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Does anyone listen to Lexington stations in The Ville?

Mid West Clubber said:
As for Chrisalcorn... Dont ever leave your car unlocked when im in town..LOL...(Just kidding..).... Im surprised with that radio of yours that you cant null out DJX and pick up Q-100 from Atlanta... They just moved to 99.7 from 100.5 as you may know.. They are on a flamethrower signal now... 100.5 was a 3kw pea shooter.
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100.5 has never been a frequency for 3kw stations. Prior to Docket 80-90, passed in the late 1980s by the FCC, there was no such thing as a 3000 watt station on 100.5.

There has never been a 3KW station in Atlanta on 100.5. 100.5 in Atlanta is a class C2, 12.5KW @ 298 metter HAAT, roughly equivalent to 50KW @ 150 meters HAAT.
 
I can get 98.9 KISS FM and 99.7 WDJX on good days/nights in Mt. Vernon Kentucky and further south into Laurel County. I lost it about a mile before exit 41, the 1st London exit.
 
Well you would be the one to know this stuff. I heard from someone else that Q-100 only had 3kw, and I wondered how the heck I could pick up the signal so far. Still the 99.7 signal in A-town is much better. Same frequency as the old Power 99.
 
Mid West Clubber said:
Well you would be the one to know this stuff. I heard from someone else that Q-100 only had 3kw, and I wondered how the heck I could pick up the signal so far. Still the 99.7 signal in A-town is much better. Same frequency as the old Power 99.
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99.7 is a class C0.. 100 KW at 1116 feet with an antenna just outside of downtown. That's smoking.

Imagine AMZ at Magic 101's site only 350 feet higher than AMZ is now. That's 99.7 in Atlanta.

On the other hand, 100.5 would be like The Max with 50KW. Either one is better than ANYTHING we have in this town.
 
Some of the highest powered stations ive ever heard were 99.9 WKSF in Asheville NC, I think they used to have 100,000 watts at nearly 3000 feet on a mountain top. Also, the old CHR WOKI I-100.3 in Knoxville TN had a smokin 100kw signal at 2 or 3 thousand feet. The signal reached all the way to Richmond KY just south of Lexington. There is also a really high powered station in Goodland Kansas at 102.5, they can be picked up about 180 miles away. Also, in Denver CO, they have KXPK 96.5 and KYGO 98.5, and both have smokin signals that make it to the Kansas Colorado boarder nearly 200 miles away.
 
I am glad to see that I wasn't dreaming when I heard 98.1 at that distance on my Pioneer. The radio does have excellent selectivity and sensitivity. My Delco in my Lumina can't reject 107.7 WSFR well enough to hear WBTF 107.9 not far past Shelbyville. My Pioneer has no trouble with it all the way to almost downtown then it becomes unlistenable. On the other hand, the AM section leaves alot to be desired. WTVN 610 from Columbus is the farthest signal it can pick up here in central Kentucky. I was wondering if the Sonys perform this well. The FM specs look pretty good but I was wondering how they do in the real world.
 
greg.hahn said:
100.5 has never been a frequency for 3kw stations. Prior to Docket 80-90, passed in the late 1980s by the FCC, there was no such thing as a 3000 watt station on 100.5.

There has never been a 3KW station in Atlanta on 100.5. 100.5 in Atlanta is a class C2, 12.5KW @ 298 metter HAAT, roughly equivalent to 50KW @ 150 meters HAAT.
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If memory serves me; WWWQ in Atlanta was originally 5kW on a taller tower when it first moved in from Anniston, AL.
 
faaradar said:
greg.hahn said:
100.5 has never been a frequency for 3kw stations. Prior to Docket 80-90, passed in the late 1980s by the FCC, there was no such thing as a 3000 watt station on 100.5.

There has never been a 3KW station in Atlanta on 100.5. 100.5 in Atlanta is a class C2, 12.5KW @ 298 metter HAAT, roughly equivalent to 50KW @ 150 meters HAAT.
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If memory serves me; WWWQ in Atlanta was originally 5kW on a taller tower when it first moved in from Anniston, AL.
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That may well be. Look at the power output levels of all the Class B FMs in Chicago. Almost all of them are in the 3-8 KW range, but they're still Class B, and they still get out as far as 50KW @ 150 meters.

Since WWWQ is a C2, it has facilities equivalent to a B. That's no "3KW peashooter".
 
About this time last year, I remember picking up WLXX 92.9 the bear just outside of Indy (25 miles). Surprised WNOU 93.1 (now WIBC) didn't interfere with it.
 
Mid West Clubber said:
Some of the highest powered stations ive ever heard were 99.9 WKSF in Asheville NC, I think they used to have 100,000 watts at nearly 3000 feet on a mountain top. Also, the old CHR WOKI I-100.3 in Knoxville TN had a smokin 100kw signal at 2 or 3 thousand feet. The signal reached all the way to Richmond KY just south of Lexington. There is also a really high powered station in Goodland Kansas at 102.5, they can be picked up about 180 miles away. Also, in Denver CO, they have KXPK 96.5 and KYGO 98.5, and both have smokin signals that make it to the Kansas Colorado boarder nearly 200 miles away.
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WKSF still does. Their antenna is located on Mt. Pisgah with a HAAT of 2623 feet and a whopping 5847 feet above sea level. It's on the same tower as former co-owned WLOS-TV. WOKI (now WNOX) HAAT is 2000 feet and 3634 feet above sea level. WOKI used to be a regular catch in Lexington before 100.1 moved their antenna to Lexington and increased power. WKSF in their CHR days boasted on their coverage reaching six states, and it did.

Back to the topic at hand, the 100kw along with nice tower height and elevation (Lexington sits high on a plateau) send outs a nice signal. Poor 93.1 receives a beating on the east side of Jefferson County from 92.9.
 
I was able to hear WKSF in Knoxville, and WOKI/WNOX in Chattanooga. As for Lexington stations in Louisville, when I spent a little time in Louisville in 1999, I could get WVLK-FM 92.9 (now WBXX) and WBUL 98.1 on my car radio. That was it, and both had a lot of picket fencing. However, I also had a 1990 Geo Prism with a lousy radio!
 
In my Girlfriends car with a Pioneer Super Tuner 3, we can get the stations you mentioned, but out on the east end we can also get 104.5 THE CAT WLKT with a weak signal, and also we actually get WMXL MIX 94.5 out around Jeffersontown and Middletown quite well, her radio rejects the local 94.7 almost all the way to downtown, usually we get WMXL 94.5 up until you go through that tunnel on I-64, ya know where im talking about???? Back when 104.3 HOT 104 was still on the air we couldnt pick up 104.5 The Cat much past Shelbyville.
 
Mid West Clubber said:
In my Girlfriends car with a Pioneer Super Tuner 3, we can get the stations you mentioned, but out on the east end we can also get 104.5 THE CAT WLKT with a weak signal, and also we actually get WMXL MIX 94.5 out around Jeffersontown and Middletown quite well, her radio rejects the local 94.7 almost all the way to downtown, usually we get WMXL 94.5 up until you go through that tunnel on I-64, ya know where im talking about???? Back when 104.3 HOT 104 was still on the air we couldnt pick up 104.5 The Cat much past Shelbyville.
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I know exactly the tunnel you're speaking of. I'm sure I could have done a lot better with getting Lexington stations if my car radio was a little better. That radio in my Geo was absolute crap. I did bring my home stereo with me to Louisville one time, and, while I don't remember getting any Lexington stations other than 92.9 and 98.1, I got Mix 94.1 and 92.5 The Fox from Cincinnati.
 
Thats pretty good to DX Cinci stations in THE VILLE.... However, no biggie to hear Cincinatti in Lexington at only 75-80 miles, but THE VILLE is alot farther, I think its 100 miles about....Right? Even WLW am 700 is hard to hear in The Ville, both day and night.
 
hotpatrick2004 said:
Yes way.I never got a cinci station in the ville before!!!Now if i could get 94.9 the sound i would be ;D
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Just take a trip up to Oldham County and you should pick up "94.9 the Sound" fairly well. On a good day, I can get it on Westport Road. I have also picked up these Cincinnati stations in Louisville as well: Q102 (101.9), WAKW-FM 93.3, WEBN-FM 102.7 and WNNF-FM 94.1.
 
I like the former mix 94.1 in c incinnati since they revamped it as radio 94.1 i wish changes would start in louisville radio on fm!!!94.1 is a bit more of a modern ac then a hot ac which i like better. Cmon radio 105.1 in louisville but probably more like radio espn we shall see.
 
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