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FM Frequency of the Week: 92.9
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East Tennessee: One of the more quiet frequencies in my area. Normally it's a tossup between WFHG, Bluff City, TN and WVLK-FM, Lexington KY. I've also DXed one of my home stations, WGTZ, Eaton, Ohio.
Retro/other: I once worked at a 92.9. KGRC, Hannibal, MO. 100,000 watts at least at the time. I've received it as far off as Lafayette, IN.
Dayton, OH--WGTZ "Eaton Dayton and Springfield Alive" was local, but on occasions when they were off the air, WVLK was usually there, once so strongly that people thought WGTZ had changed formats, and were wondering where Man'O'War Parkway (a Lexington thoroughfare) was.
Lafayette, IN area: When I was there in the 1990s, it was a tossup between WNDU-FM (now WNDV) South Bend and WSEI, Olney, IL (which carried St. Louis Cardinals games). Since then WSKL, Veedersburg IN has started up, likely making either of them difficult.
Retro/other: I once worked at a 92.9. KGRC, Hannibal, MO. 100,000 watts at least at the time. I've received it as far off as Lafayette, IN.
Dayton, OH--WGTZ "Eaton Dayton and Springfield Alive" was local, but on occasions when they were off the air, WVLK was usually there, once so strongly that people thought WGTZ had changed formats, and were wondering where Man'O'War Parkway (a Lexington thoroughfare) was.
Lafayette, IN area: When I was there in the 1990s, it was a tossup between WNDU-FM (now WNDV) South Bend and WSEI, Olney, IL (which carried St. Louis Cardinals games). Since then WSKL, Veedersburg IN has started up, likely making either of them difficult.
Exactly the same at my location in the near north Chicago suburbs.
In Cheyenne, WY:
It's my local KPAW 92.9 F.E. Warren AFB, at about 19 miles away. It is the 4th strongest signal at my location, so even without RDS or HD, it makes it hard to DX around it. It does go to low power a few times per year, and I'm hoping that one of these times, E-skip will correlate with them being on low-power.
KPAW has had an interesting history, being 92.9 The Boss, then Star 92.9, and finally 92.9 The Bear. There's even some evidence that the great KOLT-FM was on here as well. Also, some of you will remember when the bear was on 107.9, and I even see bumper stickers for it occasionally.
It's my local KPAW 92.9 F.E. Warren AFB, at about 19 miles away. It is the 4th strongest signal at my location, so even without RDS or HD, it makes it hard to DX around it. It does go to low power a few times per year, and I'm hoping that one of these times, E-skip will correlate with them being on low-power.
KPAW has had an interesting history, being 92.9 The Boss, then Star 92.9, and finally 92.9 The Bear. There's even some evidence that the great KOLT-FM was on here as well. Also, some of you will remember when the bear was on 107.9, and I even see bumper stickers for it occasionally.
What used to be a quiet frequency here in central Ohio has become anything but in recent years.
WGTZ used to be audible in parts of the metro, but in 2016 WDLR from Delaware fired up a translator on 92.9. It pretty much covered the entire Columbus area despite being licensed at only 250 watts. Then about a year later, Columbus' WVKO-AM started its own translator on 92.9 despite WDLR already being on the air. Those two fought back and forth for a few years ... until effectively joining forces when WDLR and WVKO became WQCD and WWCD, respectively, taking the longtime CD 101/CD 102.5 alternative format and becoming CD 92.9.
Both stations still interfere with each other, but they carry exactly the same programming.
Get west of Columbus a little ways and these stations fight with Dayton until WGTZ takes over.
WGTZ used to be audible in parts of the metro, but in 2016 WDLR from Delaware fired up a translator on 92.9. It pretty much covered the entire Columbus area despite being licensed at only 250 watts. Then about a year later, Columbus' WVKO-AM started its own translator on 92.9 despite WDLR already being on the air. Those two fought back and forth for a few years ... until effectively joining forces when WDLR and WVKO became WQCD and WWCD, respectively, taking the longtime CD 101/CD 102.5 alternative format and becoming CD 92.9.
Both stations still interfere with each other, but they carry exactly the same programming.
Get west of Columbus a little ways and these stations fight with Dayton until WGTZ takes over.
Isn't it about time for this station to be MP4 92.9?
How empty is 92.9 at my location?
This morning, I had to do a roundtrip to Jsnesville, Wisconsin. About 50 miles each way through mostly open rural terrain. Straight shot via U.S. 14. I decided to hang out on 92.9 to see what might be out there.
The answer was "nothing". Not a whiff of anything came through. Unless we count splatter from a translator for Janesville local WCLO (1230) on 92.7. I did learn a couple of things, however. 1.) WCLO's translator on 92.7 operates with 250 ratts from a HAAT of 108 feet. The resultant effective range is about ten miles. 2.) next time there's a tropo or E-skip event, I plan to hang out on 92.9!
This morning, I had to do a roundtrip to Jsnesville, Wisconsin. About 50 miles each way through mostly open rural terrain. Straight shot via U.S. 14. I decided to hang out on 92.9 to see what might be out there.
The answer was "nothing". Not a whiff of anything came through. Unless we count splatter from a translator for Janesville local WCLO (1230) on 92.7. I did learn a couple of things, however. 1.) WCLO's translator on 92.7 operates with 250 ratts from a HAAT of 108 feet. The resultant effective range is about ten miles. 2.) next time there's a tropo or E-skip event, I plan to hang out on 92.9!
That's just perfect for E-skip! I see 92.9 come up a lot on the Todderbert YouTube page (who's also from Chicago), so I think you'd do well on 92.9.
San Jose, California
2.3KW KFRG, out of Healdsburg, makes it down here on occasion.
17.5KW KFSO out of Visalia, can be heard on occasion on my best radios.
Both stations are to far away for any normal listening, these are DX catches that I have heard deep in the mud, just standing in the right spot, in the yard.
2.3KW KFRG, out of Healdsburg, makes it down here on occasion.
17.5KW KFSO out of Visalia, can be heard on occasion on my best radios.
Both stations are to far away for any normal listening, these are DX catches that I have heard deep in the mud, just standing in the right spot, in the yard.
I will try to check this frequency next time there's strong tropo or E-skip.
Northeast New Jersey
HD sidebands from WPAT Paterson, NJ or a faint pirate typically
Tropo: WEHM Manorville, NY.
In rare tropo events, WBOS Boston. A few Summers ago, I had a listenable WBOS on my Insignia HD radio one morning. Same with WRDX Smyrna, DE.
I hope to get WMGS Wilkes Barre, PA
HD sidebands from WPAT Paterson, NJ or a faint pirate typically
Tropo: WEHM Manorville, NY.
In rare tropo events, WBOS Boston. A few Summers ago, I had a listenable WBOS on my Insignia HD radio one morning. Same with WRDX Smyrna, DE.
I hope to get WMGS Wilkes Barre, PA
I'm surprised that no one near Chicago mentioned hearing WNDU-FM/WNDV South Bend, IN. Also, WWTV-FM/WKJF-FM, now moved further North and down in elevation as WJZQ, used to be heard all over Lower Michigan except SW Michigan, and places with strong first adjacent signals. It was on the highest elevation land in the Lower Peninsula. People in Racine and Kenosha County still see WWTV frequently on Channel 9 now HD during tropospheric conditions from across the Lake from the same tower.
I've heard WKJF once in Central Ohio, listening off a cable antenna
Possibly during tropo I could hear WNDV, but I'm located too close to WCPY and WXRT.
South Mississippi:
fair signal on WBOX Varnado, LA (country), sometimes there are other stations including
W225CZ New Orleans, LA - translator of WWWL 1350 The Bet 92.9
WBLX Mobile, AL (urban)
WDXO Hazlehurst, MS "92.9 Jack FM"
KHLA Jennings, LA -92.9 The Lake (classic hits)
KKBQ Pasadena, TX -The New 93Q (country)
WBUF Buffalo, NY (classic rock)
fair signal on WBOX Varnado, LA (country), sometimes there are other stations including
W225CZ New Orleans, LA - translator of WWWL 1350 The Bet 92.9
WBLX Mobile, AL (urban)
WDXO Hazlehurst, MS "92.9 Jack FM"
KHLA Jennings, LA -92.9 The Lake (classic hits)
KKBQ Pasadena, TX -The New 93Q (country)
WBUF Buffalo, NY (classic rock)
Kenosha,WI- 92.9 is essentially an empty frequency here. However, I can usually catch a whiff of W225CP, relaying WPTT Hartford WI and IDing as Party 92.9. They transmit from Menominee Falls and rimshot Milwaukee.
Tropo catches, in order of most common, are WNDV South Bend, IN- very common in summer, KATF Dubuque, IA- not unusual to hear, and WJZQ Cadillac, MI- used to be a regular, but not so much since they moved.
BTW, the WJZQ callsign was last used on 95.1 here in Kenosha (current WIIL)
Tropo catches, in order of most common, are WNDV South Bend, IN- very common in summer, KATF Dubuque, IA- not unusual to hear, and WJZQ Cadillac, MI- used to be a regular, but not so much since they moved.
BTW, the WJZQ callsign was last used on 95.1 here in Kenosha (current WIIL)
WKJF-FM 92.9, until it moved further North to be a Traverse City city grade signal, barely fully spaced to WTCM-FM 103.5 at the time (10.6 MHz apart) (WTCM-FM is now downgraded to Class C0, to drop 103.9 into Big Rapids, which was originally proposed around 1980, where 102.3 was substituted for it to allow Class C WTCM-FM to move further South) was regularly heard in SE Michigan with a good antenna and tuner. Not until CFCO-1-FM, a groundbreaking 50 watt translator in Canada, now 250 watts, 50 miles away from my RL there, was WKJF-FM not heard regularly. They moved further North, and WLMI 92.9 was moved from Charlotte to Grand Ledge, and from 92.7 to 92.9, allowing it to be 6 kW. Between that and IBOC from WDRQ 93.1, it's rarely if ever heard now.
In case you hadn't noticed, WIIL stands for Wisconsin-Illinois, from it's transmitter 4 miles North of the border in Pleasant Prairie, WI.
In case you hadn't noticed, WIIL stands for Wisconsin-Illinois, from it's transmitter 4 miles North of the border in Pleasant Prairie, WI.
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Didn't Dex Card own WJZQ?
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