to the I-95 corridor for a long distance and even past it the signal carries for a while.

WXLY 102.5 seems to be the second best or one of the best. The signal makes it pretty far inland and to the south quite well, I've gotten it pretty well towards almost Orangeburg before.

95SX makes it in pretty well, can easily get them down in Beaufort and even a bit to the south.

There may be others that I've just never paid much attention to or haven't had a great day, but those 3 seem to by far be the most consistent as far as strength.
 
When I lived south of Monroe NC near the SC line I could pick up Ecstasy, the beautiful music station at 96.9, and WKTM, the album rocker at 102.5. But that's nothing. When I lived east of Hickory, northwest of Charlotte, I could pick up the "classic hits" station at 102.5 (I forget what it was called, but it was the second station I had ever heard with that format), and the song I heard was "Chantilly Lace" by The Big Bopper.

I never tried it in the 70s but on cable TV there was a channel with announcements that played Ecstasy. Myrtle Beach didn't have a beautiful music station but apparently 96.9 FM could be received there. Years later when it was AC I tried it and it didn't have much of a signal even in the car.

92.5 was much closer to Myrtle at the time but I remember it sounded good.

I usually stayed on the south end but I've had trouble getting a room at what was my usual place, but I seem to recall even in the room sometimes getting 93.3 and 104.5. 95.1, 102.5 and 103.5 sometimes did well. 98.9 had the best signal but it was farther north. I even heard 99.7 when it was big band in 1994 and Myrtle didn't have a station at 99.5. Now that was one of the best stations I ever heard.

I don't remember if I picked up 96.1 in the room, but I do remember "The Wave" in the car.
 
I've heard WAVF 101.7 Chuck FM from Wilmington NC and Myrtle Beach SC to Savannah GA, as well as up to Columbia SC, seems to be the strongest in my experience.

Before the Woodruff SC translator for WQUL (W269DM) went up, I used to hear them sometimes in Spartanburg SC as well.
 
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I forget why they moved the signal, but WIHB at the time (B92/WIHB) was a great top 40 vs the straight laced 95SX. SX musically is way better than it used to be now, better than 95.9 but B92 was a fun station.
 
101tm said:
I forget why they moved the signal, but WIHB at the time (B92/WIHB) was a great top 40 vs the straight laced 95SX. SX musically is way better than it used to be now, better than 95.9 but B92 was a fun station.
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The big move was from a tower way out in the country. You need to be close to a big market.
 
COL for 92.5 was Manning, SC, and was once known as Wheelz 92.5 (WHLZ). Can't remember when the station moved to the Charleston area.
 
Random question related to this:

Most of the Charleston stations are on a fairly short tower (for class C’s) in Mt. Pleasant. Before Hugo, most of them were on taller towers. What compelled the broadcasters to remain on a smaller tower when you have the taller towers in Awendaw or even rebuild the old towers to their original height?
 
96.9 is the best signal in the area bar none. It used to be listened to heavily in Myrtle Beach, especially in the Sunny era of the late 90s, and going back to when it was WXTC. Now I think there’s a translator nearby, but it used to blast in.
 
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