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WBGR FM 93.1

Anyone notice the dx conditions over the past couple days? I was listening to Win 98.5 in Demopolis up on I-565 tonight in Huntsville. Then, at home (NW Cullman Co.)102.7 WXBM in P-Cola (not pepsi cola;) was clear as a whistle. The most amazing was getting 94.3 WQRX in Greenville 200 miles away w/ a 3KW signal loud 'n clear up here. And the highlight..... Listening to 93.9 The Eagle in Auburn, also another rarity considering their tx in Union Springs is only 13kW, and that there's an ESPN station about 40 miles north of here on the same channel.

I know this is not really worth taking up space on the R-I boards, but I'd thought I'd just make light of this.

Travis
 
Yes, I noticed and I was not happy. I live on the southern edge of my station's signal and it was getting completely overrun by a station in Nashville on the same frequency. Those of us who run stations with rimshot signals really HATE this stuff. At least the Nashville station has the same format. If Lady Gaga had been messing up my Led Zeppelin I would have had to go to Nashville and do something illegal to their tower. :)
 
was having a very hard time getting WKXX over gadsden way (actually their tower is 3 or 4 moutains over heading blountsville direction) - but when the static went away, i was getting a JACK-FM station. i was like whoa??

I could barely pick up 99.1 one day (anyone notice how they've stolen the "Huntsville's Modern Music", but sounds nothing like Live 100.5 in the Birmingham market? lol

Somtimes it was quite frustrating...especially for a computer tech that i am that spends quite a bit of time in his car....
 
I experienced the same thing on a drive out of Alabama west on 82 the other day. Between Tuscaloosa and Columbus there was so much noise that even some of the stronger stations were having issues. WTXT and WUAL both were getting hammered fierce even though I was relatively close to both of them. Strangely, I was getting one of the MPB stations (from Jackson, on 91.3) pretty strongly.

Later on in central Mississippi, there were a few stations still off the air from some storms and I got Jackson (TN) and Alexandria (LA) pretty well on those two channels. Everything else was just a sloppy mess.

There's good DX and bad DX, and to me this was some bad DX because nothing was overpowering anything else. It really was that bad. :(
 
jay said:
was having a very hard time getting WKXX over gadsden way (actually their tower is 3 or 4 moutains over heading blountsville direction) - but when the static went away, i was getting a JACK-FM station. i was like whoa??

I could barely pick up 99.1 one day (anyone notice how they've stolen the "Huntsville's Modern Music", but sounds nothing like Live 100.5 in the Birmingham market? lol

Somtimes it was quite frustrating...especially for a computer tech that i am that spends quite a bit of time in his car....
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That Jack FM was WNPT 102.9 in Marion - What used to be Classic Country station Catfish 102.9. btw I was also getting a station that identified themselves as "Oldies 99.3." I thought it may have been Monroeville but I thought they carried "Timeless Favorites" and this wasn't that style of music (I compared it w/ T.Favs on 95.3 and it wasn't the same music as 99.3)

Any Suggestions on where this may have been out of?

Travis
 
In Monroeville, WMFC AM (1360), counterpart to WMFC-FM 99.3 does indeed carry the "Timeless Favorites" syndication but Oldies 99.3 still carries a traditional oldies format of the last 15 years - not "classic hits". However, to even DX 99.3 from Monroeville unless there is dense dense fog that far north is impressive. From where I live (east of Montgomery), driving west into Montgomery its almost common now to pick up the Jack FM station in Jackson, MS (94.7, despite the nearness of WTBF in Troy) and SuperQ 105.1 (also Jackson - Kosciusko <sp>).
 
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