Heading north right now on I-65, just below Evergreen, had a very good signal on 96.3 of KTDR Del Rio TX, confirmed ID by commercial for Ram Country Toyota, I was listening to WRKH 96.1 as it was beginning to fade out and noticed interference, usually 96.1 fades out to just dead static for me until the Montgomery 96.1 comes in, flipped up the dial one to 96.3 and heard a song i liked so i left it on there, never really thought anything about it, until i checked radio-locator to see what station i was listening to, no 96.3 in AL except an LPFM in the SE corner of the state, Once a commercial break came up i searched the first thing i heard, which was Ram Country Toyota, and got a pretty nice surprise to see Del Rio TX, checked radio-locator again, and sure enough, there in Del Rio TX is 100kW KTDR. Caught with my JVC KD-S890 car tuner sitting in the back window of the car with rabbit ears, Couldn't use my more reliable Pioneer tuner because it's beeping annoys dad, and me too.
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Del Rio TX Heard near Evergreen AL
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On my way home here in Tampa just a little while ago, I got a rock station on 94.5 fading in from strong to nothing back to strong and all I got to hear them say with any reference to where they may be from was during a commercial where they said "locations on the south Texas coast".
There was also a Spanish speaking station with a more steady signal on 96.1 but I got no ID.
Now that I'm home, not much is left at all so I guess the opening is almost gone.
There was also a Spanish speaking station with a more steady signal on 96.1 but I got no ID.
Now that I'm home, not much is left at all so I guess the opening is almost gone.
gar fla said:
My initial guess was you heard The Buzz from Houston on 94.5, but then again from my time in that area I don't remember a lot of references to "the South Texas coast." That area usually, and rightly, is referred to as southeast Texas.
PS It's good to see this board starting to liven up a little again!
There was another opening later in the afternoon and I got KTDR.
I did hear them say Del Rio once and then I went to get a video camera out.
In order to confirm this was them, I called the station to see if the songs I heard were on their playlist and they were.
She said "That was us." I think she was a little surprised someone was hearing them from Tampa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQiv6uwSx8&feature=player_embedded
I did hear them say Del Rio once and then I went to get a video camera out.
In order to confirm this was them, I called the station to see if the songs I heard were on their playlist and they were.
She said "That was us." I think she was a little surprised someone was hearing them from Tampa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQiv6uwSx8&feature=player_embedded
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gar fla: I am having a field day in Houston with quite a few Florida stations sending signal this way. Caught KOLZ "95.3 OLZ" with RDS display from your neck of the woods this afternoon. Also a 96.9 that is playing what sounds like our Hot AC "Mix 965" here in Houston. I haven't caught an ID on it yet but have heard parts of an ad for a Florida Chevy dealer. I believe this may be WINK also from Fort Myers, FL. but it is fighting hard with our semi-local KNTE/El Campo, Texas and I can't get an official ID to log it.
Also have caught a rap station at 92.3 several times today and heard a public service announcement that included "Arkansas" on one occassion. Maybe KIPR from Pine Bluff, but again unconfirmed. What a great day for skip. Checked the AM side of things, and there is nothing out of the ordinary on the dial.
Also have caught a rap station at 92.3 several times today and heard a public service announcement that included "Arkansas" on one occassion. Maybe KIPR from Pine Bluff, but again unconfirmed. What a great day for skip. Checked the AM side of things, and there is nothing out of the ordinary on the dial.
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schmave said:
I don't think that was our Buzz, schmave. I've never heard any reference to the south Texas coast on The Buzz. I have a feeling he's got KFRQ/Harlingen. I believe they are still called "Q 94.5" if you can catch it again. It is 100kW at roughly 1150 feet located about halfway between McAllen and Brownsville.
Your Spanish speaker at 96.1 is probably from the same area. Harlingen also has a 100kW at 96.1 which is KBTQ. I believe it and KFRQ are on the same stick. Nice catch. Try 94.9, which should be "The Works" out of Del Rio. We get this one often in Houston in the wee hours of the morning. English music, Spanish speaking DJ's. Quite an oddity being from Houston where it's either one way or the other.
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purpledevil
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I have caught OLZ on 4 different occassions today. At about 2:30 it got hammered by a country station and spanish station at the same time. Then it fought back, RDS displayed again, and stayed for another 15 minutes or so. Now 95.3 is a mix of several competing stations. I've now lost the 96.9 which I figured was WINK. Now I'm getting a mix of "La Bonita" our semi-local, and a country station playing Kenny Rogers' "Gambler".
Looks like it's firing up again this afternoon.
After hunting down a pirate in Grenada, Mississippi, I did a quick scan to check for interference and got KTEG "The Edge" from the Santa Fe/Albuquerque area, with ads for Sandia Honda and Music Go Round on Menaul Blvd. Then the HD kicked in and I got the calls (but no audio decode).
WOW. That's all I gotta say. At 1,000 miles due west, this is now my furtherest FM catch and it happened completely by accident! ;D
After hunting down a pirate in Grenada, Mississippi, I did a quick scan to check for interference and got KTEG "The Edge" from the Santa Fe/Albuquerque area, with ads for Sandia Honda and Music Go Round on Menaul Blvd. Then the HD kicked in and I got the calls (but no audio decode).
WOW. That's all I gotta say. At 1,000 miles due west, this is now my furtherest FM catch and it happened completely by accident! ;D
Back home now in North AL, and a storm knocked out the local cumulus cluster this morning, WZYP and WHRP were silent, while WWFF was completely off the air, I was able to get a ton of signals on 93.3 from all different directions, but only a few were strong enough and lasted long enough to ID, WDNS Bowling Green KY, WSYE Houston MS, were the only two with confirmed ID, bit I also heard other signals that were too weak or faded in and out too much to identify, and I suspect they were KAGL El Dorado AR (but considering it's only 18KW i'm not absolutely sure this was it, but there was another classic rock station interfering with WDNS so I know it wasn't just WDNS i was hearing again, and KAGL would be the second closest classic rock on 93.3) and WKYO Padukah KY, with it being the closest country station on 93.3 besides WWFF. Also with WZYP silent, WGFX Gallatin TN was blasting in, WHRP is weak enough that it doesn't block anything near it so i didn't even bother checking 93.9 or 94.3. Also this morning i opened up the Pioneer tuner and found the beeper inside of it and destroyed it, so I no longer have to fall back to using the JVC tuner.
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