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93.9 in Columbus?

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ssnake

I was picking up a 93.9 in Columbus during the past few days. Sounded like sports talk, with Internet-like heavy data compression. I don't see any licensed 93.9s nearby -- is this a pirate?
 
ssnake said:
I was picking up a 93.9 in Columbus during the past few days. Sounded like sports talk, with Internet-like heavy data compression. I don't see any licensed 93.9s nearby -- is this a pirate?
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You probably heard WYTK-93.9 out of the Florence/Muscle Shoals, Ala. It's the local ESPN Radio affiliate.
 
More likely WQSI in Auburn. They have a local sports talk show starting around 5pm ET. The rest of the time it is classic country, I think.
 
I bet it was WQSI. I see that until last year it was 3 kW on 94.1, which is why I had never picked it up before. Now it is 12.5 kW at 143 m on 93.9. I was surprised to see it show up on an FM seek.
 
Since the move to 93.9, WQSI is not difficult to hear in Columbus. We're inside of the fringe listening area according to Radio-Locator... http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WQSI&service=FM&status=L&hours=U

It would be nice if Tiger 95.9 could make a frequency move so they could get of the trap they're in...95.7 The River blocks them from the East, and Montgomery's Alice 96.1 blocks them from the West. And, with WBUE-LP's ridiculously wide bandwidth on 96.1, it's virtually impossible to hear The Tiger in Columbus.
 
DJK_31904 said:
It would be nice if Tiger 95.9 could make a frequency move so they could get of the trap they're in...95.7 The River blocks them from the East, and Montgomery's Alice 96.1 blocks them from the West. And, with WBUE-LP's ridiculously wide bandwidth on 96.1, it's virtually impossible to hear The Tiger in Columbus.
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Even before 96.1 went on the air, 95.9 was difficult to pick up in town, compared to 96.7 or 97.7, because of their weaker/more distant facility.

WBUE-LP seems very poorly engineered. Last time I was in town, the audio was glitching every 30 seconds or so -- unlistenable. Then, later, it was transmitting silence for a long time.

You'd think WBUE-LP could do a better job to fill the CCM niche in Columbus. WVFJ 93.3 obviously has a null toward Columbus not reflected in the coverage maps. It's either the antenna pattern or the terrain. Maybe the upgrade they've applied for could put a listenable signal in Columbus again.
 
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