92.1 kjmn coverage question.

[Syfy]

In certain parts of the state where the coverage map says that this station should be coming in ok it seems to be very staticy. 30-40 miles outside of Denver. What is the furthest from Denver anyone has picked this station up clearly?

 

[davideduardo]

In certain parts of the state where the coverage map says that this station should be coming in ok it seems to be very staticy. 30-40 miles outside of Denver. What is the furthest from Denver anyone has picked this station up clearly?

If you are using Radio Locator, the innermost red contour is pretty much the outer limits of where any measured listening takes place.

And, even then those contours are very rough estimates. One has to look at a Longley-Rice propagation model which takes into account far more of the terrain variations.

Longley–Rice model - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Syfy]

If you are using Radio Locator, the innermost red contour is pretty much the outer limits of where any measured listening takes place.

And, even then those contours are very rough estimates. One has to look at a Longley-Rice propagation model which takes into account far more of the terrain variations.

Longley–Rice model - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Good point.

 

[Syfy]

If you are using Radio Locator, the innermost red contour is pretty much the outer limits of where any measured listening takes place.

And, even then those contours are very rough estimates. One has to look at a Longley-Rice propagation model which takes into account far more of the terrain variations.

Longley–Rice model - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This is a Spanish station and I feel its very underrated compared to 96.5 kxpk. They carry the el show de piolin which is a really good show which should be on more stations in my opinion. Its a 42000 watt station. I don't know if it follows the critical hours or if its unlimited 42000 watts.

 

[davideduardo]

This is a Spanish station and I feel its very underrated compared to 96.5 kxpk. They carry the el show de piolin which is a really good show which should be on more stations in my opinion. Its a 42000 watt station. I don't know if it follows the critical hours or if its unlimited 42000 watts.

FMs don't have critical hours. The have the same power and coverage 24/7.

Piolín is far more limited in appeal than he used to be when he pretty much burnt out as a morning personality on a big network. He's still entertaining, but nothing like his earlier years, particularly when he started at KSCA and the HBC stations in the early 2000's.

Note: he did overnights on KWIZ in Santa Ana, and he talked to much. So when I had to let go the morning guy there, I figured that if I couldn't keep Piolín quiet, I'd put him where talking was OK. That was around 1994.

 

[Huff]

In certain parts of the state where the coverage map says that this station should be coming in ok it seems to be very staticy. 30-40 miles outside of Denver. What is the furthest from Denver anyone has picked this station up clearly?

And here is what the actual coverage of KJMN looks like. The FCC contours become especially meaningless for real-world use in mountainous terrain.

 

[Syfy]

Where’d you find this map at?

 

[davideduardo]

Where’d you find this map at?

That is a Langly-Rice map based on real terrain. Generally, you have to either have the licensed software or go to a site that will run the map for you if you put in all the station data, including coordinates and other info.

There used to be a couple of online sites that did that, one in Canada, but they appear to not be doing this any more. Chris or Scott, any suggestion for those maps?

 

[Syfy]

Thanks David I’d be interested in checking out more of these maps that are more accurate for other stations and not just the generic inaccurate maps on radio locator. They accurate somewhat accurate but not in some or maybe most cases.

 

[Huff]

There is no site to my knowledge that produces L/R maps on demand for US radio stations, but you can get an idea of radio coverage in markets by looking at TV stations here:

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