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FM Frequency of the Week 2018-19: 98.9

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What do you or did you get on 98.9?

East Tennessee: There's a translator in Newport which can make it into Sevierville W255BK, which relays WLNQ.
Otherwise, WSPA, Spartanburg SC was a frequent visitor, with cameo appearances from WSIP, Paintsville, KY.

Retro/other: Dayton, Ohio. WHKO pre-cluded much coming in on 98.9, but further out, WBYR (a former employer of mine) would dominate with occasional appearances by WSIP.

Lafayette, IN was either WBYR or WSLM-FM.

Retro DX Clip of the week: If you haven't listened to any of the others, you'll want to listen to this. The best, or worst, of 1970s small town radio. You'll love the time jingle.

http://46124.info/FM/Indiana/IN Salem 97.9 1974 WSLM.mp3
 
Far northwest Chicago burbs.... 98.9 here is moderate splatter from the two adjacents, WFMT Chicago (98.7) and WMYX Milwaukee (99.1).
 
98.9 in Yakima is usually open (with a bit of KMNA splatter). KNUC Seattle (Country) and KKZX Spokane (Classic Rock) often go in and out all day. E-skip has been heard here as well:
KKMG Pueblo CO (Hot AC)
KRQX Hurricane UT (Classic Hits)
XHMORE Tijuana BCN (Spanish Rock)
KHWY Essex CA (Hot AC - Highway Vibe)

As we start the new Es season, anything new on 98.9 is welcome here.
 
Locally here in Columbus, it's WTOH "98.9 FM, The Answer" with conservative talk and Cleveland Browns football.
With just 2,600 watts, it's no powerhouse. Get 40 miles outside Columbus in any direction and it's struggling to come in. It is not uncommon to hear Dayton's WHKO on 99.1 in rural southwestern Franklin County despite WTOH's digital hash.
I know WBYR well (at one time it identified as "Van Wert-Fort Wayne" and might still as I'm rarely in that area anymore and haven't personally listened to the station in several years). When I was in its signal range on a fairly regular basis, it put a huge signal into the Celina-St. Marys area ... so strong, in fact, that I figured their tower was on the Ohio side of the line and not as close to Fort Wayne as it actually is. I've personally listened to WBYR all the way to the Bellefontaine ridge, roughly 40 miles southeast of St. Marys, and as far east as Upper Sandusky.
 
WBYR was indeed the former WERT-FM, Van Wert (later WKSD) before the move-in into Fort Wayne. There was an airport which hampered how high the tower could be. The tower was in the tiny town of Arcola and the signal suffered downtown. The City of license has been changed to Woodburn.





schmave said:
Locally here in Columbus, it's WTOH "98.9 FM, The Answer" with conservative talk and Cleveland Browns football.
With just 2,600 watts, it's no powerhouse. Get 40 miles outside Columbus in any direction and it's struggling to come in. It is not uncommon to



hear Dayton's WHKO on 99.1 in rural southwestern Franklin County despite WTOH's digital hash.
I know WBYR well (at one time it identified as "Van Wert-Fort Wayne" and might still as I'm rarely in that area anymore and haven't personally listened to the station in several years). When I was in its signal range on a fairly regular basis, it put a huge signal into the Celina-St. Marys area ... so strong, in fact, that I figured their tower was on the Ohio side of the line and not as close to Fort Wayne as it actually is. I've personally listened to WBYR all the way to the Bellefontaine ridge, roughly 40 miles southeast of St. Marys, and as far east as Upper Sandusky.
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When did the tower move west into Indiana? It was the mid-1990s when my cousins and I stumbled across the Bear while visiting our grandparents in SM, and even in their basement the signal was excellent, which is why I never figured the signal was coming from more than 35-40 miles away (again, purely a guess based on my own ears). As I got older and my musical tastes changed, I got away from WBYR and rarely have listened to them OTA or online in a decade or more.
That current tower location is 50 miles from St. Marys anyway, and even with 50,000 watts and flat terrain that would be a tough get below ground.
 
From River City (Mason City, Iowa): KQCR/Parkersburg. A semi-clear signal, despite adjacent channel KSMA/Osage (their tower is at least 10-15 miles NNE of MC, so interference is very minimal).
 
I used to be able to hear WJML-FM Petoskey, now WKLZ, most of the time, with an FM-10 pointed toward it and a very selective Tuner or Receiver. When WOWE Vassar, MI, came on the air in the same direction, it was gone. The celebrated WJML 1110 simulcast with WJML-FM 98.9 as "The Music Station", and was where Bob and Tom began their show. After a long Silent period, they emerged as WKLZ-FM, a Satellite of WKLT Kalkaska, in 1991. WJML 1110 continues with a Talk Format.
 
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