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FM Frequency of the Week - 179.75 MHz...

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Buckeyes2001

Thought I'd throw this one in here since there is a similar thread for TV Channels 2 - 6. What can you get on 179.75 MHz? We can open this up to all of the other VHF HI-Band TV Channels too, 185.75 MHz, 191.75 MHz, 197.75 MHz, 203.75 MHz, 209.75 MHz, and 215.75 MHz. Has anyone gotten any TV stations in this band via E-skip?

Before the digital transition,
179.75 MHz (TV CH 7 audio) was WXYZ/Detroit, MI with varying reception. Also had WKBW/Buffalo, NY, WHIO/Dayton, OH (once years ago) and WTRF/Wheeling, WV with tropo.
Now, if anything, it's the digital side of WJBK/Detroit CH 2 here in Vermilion, OH
 
Analog (before 2009) Bothell, WA

CH 07-KIRO Seattle (CBS)
CH 08-one time a VERY weak CHAN Vancouver, BC (Global)
CH 09-KCTS Seattle (PBS)
CH 10-
CH 11-KSTW Tacoma (The CW)
CH 12-KVOS Bellingham (IND, very weak)
CH 13-KCPQ Tacoma (Fox. Transmitter in Bremerton, so lots of multipath. Would occasionally go to B&W at times)

-crainbebo
 
Prior to 6-12-09 this is what I have seen on all of the VHF Hi-Band:

7 - WXYZ/Detroit, MI
WKBW/Buffalo, NY (tropo)
WTRF/Wheeling, WV (tropo)

8 - WJW/Cleveland, OH (local)
WOOD/Grand Rapids, MI (underneath WJW once during intense tropo)

9 - CBET/Windsor, ON (weak to strong depending on conditions)
CFTO/Toronto, ON (tropo)
WWTV/Cadillac, MI (tropo)
WTOV/Steubenville, OH (tropo)

10 - CFPL/London, ON (weak to strong depending on conditions)
WILX/Lansing, MI (tropo)
WBNS/Columbus, OH (tropo)

11 - WTOL/Toledo, OH (semi-local)
CHCH/Hamilton, ON (tropo)

12 - WICU/Erie, PA (tropo)
WJRT/Flint, MI (tropo)
WISN/Milwaukee, WI (seen once and only for a few minutes during tropo just barely strong enough to see logo)

13 - WTVG/Toledo, OH (semi-local)
CKCO/Kitchener, ON (tropo)
 
Channels 7 to 13, all tropo, from south FL:

(7 both analog & DT)
WCKT/WSVN Miami...I don't recall seeing any other 7's from home

(8 analog)
WFLA Tampa
Cubavision, Cuba

(8 DT)
WGEN Key West
WGEN-LD Miami (it only lasted a few weeks)
WXGA Waycross GA
WOLO Colombia SC (virtual 25)
WFXI Morehead City NC

(9 analog)
Cubavision, Cuba
WFTV Orlando
WTVM Columbus GA
possibly XERV Reynosa, Mexico (definitely an XEW affiliate)

(9 DT)
WINK Ft Myers (moved to DT 50 a year ago)
WVAN Savannah
WHMC Conway SC (virt 23)
WALA Mobile (virt 10)

(10 analog)
WPLG Miami

(10 DT)
WPLG Miami
WTSP St. Pete

(11 analog)
Tele Rebelde, Cuba
WINK Ft. Myers

(11 DT)
WDFL-LD Miami
WESH Daytona Beach (virt 2)
WYES New Orleans (virt 12)
WTVD Durham NC
WTVM Columbus GA (virt 9)

(12 analog)
WPEC West Palm Beach

(12 DT)
WPTV West Palm Beach

(13 analog)
Tele Rebelde, Cuba
ZNS Bahamas
WTVT Tampa
WBTW Florence SC (mentioned the Grand Strand)
TV Marti (very VERY faintly---signal shoots at Cuba)
possibly WETV Key West (a short-lived TBN station; on screen mentioned Paul & Jan)

(13 DT)
WPEC West Palm Beach
WEDU Tampa (about a month ago; WPEC was off accidentally; virt 3)

cd
 
Ch 13 is WBTW Florence.

-crainbebo
 
Channel 7 has always been my local WWNY, who remains on RF channel 7 even after the DTV switch. They just recently got approved to increase power from 25kw to 42kw ERP. If you look at the FCC's website all the RF channel 7 stations in New York made a joint application to raise power with some requesting ERP levels above the maximum for Zone 1. For example WABC was granted 34kw at 405m even though the limit is 30kw at 305m. However the FCC approved it, must be they want to keep stations on VHF.
 
spunker88 said:
Channel 7 has always been my local WWNY, who remains on RF channel 7 even after the DTV switch. They just recently got approved to increase power from 25kw to 42kw ERP. If you look at the FCC's website all the RF channel 7 stations in New York made a joint application to raise power with some requesting ERP levels above the maximum for Zone 1. For example WABC was granted 34kw at 405m even though the limit is 30kw at 305m. However the FCC approved it, must be they want to keep stations on VHF.
Click to expand...

Interesting....I believe that the FCC granted a similar "waiver" to WPVI DT 6 Philly. There's no other channel of which to move; so I suppose, because of their limited coverage, the waiver was put into place.

Am I correct? (sorry for going OT here)

cd
 
Very often I used to get what I believed was KOAC in Corvallis. I suppose it may have just been an image of KOPB's audio channel showing up at that spot on the dial (KOPB always did seem to like to overload certain types of receivers, anyways) but either way, channel 7 was* most definitely the main OPB outlet around those parts.

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* Still is.
 
Warminster PA(Philly 'burbs) TV on Chs. 7-13(before June 12, 2009):

Ch. 7-WWJT, Philadelphia(local LPTV)
WABC, New York
Ch. 8-WPSJ, Hammonton, NJ(LPTV)
WTNH, New Haven, CT
WGAL, Lancaster, PA
Ch. 9-WWOR, New York
Ch. 10-WCAU, Philadelphia
Ch. 11-WPIX, New York
WBAL, Baltimore
Ch. 12-WHYY, Wilmington, DE/Philadelphia
Ch. 13-WNET, Newark, NJ/New York
WJZ, Baltimore
 
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