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Ethno.FM Sacramento, Can't find the calls
Vallejo, CA
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Ethno.FM Sacramento, Can't find the calls
Vallejo, CA
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FM Frequency of the Week: 87.7
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I remember you can pick up analog Channel 6 with this one. The last time I picked up a TV signal from 87.7 FM from Vallejo was when KVIE-TV Sacramento was on Analog from the 1990's-2009.
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Editorial: FOX6 and 87.7 FM
The following is an editorial from FOX6 WBRC-TV General Manager Lou Kirchen, first aired on Tuesday, August 25, 2009.
I know it 87.75
Yes I know, I lived in Vallejo til 2014I remember you can pick up analog Channel 6 with this one. The last time I picked up a TV signal from 87.7 FM from Vallejo was when KVIE-TV Sacramento was on Analog from the 1990's-2009.
Editorial: FOX6 and 87.7 FM
The following is an editorial from FOX6 WBRC-TV General Manager Lou Kirchen, first aired on Tuesday, August 25, 2009.
I used too pick up KVIE on my Sony Sports Walkman
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Nothing, obviously. Still plenty of wide open spaces on the FM dial here and no local TV, so no local Franken-FMs.
Nothing, obviously. Still plenty of wide open spaces on the FM dial here and no local TV, so no local Franken-FMs.
Occasionally Radio Elargie - a Kreyol language broadcaster reportedly from the Kissimmee FL area.
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I remember a family trip to Disney world in the 1980s (IIRC) when analog Channel 6 from Orlando (then WDBO-TV) was promoting the fact that you could listen to its audio on 87.7. Meanwhile at my home northwest of Chicago, channel 6 from Milwaukee had a fairly reliable signal on a good radio in those days on 87.7.
I can get ME-FM in Kenosha. Far reach for a tiny signal - though I figure the lack of competition probably has to do with it!
Same here, Or at least I could in my previous vehicle which tuned 87.75 correctly. Since then. my occasional runs to Tenuta's (Italian deli in Kenosha) haven't been quite the same.
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In 2023 there is no audio to be heard in Central/Northern NY on this frequency, but it used to be quite active a few years ago.
In Syracuse, NY until 2021 we had "Love Radio 87.7" WVOA LP than ran an Atari Video Music machine to generate a video signal. They converted the license to digital, still using channel 6 but no longer carrying the radio format.
Further north in New York there were a couple of Canadian analog TV 6 stations that could be heard on the US side. Up until 2011, CIII-TV-6 from Ottawa and up until 2020 CJOH-TV-6 from Deseronto/Kingston, ON could be heard in northern NY depending on where you were.
In Syracuse, NY until 2021 we had "Love Radio 87.7" WVOA LP than ran an Atari Video Music machine to generate a video signal. They converted the license to digital, still using channel 6 but no longer carrying the radio format.
Further north in New York there were a couple of Canadian analog TV 6 stations that could be heard on the US side. Up until 2011, CIII-TV-6 from Ottawa and up until 2020 CJOH-TV-6 from Deseronto/Kingston, ON could be heard in northern NY depending on where you were.
Just checked here in Kissimmee, at least at this moment, there is nothing on 87.7.
Retro WKMG (CBS-TV) from Orlando.
I can get a spotty signal on my drive to work in Jackson, TN from the franken-FM on WPGF-LD 6 in Memphis. They're called The Pig and is classic rock. I may have asked this before but are the franken-FM stations that are being allowed by the FCC actually on 87.7 or 87.75?
I also used 87.7 for MP3 transmitters except when I was too close to WPGF or WPSD 6 in Paducah, KY. I may be starting to do that again soon because in my new job (Back in IT!
) I occasionally drive a company vehicle that may not have Bluetooth or USB on the radio.
I also used 87.7 for MP3 transmitters except when I was too close to WPGF or WPSD 6 in Paducah, KY. I may be starting to do that again soon because in my new job (Back in IT!
) I occasionally drive a company vehicle that may not have Bluetooth or USB on the radio.From the southwest suburbs of Chicago ...
Our local 87.75 "FM" is the analog audio service of WRME-LD, the only ATSC 3.0 station in town so far. Engineers figured out how to carve out just enough room for the analog audio without the digital disturbing it, and vice versa, and convinced the FCC to allow it. The video is Jewelry TV, a home-shopping service. The audio identifies as "Me-FM" running oldies, with Weigel running it under an LMA. (The WWME calls are used not here, but on a low-power TV station.) As others have noted, it gets out quite far for a low-power signal from high atop the John Hancock Center. Next time I run out of town, I'll see how far it goes before fadeout.
WRME-LD had a pile of previous call signs in the analog lower-power days, including WLFM-LP, WKQX-LP, WIQI-LP and WGWG-LP, when WGN Radio programmed it as an all-sports station, which was a ratings dud.
In the analog TV days, Chicago was surrounded by channel 6 stations in Milwaukee (WITI), Davenport (WOC/KWQC) and Indianapolis (WRTV). My car radio could pick up WRTV well north of Lafayette (about 60 miles out) before Milwaukee and occasionally Davenport would interfere. The latter was more intrusive given it is an NBC affiliate while Indy and Milwaukee are both ABC.
Our local 87.75 "FM" is the analog audio service of WRME-LD, the only ATSC 3.0 station in town so far. Engineers figured out how to carve out just enough room for the analog audio without the digital disturbing it, and vice versa, and convinced the FCC to allow it. The video is Jewelry TV, a home-shopping service. The audio identifies as "Me-FM" running oldies, with Weigel running it under an LMA. (The WWME calls are used not here, but on a low-power TV station.) As others have noted, it gets out quite far for a low-power signal from high atop the John Hancock Center. Next time I run out of town, I'll see how far it goes before fadeout.
WRME-LD had a pile of previous call signs in the analog lower-power days, including WLFM-LP, WKQX-LP, WIQI-LP and WGWG-LP, when WGN Radio programmed it as an all-sports station, which was a ratings dud.
In the analog TV days, Chicago was surrounded by channel 6 stations in Milwaukee (WITI), Davenport (WOC/KWQC) and Indianapolis (WRTV). My car radio could pick up WRTV well north of Lafayette (about 60 miles out) before Milwaukee and occasionally Davenport would interfere. The latter was more intrusive given it is an NBC affiliate while Indy and Milwaukee are both ABC.
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In my experience the signal is usually listenable for about 40-50 miles. Having a transmitter on top of the John Hancock building certainly helps.
Beautiful Kenosha, WI- WRME-LP's analog audio is still usable up here across the state line. Unfortunately, my Ford radio only tunes down to 87.9. My wife's Hyundai gets it just fine.
Retro- WITI Milwaukee. First heard it on my first FM radio in about 1966. E-skip would bring Lansing, Indy, Quad Cities pretty regularly in the summer. When the Chicago LPTV came on in analog, it pretty much tore up WITI within about 10 miles of the state line.
Oh, and the actual FOTW? Nothing but FM car transmitters; amazing how many I hear. Usually playing uncensored hip hop or an occasional phone call.
Retro- WITI Milwaukee. First heard it on my first FM radio in about 1966. E-skip would bring Lansing, Indy, Quad Cities pretty regularly in the summer. When the Chicago LPTV came on in analog, it pretty much tore up WITI within about 10 miles of the state line.
Oh, and the actual FOTW? Nothing but FM car transmitters; amazing how many I hear. Usually playing uncensored hip hop or an occasional phone call.
On a car trip from Long Island to Florida once, three of us young'ins looking for work, the Renault car radio was picking up some soap opera way low on the FM dil. It turned out to be from Channel 6 in Richmond. Two of us were DXers, yet it was the first time we'd ever heard of that being on a radio dial.
At the Folks' house northeast of Philly, some FM radios would tune low enough to get audio from that city's WPVI Channel 6.
At the Folks' house northeast of Philly, some FM radios would tune low enough to get audio from that city's WPVI Channel 6.
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