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FM Frequency of the Week 2018-19: 104.7

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gr8oldies

What do you/have you/did you receive of 104.7?

East Tennessee: You pretty much have to be in Sevier County and points east to hear WLNQ, Newport, TN as it doesn't quite make it to Knoxville with WKHT next door.

Retro/other: Last week I did some DXing from Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains with my Insignia portable and car radio. With some nice terrain blockage I had WFSH (The Fish) in the Atlanta market.

Dayton, Ohio: WTUE is local. I once managed to get WIOT, Toledo in Springfield under WTUE. Both were carrying Bob and Tom but one was 10 seconds behind. Between the two iHeart Classic Rockers, one can be heard in most of the western 2/3 of the state of Ohio. Heading toward Sandusky, the cutoff where you lose one and get the other is in Marion.

Retro DX Clip of the week from Bob Hawkins: WYDD, Pittsburgh in a 1978 rock and roll clip.

http://46124.info/FM/Pennsylvania/PA Pittsburgh 104.7 1978 WYDD.mp3
 
In the northern Chicago suburbs 104.7 is a mix of two stations. WDDW just south of Milwaukee mixes with WCFL-FM in Morris, Il.

Retro:

In the 90s WCFL-FM was trying to bring back the memories of WCFL during their Top 40 years. They even used the old WCFL jingles.
 
I can remember the retro-WCFL coming in when I lived in Lafayette, IN. There it was either them or Elkhart, IN most of the time.


radioman148 said:
In the northern Chicago suburbs 104.7 is a mix of two stations. WDDW just south of Milwaukee mixes with WCFL-FM in Morris, Il.

Retro:

In the 90s WCFL-FM was trying to bring back the memories of WCFL during their Top 40 years. They even used the old WCFL jingles.
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Here in Chicago's far northwest suburbs, it's usually WCFL on 104.7 with a very weak signal. As radioman stated, when this station came on the air using the WCFL call letters, it was an attempt at recreating WCFL-AM during its top-40 days. Ambitious, and it sounded pretty good. But before very long they went bankrupt. And, I seem to also remember that they additionakky ran afoul of the FCC for some reason.
 
cyberdad said:
Here in Chicago's far northwest suburbs, it's usually WCFL on 104.7 with a very weak signal. As radioman stated, when this station came on the air using the WCFL call letters, it was an attempt at recreating WCFL-AM during its top-40 days. Ambitious, and it sounded pretty good. But before very long they went bankrupt. And, I seem to also remember that they additionakky ran afoul of the FCC for some reason.
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WCFL-FM used much more power than they were licensed to. The station in Elkhart, Indiana complained to the FCC and WCFL received a heavy fine. I believe they ran afoul of the FCC several times. They wanted to cover more of the Chicago area, but they became too ambitious.

It was a good idea that I believe might have worked if they had been able to obtain a Chicago signal.
 
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radioman148 said:
WCFL-FM used much more power than they were licensed to. The station in Elkhart, Indiana complained to the FCC and WCFL received a heavy fine. I believe they ran afoul of the FCC several times. They wanted to cover more of the Chicago area, but they became too ambitious.

It was a good idea that I believe might have worked if they had been able to obtain a Chicago signal.
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They're licensed for 50kW, so I take it they were running much more than 50kW
 
Ellensburg WA

Fair signal from KKRV Wenatchee WA (Country).

Eskip logs include KNNG Sterling CO (Top 40), KCAQ Ventura CA (Rhythmic, now on 95.9), KZZP Mesa AZ (Top 40) and KABQ Bosque Farms NM (Classic Country, now '80s Hits).
I have also heard in the right areas (and back home near Yakima), KDUK Florence OR (Top 40), KDUX Aberdeen WA (Classic Rock) and KCMB Baker City OR (Country)
 
Here in Columbus, Ohio, 104.7 is nothing more than digital hash nowadays because of local Christian station WCVO on 104.9.
Get just a little west of the Columbus metro and WTUE eventually overcomes the WCVO hash, although as a result WTUE's reach in this direction has been cut by 15 miles or more over the years (it can't really be heard until about mile marker 80 on I-70, whereas several years ago WTUE could be heard all the way to Galloway before WCVO totally overtook it).
Like gr8, I agree Marion is the southernmost reach of WIOT (although, unlike for gr8, WTUE rarely if ever was a factor for me driving between Columbus and Toledo over the years). That signal carries very well over the flat land of northwest Ohio.
Several years ago driving between Columbus and family just southwest of Lima, I noted that there is a spot around New Hampshire, Ohio where I always noticed that WTUE's signal becomes noticeably weaker for a few miles. Likewise, I always heard WIOT's signal become weaker right around Findlay on Ohio 15. Plot those two points and they seem to be in almost a direct line between Dayton and Toledo. Whether there is a gentleman's null between those two stations, being co-owned as they are, I don't know. If there is one, it's slight.
Closer to home, 104.7 out of Newark is W284CH "The Big Lick," relaying the HD2 of local country giant 100.3 WCLT. Audible for roughly 15-20 miles in all directions, maybe more to the east getting away from WCVO.
 
Warminster PA(Philly 'burbs):

Usually splatter from local 104.5 WRFF. In tropo, I have heard WQHQ(iHeart AC station, Q-105) from
Ocean City MD.
 
Here in Cincinnati, OH:

FM station: WTUE, Dayton, OH
Signal Strength: Weak
Distance (to the city): 48.56 mi (78.16 km)

That's all from me.
 
Manistee, MI:

Usually a varying strength WYKX (Country) from Escanaba, MI. It's usually there weakly, but there are times it can get very strong. Occasionally, WDDW from Sturtevant, WI (south of Milwaukee) will come in with Spanish.
 
Mason City, IA:
A very weak but somewhat listenable KVIK/Decorah. Tropo can also bring in KCLD in St. Cloud.

Central KS:
KXBZ/Manhattan (another one of my old stations I worked at). Works best on hills. Tropo conditions can occasionally bring in KXNC/Ness City.
 
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