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FM Frequency of the Week: 97.5

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Hartland, VT:
W248DA Hanover, NH. Translator of WTSL(AM) (1400) Hanover, "The Penguin," with a "chill hits" format of very female-friendly poppy AC.

Meriden, CT:
WALK Patchogue, NY. Hot AC.
 
Tyler TX:

Somewhat local N/T 97.5 KTBB-FM licensed to Troup. Tropo brings in CHR 97.5 KWTX Waco periodically, blanketing KTBB-FM.
 
Wilmington Delaware

Local WPEN in Philadelphia with local Sports talk during the day and ESPN programming overnight. It is also the flagship station for the Sixers, Flyers, and Union. Despite it being a Class B it doesn't put a strong signal down here and many warm humid nights I get WKTT in Salisbury MD with hip-hop music rather than WPEN.
 
Far northwest Chicago suburbs. 97.5 is WZOK from Rockford, IL. Good signal from about 35 miles west of me.
 
Oakland, CA - Caught between Alice and K-Love: 97.3 KLLC San Francisco and 97.7 KWAI Los Altos, which gets in here surprisingly well, but then again my elevation is 1380 feet.

Denver - A similar story: flanked by 97.3 KBCO and 97.7 K249EX, though it's possible that my upcoming location doesn't get much of the latter, judging by the fccdata.org-generated coverage map. K249EX seems to be more of a west-side thing. I might have a chance at KPLS-FM Strasburg if Radio 74 ever gets their upgrade built, but that's in all the nowhere east of Aurora so, hmmm.
 
97.5 are translators in Portland.

K248DD relays KBMS-AM
K248BS relays KZGD-AM

Neither cover the market, just the south East and West of it respectively.

KDOA-LP also covers a portion of the Vancouver side of the river.
 
97.5 in the part of South Jersey I'm in is overpowered by WENJ. However, the closest signal above Hammonton is WPEN (Burlington).

If I'm driving the Parkway north above exit 90 I can start picking up WALK out of Long Island. I was surprised how many signals hop over the water into Monmouth County.
 
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South Mississippi:

usually fringe signal from 97.5 WABD Mobile, AL - The Gulf Coast's Hit Music Station
sometimes, these have been heard:
KWTX Waco, TX (CHR)
KTBB Troup, TX - News-Weather-Talk
WLTF Martinsburg, WV - Today's 97.5 More Music and Better Variety
WONE Akron, OH - The Home of Rock & Roll
CBEW Windsor, ON - CBC Radio One
 
97.5 are translators in Portland.

K248DD relays KBMS-AM
K248BS relays KZGD-AM

Neither cover the market, just the south East and West of it respectively.

KDOA-LP also covers a portion of the Vancouver side of the river.
And farther north you have K248CN Ariel, near Longview, relaying NWPB News. A busy frequency in the Portland region. Last time I was there (prior to COVID, prior to the riots), you were lucky to pick up a very weak KSHL Gleneden Beach OR in Gresham.

Here in Yakima, 97.5 is nearly empty. A wisp of KOLW Basin City (Classic Hits via satellite) where I live, and it's a little stronger up on the hill. They aren't solid until Sunnyside or so, but I love their music mix. They are a placeholder format with no local advertising, so the songs covered by commercials also air. Santana's 'Winning' was one of those songs yesterday. I doubt anyone has a classic hits station that plays it!
Sometimes KNLR Bend shows up via tropo scatter. Plenty of E-skip, including double hop from KWTX Waco TX, 6/30/17, once a record at 1623 miles until this past July when it was broken by two FMs in Beaumont TX. Also have short skip logged from KDLY Lander WY, 638 mi, 7/2/15. And like I said, several more Es logs that I don't have time to post.
 
97.5 in the part of South Jersey I'm in is overpowered by WENJ. However, the closest signal above Hammonton is WPEN (Burlington).

If I'm driving the Parkway north above exit 90 I can start picking up WALK out of Long Island. I was surprised how many signals hop over the water into Monmouth County.
WALK 97.5 travels very far. I've received them in Enfield, CT, Poughkeepsie, NY, Parsippany, NJ under normal conditions.

From Northeast Essex County, NJ. W248CG from Jersey City, NJ. Can hear WALK 97.5 if nulled.
Tropo WALK and WPEN
 
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