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FM Frequency of the Week: 102.9

Tyler, TX picks up a varied signal from KDMX in DFW. It's an iHeart Hot AC known as "Mix 102.9". Hit or miss. Some days it's like a local, some it's barely listenable, but it's typically there.
 
Hartland, VT:

During enhanced reception conditions, WBLM Portland, ME, can be heard with classic rock.

Meriden, CT:

WDRC-FM Hartford ("The Whale"), classic rock.
 
Wilmington Delaware

Strong HD signal from WMGK Philadelphia PA with a Classic Rock format. It is one of the top rated stations in the Philly metro.

During extreme TROPO I've heard WOWI in Norfolk VA with Hip-Hop Music. One night I almost had a panic attack hearing Hip-Hop on 102.9 thinking WMGK had changed their format. But with a twist of the antenna I was able to null WOWI and bring WMGK back in calming my fears.
 
Mankato, MN
KMNB The Wolf in Minneapolis
Country and FM station for MN Twins (sister station to mothership WCCO AM)
 
Canyon Lake, TX: KLTN was the most consistent Houston signal (before the tragic accident). Could never figure out why they came in the most frequently with a tower height half of the Missouri City sticks.
 
In Southern/Midcoast Maine it's WBLM Portland with classic rock, OR... in Eastern Maine It's WCRQ Dennysville/Calais/Saint Stephen
New Brunswick "Border Country 102.9"
 
North Iowa:
Weak, but sometimes very audible, signal from KZIA/Cedar Rapids. I’ve also picked up KMNB/Minneapolis and KTFG/Sioux Rapids on certain occasions, but ‘ZIA tends to be the frequent visitor.

Central Kansas:
Good signal from KHUT/Hutchinson.
 
Philly/South Jersey area: 102.9 WMGK classic Rock.
Little Rock/ Hot Springs Arkansas 102.9 KARN-FM News/Talk
Albuquerque NM KARS-AM relaying Hispanic rhythmic Fuego 102.9.
Hampton/ Camden/ El Dorado Arkansas Dx between KARN little rock and Magic 102.9 KVMA Shreveport LA Urban AC.
Jonesboro AR KFLO-LP 102.9 with a classic hits format.
 
From Pickerington, Ohio, it's all WDHT, about 60 miles to my west. Serves the Dayton area, of course, but it's powerful enough in the western suburbs of Columbus to stop the scan.
I'll always remember it as classic rocker WING, even though that hasn't been the format or call letters in 23 years.
 
schmave said:
From Pickerington, Ohio, it's all WDHT, about 60 miles to my west. Serves the Dayton area, of course, but it's powerful enough in the western suburbs of Columbus to stop the scan.
I'll always remember it as classic rocker WING, even though that hasn't been the format or call letters in 23 years.
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Older than that it was WAZU and WBLY-FM. Licensed to Springfield but re-licensed to Urbana to facilitate Urbana's 101.7 to 101.5 in Enon. As far as I know, the tower is still west of Springfield.
 
Appreciate the memory jog ... it was WAZU I was thinking of as much as WING. I did listen more than in the WING days though.
I thought I'd seen the tower from 70, a la the old 105.7 tower next to 33 and 42 near Marysville, but upon closer inspection it's too far north for that.
 
In the car it's WMGK from Philly. They get roughed up a bit by the big (and closer) signal stuff from Kiss-FM in Williamsport. Depends on the hills. The main business drag in Schuylkill County -- the only one, really -- is Route 61, and IT goes diagonally, against all grain and logic, from the other big roads ..... I-81, PA 54, US 209......that behave and generally follow the passes of the Appalachians' arc. Lol-- even the county's tilted real estate shape goes with the flow.
'DRC-FM used to be big stuff on Long Island in their AoR days of the 70's. The three AoRs on the island then -- WLIR, WBAB and WRCN -- were all smaller signalled. 'DRC-FM covered more Long Island real estate than any of those. (WPLR New Haven was also a huge AoR on L.I. then, but 99.1 is another topic.)
Lots of personalities shuttled from Hartford to Philly in those days, and co-channel WMGK and WDRC had a few. I never heard either station say 'One oh two point nine', either. The '103' must've been quite accommodating.
 
schmave said:
Appreciate the memory jog ... it was WAZU I was thinking of as much as WING. I did listen more than in the WING days though.
I thought I'd seen the tower from 70, a la the old 105.7 tower next to 33 and 42 near Marysville, but upon closer inspection it's too far north for that.
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The tower was and is right across from the (I guess former now) Upper Valley Mall. WULM AM 1600 was and likely still is on the same tower.
 
Steve Green NEPA said:
In the car it's WMGK from Philly. They get roughed up a bit by the big (and closer) signal stuff from Kiss-FM in Williamsport. Depends on the hills. The main business drag in Schuylkill County -- the only one, really -- is Route 61, and IT goes diagonally, against all grain and logic, from the other big roads ..... I-81, PA 54, US 209......that behave and generally follow the passes of the Appalachians' arc. Lol-- even the county's tilted real estate shape goes with the flow.
'DRC-FM used to be big stuff on Long Island in their AoR days of the 70's. The three AoRs on the island then -- WLIR, WBAB and WRCN -- were all smaller signalled. 'DRC-FM covered more Long Island real estate than any of those. (WPLR New Haven was also a huge AoR on L.I. then, but 99.1 is another topic.)
Lots of personalities shuttled from Hartford to Philly in those days, and co-channel WMGK and WDRC had a few. I never heard either station say 'One oh two point nine', either. The '103' must've been quite accommodating.
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WDRC-FM used "Oldies 102.9" as its branding very late in its life under Buckley ownership -- early '00s, IIRC. Before that, it was either "Oldies 103" or "Big D 103." There was also a brief run as "Big Hits," but I can't recall how the frequency was rendered.
 
European special from Leiden, South Holland, the Netherlands: Nothing right at 102.9, but the Hilversum transmitter for national commercial network Radio 10 is at 103.0 MHz. Radio 10 is probably best described as personality-driven Hot AC. There’s a lot of that here.
 
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