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FM Frequency of the Week: 102.7 FM
- Thread starter crainbebo
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In Bellingham, WA it's Co-Op radio CFRO 102.7 Vancouver, BC. http://www.coopradio.org/
But they will be moving to 100.5 in a frequency swap with CKPK ("100.5 The Peak") The reason is CFRO is licensed to 100,000 watts, but CFRO only uses 5,800 watts and can't afford the rest - their dinky old mono transmitter is also basically jerry-rigged out of ancient radio parts and held together with duct tape and spit. Second, they're about to lose their lease on the current tower site. 100.5 has state of the art equipment and 11,000 watts. CFRO also gets free engineering maintenance and promotion for the next 5 years after from the Jim Pattison Radio Group in exchange for 102.7. So all in all, it's a win-win for both stations.......
But they will be moving to 100.5 in a frequency swap with CKPK ("100.5 The Peak") The reason is CFRO is licensed to 100,000 watts, but CFRO only uses 5,800 watts and can't afford the rest - their dinky old mono transmitter is also basically jerry-rigged out of ancient radio parts and held together with duct tape and spit. Second, they're about to lose their lease on the current tower site. 100.5 has state of the art equipment and 11,000 watts. CFRO also gets free engineering maintenance and promotion for the next 5 years after from the Jim Pattison Radio Group in exchange for 102.7. So all in all, it's a win-win for both stations.......
In Gary Indiana, I get WVAZ Oak Park/Chicago. I'm in the main contour of both the main signal as well as both of their backups (one backup along side the main one on the John Hancock & the other on the Midland Building at 15th Street & Western Avenue, mounted on a shorter tower, that is also used for AM 950 WNTD for their daytime operations).
RyanHoward said:
Forgot to tell you, WNEW-FM is now WWFS.
Here in High Bridge NJ it's WWFS from New York City. Baltimore comes in many times, and I've even gotten Williamsport PA. Once in awhile the Atlantic City station will come in.
Normally nothing (without a big antenna).
Yesterday in I-84 just East of Payette (ID), KORD Richland WA boomed in for a few minutes.
Just a brief tropo enhancement.
Yesterday in I-84 just East of Payette (ID), KORD Richland WA boomed in for a few minutes.
Just a brief tropo enhancement.
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Darth_vader
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Not a lot right now. Mainly a little bit of sideband splatter from KKCW but that's about it.
@romer979fm & awsherrill--
I believe KWHG ("Lincoln's Stereo Leader") was the original call, late 60s-early 70s, for what is now KVSS. According to my research it was moved from 106.3 to 102.7 when the station fell under new ownership in the early 60s. So your table would probably read
KWHG-FM - 1969-1974 (original CP?)
KFOR-FM -
KFRX - 02/01/1980
KBZR - 09/28/2007
KVSS - 06/23/2009
(see also http://nebradio.tripod.com/fm.html and http://www.nebraskaradio.com/scrapbook/1027.htm )
[size=8pt]Historic notes:
Last August I acquired from a neighbour some old reel to reel tapes he recorded of KWHG from 1971, interspersed with occasional dub-overs of KLIN, which were both easy listening stations at the time. The audio from KWHG was quite strange, with the stereo music sounding like you'd expect, but the announcer voices and commercials were all hard-panned to the left channel (so it was crosstalk city on the right!) A CD I made of these tapes made for a quite surreal listening experience on my truck radio when I was in Omaha almost a year ago. ;o)
@romer979fm & awsherrill--
I believe KWHG ("Lincoln's Stereo Leader") was the original call, late 60s-early 70s, for what is now KVSS. According to my research it was moved from 106.3 to 102.7 when the station fell under new ownership in the early 60s. So your table would probably read
KWHG-FM - 1969-1974 (original CP?)
KFOR-FM -
KFRX - 02/01/1980
KBZR - 09/28/2007
KVSS - 06/23/2009
(see also http://nebradio.tripod.com/fm.html and http://www.nebraskaradio.com/scrapbook/1027.htm )
[size=8pt]Historic notes:
Last August I acquired from a neighbour some old reel to reel tapes he recorded of KWHG from 1971, interspersed with occasional dub-overs of KLIN, which were both easy listening stations at the time. The audio from KWHG was quite strange, with the stereo music sounding like you'd expect, but the announcer voices and commercials were all hard-panned to the left channel (so it was crosstalk city on the right!) A CD I made of these tapes made for a quite surreal listening experience on my truck radio when I was in Omaha almost a year ago. ;o)
WOW...talk about a DX paradise! What I'd give to have any channel that I couldn't hear anything on! Sounds like when I started DXing 40+ yearsboiseengineer said:
ago.
Not too much into the FM dial for DX here, but will hook up the GE SR II to the TV aerial on rare occasions.
It's WKSZ from Williamsport while in the car. They have a big signal in these parts.
In the house, WWFS from NYC came in -- once -- with the aerial spun that way. But I have to turn the thing manually. It'd be nice to put up one of the rotating ones, but that hasn't been a priority.
A week or so on a job break in St. Clair (maybe 15 miles SSW of here) there was a touch of tropo and WQSR was in briefly, also on the GESRII.
It's WKSZ from Williamsport while in the car. They have a big signal in these parts.
In the house, WWFS from NYC came in -- once -- with the aerial spun that way. But I have to turn the thing manually. It'd be nice to put up one of the rotating ones, but that hasn't been a priority.
A week or so on a job break in St. Clair (maybe 15 miles SSW of here) there was a touch of tropo and WQSR was in briefly, also on the GESRII.
I'm halfway between WEBN Cincinnati,OH and WBOW Terre Haute,IN...either one if great here with a swing of the yagi.
Between Dayton and Cincinnati; WEBN, which is very short spaced to first adjacent WDHT on 102.9, COL is now Urbana but tower is still in Springfield.
Re boiseengineer: KORD 102.7 has a good range. Have heard them up in Ellensburg, and Tr would probably make it to Boise more than one occasion. Have you heard any Yakima FMs i.e. KFFM 107.3, KATS 94.5, etc.? I've heard KDNA 91.9 and KATS in Bothell, and heard KFFM in Auburn one week ago mixing with CHBE-BC.
Re: BobOnTheJob the Yakima area is a very good DXing place for FM and AM! 104.7 and 104.9 are good frequencies for distant FMs. 104.7 regularly pulls in KCMB La Grande, OR at 150mi and sometimes KKRV Wenatchee, WA as well. 104.9 can have KNLX Prineville, OR, 150 mi+ and sometimes K285FN Kennewick, WA as well. AM is great to DX here, lots of E and SE activity here, and lots of low-powered stuff to catch. I logged WWL 870 here in October, and also heard a full TOH ID for KVNS 1700 Brownsville, TX just after SUNSET! The frequencies occupied in Seattle aren't as occupied 120 mi SE. For example, I get KMBX 950 Helena, MT with KJR in a null in the evenings.
-crainbebo
-crainbebo
Re: BobOnTheJob the Yakima area is a very good DXing place for FM and AM! 104.7 and 104.9 are good frequencies for distant FMs. 104.7 regularly pulls in KCMB La Grande, OR at 150mi and sometimes KKRV Wenatchee, WA as well. 104.9 can have KNLX Prineville, OR, 150 mi+ and sometimes K285FN Kennewick, WA as well. AM is great to DX here, lots of E and SE activity here, and lots of low-powered stuff to catch. I logged WWL 870 here in October, and also heard a full TOH ID for KVNS 1700 Brownsville, TX just after SUNSET! The frequencies occupied in Seattle aren't as occupied 120 mi SE. For example, I get KMBX 950 Helena, MT with KJR in a null in the evenings.
-crainbebo
-crainbebo
44 channels are filled up around here. More to come.
K
kenrayc
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In Fresno/Clovis, KHGE is 9 miles away with 50K at 1200 ft at Sealevel. 102.7 THE WOLF Todays Country.
Near Farmville, Virginia:
A very strong WJJX 102.7, Appomattox, VA (Jammin JJS)
A very strong WJJX 102.7, Appomattox, VA (Jammin JJS)
Springfield, IL:
On the car radio it's mostly WJEQ Macomb, IL ("Classic 103") with some WBOW Terre Haute mixed in as well. Once you get out of the immediate Springfield area to the northwest WJEQ really starts punching in--about 10 miles or so too far northwest for me (IMO WJEQ is a much better classic rocker than the ones here in town).
On the car radio it's mostly WJEQ Macomb, IL ("Classic 103") with some WBOW Terre Haute mixed in as well. Once you get out of the immediate Springfield area to the northwest WJEQ really starts punching in--about 10 miles or so too far northwest for me (IMO WJEQ is a much better classic rocker than the ones here in town).
WGNI is in Wilmington, NC and was once considered hot AC but never evolved, so the AC format has instead evolved to fit what they were doing. And I haven't picked it up at home lately.charlestondxman said:
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