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FM Frequency of the Week 2018-19: 93.9

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What do/did you get on 93.9

Wrapping up the "93" portion of the Class B/C Commercial frequencies, let's take a look at 93.9.

In the Knoxville/Sevierville/Smoky Mountains area, there are 3 semi-regulars. Predominant is the translator of WDVX (W230BR), but I've heard both of these stations in Knoxville, and they alternated on a trip on the new section of Foothills Parkway a couple of weeks ago. They would be Spanish WQMT, Decatur TN and good old "93.9, 94 FM", WMEV in Marion, VA.

Back in Ohio, I once heard CIDR "The River" (the old CKLW-FM) in Springfield, OH in the car when there was no other tropo of any kind, let alone from the Windsor-Detroit area. Normally, WLWD (now WBKS), Columbus Grove (Lima) predominated there. Lafayette, IN....WLAK/WLIT Chicago until Noblesville, IN signed on.

E-Skip: Both Knoxville and Dayton have netted reception of KSWN, McCook, NE.

Not by me, but here's Es reception (brief ID) of KPAS, El Paso TX from Indiana. http://46124.info/FM/Texas/TX El Paso 93.9 1976 KPAS.mp3
 
93.9 here is WLIT from Chicago. Signal is fair-good, which is typical in these parts for the full-facility FM's with sticks on top of the tallest downtown Chicago buildings. Result: Here 40 miles out, the Chicago FMs basically are very listenable and hiss-free on a good car radio or a high end portable, etc. But cheap portables, walkman-type devices, and cheap clock radios struggle.
 
Yakima WA
Usually nothing, KTAC Ephrata WA (Religion) can be heard in the occasional spot. It's weak but audible in Wapato, also on high hills. KATS being just a few notches away makes it somewhat difficult. KPDQ Portland OR (Religion) will also make it on tropo scatter once in a while. The open channel makes it worthwhile for Es, and I've logged plenty of it here:

KZRD Dodge City KS (Hot AC, ex-Rock)
KSWN McCook NE (Hot AC)
KMGN Flagstaff AZ (Classic Rock)
KINT El Paso TX (Regional Mexican)
KYSL Frisco CO (AAA, only 560W)
KIAI Mason City IA (Country)
KRTN Raton NM (Variety)
KSOU Sioux Center IA (Adult Contemporary)
 
93.9 here is semi-local WDOR Sturgeon Bay, WI. A very neat full service station that airs lots of sports (Badgers, Brewers, high school sports, American Legion baseball).

My other 93.9 catches:
WAVC Mio, MI (Seventh-Day Adventist)
WLIT Chicago, IL (AC)
WMMA Nekoosa, WI (Catholic Talk)
WNBY Newberry, MI (Classic Hits)
 
Warminster PA(Philly 'burbs):

Usually splatter from either local 94.1 WIP or semi-local 93.7 WSTW Wilmington DE. Sometimes,
either WKYS from DC or WNYC from New York would be heard here in tropo.
 
Around Columbus, Ohio, pretty much nothing. Next door is WQIO from Mount Vernon, which puts a solid signal into the metro area despite transmitting from about 40 miles to the northeast. Its 37,000-watt signal occasionally is heard on the outskirts of Cleveland.
I did hear Lima's WBKS ("Kiss FM") in Marysville last night. It was weak but present. 14,000 watts transmitting from southern Putnam County, about 10-15 miles north of Lima. It was the first time I'd ever heard any Lima FM other than T102 in Marysville. WBKS and Windsor's CIDR do butt heads south of Toledo.
 
The Valley of the Jolly Green Giant (Le Sueur, MN) 93.9 is kinda crammed between 2 local stations
93.7 KXXR Minneapolis and 94.1 KXLP Mankato

But today I did get KIAI Mason City "The Country Moose"
 
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