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FM Frequency of The Week: 94.7
- Thread starter crainbebo
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Here in northern VA, it's local WIAD in DC with the hot AC format called "Fresh FM." I can also get HD 94.7-2 with alternative rock format and 94.7-3 simulcasting sports talker WJFK 106.7 DC. When WIAD was off the air for a short period of time I heard WDSD 94.7 in Dover, DE about 105 miles away, weak signal via tropo over the Chesapeake Bay.
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Darth_vader
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KNRK, about 3 miles ESE.
Never gotten E-S on 94.7, I get KKDO Sacramento, sometimes in HD
94.7 has been an interesting frequency various places I've lived. In Lafayette, IN, the usual was Q95, WFBQ, Indianapolis, but it wasn't unusual to hear WLS-FM (or whatever their call letters were that week) in Chicago, and a few times KSHE in St. Louis covered both of them. In the Dayton, OH area, it was usually WSNY, Columbus, but I'd heard Q95 as close to Columbus as Springfield. Here in East Tennessee, I've only recieved WGSQ, Cookeville.
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Darth_vader
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crainbebo--
910 is, in fact, a simulcast of KNRK's secondary IBAC channel. All local bands and indy garbage, thus serving as a reminder of the REAL definition of the abbreviation "IBAC" (you know, the one "they" won't tell you about)--"In Band All Crap"! I mean, have you heard some of the acts they play on there? Certainly representative of Portland's "music scene" in general, i.e. not anything I'd be all that motivated to make a habit of listening to.
Content problems aside, then, it seems the version transmitting through 910 actually sounds better, at least to my leather eardrums, than it does when actually heard *on* an IBAC receiver! I think they must be processing the mediumwave version differently than the digital version.
This reminfs me of another practice that seems to have all but died out in the last 20 years or so, particularly FM stations simulcasting on mediumwave. Remember back in the 70s and into the 80s when they used to do that, because not many people had FM radios? (KXL did it for years, on 95.5 and 750.) Maybe this is the beginning of a "re-trend" of sorts.
910 is, in fact, a simulcast of KNRK's secondary IBAC channel. All local bands and indy garbage, thus serving as a reminder of the REAL definition of the abbreviation "IBAC" (you know, the one "they" won't tell you about)--"In Band All Crap"! I mean, have you heard some of the acts they play on there? Certainly representative of Portland's "music scene" in general, i.e. not anything I'd be all that motivated to make a habit of listening to.
Content problems aside, then, it seems the version transmitting through 910 actually sounds better, at least to my leather eardrums, than it does when actually heard *on* an IBAC receiver! I think they must be processing the mediumwave version differently than the digital version.
This reminfs me of another practice that seems to have all but died out in the last 20 years or so, particularly FM stations simulcasting on mediumwave. Remember back in the 70s and into the 80s when they used to do that, because not many people had FM radios? (KXL did it for years, on 95.5 and 750.) Maybe this is the beginning of a "re-trend" of sorts.
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kenrayc
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KYAF 94.7 Firebaugh is the most common, but have received KTWV in Los Angeles 201 miles away, and KKDO in Sacramento 156 miles away, KBOS 94.9 Fresno with their IBOC dominates the 94.7 frequency.
From Coldwater, MI-
99.9 percent of the time it's WCVM Bronson, MI, a local class A station from 19 miles away. But they can easily be nulled out and I can hear WCSX Birmingham, MI (100 miles) and less common WLS- Chicago, IL (135 miles) and WSNY- Columbus, OH (171 miles). WFBQ, which was very common before WCVM signed on in 1998, is nearly impossible except for very strong tropo events. Due to the bearing of both stations, my antenna has to be pointed pretty much AT the WCVM tower to get optimal reception to Indianapolis.
I was able to confirm my first Es on 94.7 this summer, with WSYR from Gifford, FL making it in very well from 1,027 miles away. Last summer, I heard WZOR from Mishicot, WI during an intense lake enhancement event. Interestingly, that was the last station I logged before my rotor 'broke'. Turns out, it was jammed in the north bearing because of the wind that day. I was able to rock it around a bit and had it back to working the next day.
99.9 percent of the time it's WCVM Bronson, MI, a local class A station from 19 miles away. But they can easily be nulled out and I can hear WCSX Birmingham, MI (100 miles) and less common WLS- Chicago, IL (135 miles) and WSNY- Columbus, OH (171 miles). WFBQ, which was very common before WCVM signed on in 1998, is nearly impossible except for very strong tropo events. Due to the bearing of both stations, my antenna has to be pointed pretty much AT the WCVM tower to get optimal reception to Indianapolis.
I was able to confirm my first Es on 94.7 this summer, with WSYR from Gifford, FL making it in very well from 1,027 miles away. Last summer, I heard WZOR from Mishicot, WI during an intense lake enhancement event. Interestingly, that was the last station I logged before my rotor 'broke'. Turns out, it was jammed in the north bearing because of the wind that day. I was able to rock it around a bit and had it back to working the next day.
From the Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois:
-KMCN Clinton, Iowa normally doninates. (Class A, 3 kW, 100 m)
-I have also been able to hear farther away stations, like KMCH Manchester, Iowa (Class A, 6 kW, 100 m) and KSHE Crestwood, Missouri (St. Louis Market, which is Class C0, 100 kW, 313 m). Last summer (June 2009, during a heatwave), I think I may have even caught a glimpse of WLS-FM Chicago. It was playing oldies and I never got a positive I.D. but is the closest oldies station on that channel (Class B, 4.4 kW, 468 m on the Willis/Sears Tower; WLS-FM is a more difficult catch because of its lower power though).
-KMCN Clinton, Iowa normally doninates. (Class A, 3 kW, 100 m)
-I have also been able to hear farther away stations, like KMCH Manchester, Iowa (Class A, 6 kW, 100 m) and KSHE Crestwood, Missouri (St. Louis Market, which is Class C0, 100 kW, 313 m). Last summer (June 2009, during a heatwave), I think I may have even caught a glimpse of WLS-FM Chicago. It was playing oldies and I never got a positive I.D. but is the closest oldies station on that channel (Class B, 4.4 kW, 468 m on the Willis/Sears Tower; WLS-FM is a more difficult catch because of its lower power though).
Here in Warminster PA, it's usually either WFME Newark NJ or WDSD Dover DE. Mostly though, 94.7
is bleedover from WPST.
is bleedover from WPST.
Here in Poughkeepsie, NY, semi-local WFME Newark, NJ is solid 24/7. Sometimes, WMAS-Springfield, MA can be heard fading in and out, if I can get a good null on WFME. WMAS is the same distance as WFME, but much poorer signal.
Also, a fair amount of DX on 94.7 in the past 8 seasons, including:
KKLV Turrell, AR "K-Love"
WRDX Dover, DE "The River 94.7", heard a number of times
WDEC Americus, GA
WZZN Chicago, IL "The Zone"
WFBQ Indianapolis, IN
CKLF Brandon, Manitoba "Star FM"
WARW Bethesda, MD "Classic Rock 94.7"
WCSX Birmingham, MI (on tropo)
KNSG Springfield, MN "The Dog FM"
WWJK Jackson, MS "Jack FM"
KSHE Crestwood, MO 'K-She, Real Rock"
KTTS Springfield, MO
KNEN Norfolk, NE
WIYN Deposit, NY "Oldies Radio"
WBAR Lake Luzerne, NY "WHAZ"
WQDR Raleigh, NC "94.7 QDR" (on tropo)
KHBZ Oklahoma City, OK "The Buzz"
WMTT Tioga, PA "The Met"
WOFM Mosinee, WI "The Peak"
KAMX Luling, TX -- my most distant on 94.7 at 1550 miles, and my fourth-most-distant FM overall.
Also, a fair amount of DX on 94.7 in the past 8 seasons, including:
KKLV Turrell, AR "K-Love"
WRDX Dover, DE "The River 94.7", heard a number of times
WDEC Americus, GA
WZZN Chicago, IL "The Zone"
WFBQ Indianapolis, IN
CKLF Brandon, Manitoba "Star FM"
WARW Bethesda, MD "Classic Rock 94.7"
WCSX Birmingham, MI (on tropo)
KNSG Springfield, MN "The Dog FM"
WWJK Jackson, MS "Jack FM"
KSHE Crestwood, MO 'K-She, Real Rock"
KTTS Springfield, MO
KNEN Norfolk, NE
WIYN Deposit, NY "Oldies Radio"
WBAR Lake Luzerne, NY "WHAZ"
WQDR Raleigh, NC "94.7 QDR" (on tropo)
KHBZ Oklahoma City, OK "The Buzz"
WMTT Tioga, PA "The Met"
WOFM Mosinee, WI "The Peak"
KAMX Luling, TX -- my most distant on 94.7 at 1550 miles, and my fourth-most-distant FM overall.
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cd637299
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There was a time, pre-IBOC & pre-Star 94.7 Vero Beach, that 94.7 had no stations (outside of translators) in the way between my home in Miami & Raleigh, NC where WQDR was heard once on tropo!
Oh well.
cd
Oh well.
cd
Here in Vermilion, OH it is mainly WCSX/Detroit, MI with classic rock with a varying signal strength. Occasionally WSNY/Columbus, OH 'Sunny 95' (AC) will show up and I have also heard WXBB/Erie, PA via tropo.
Interesting to hear the reports of WQDR's extensive reach. I'm in Durham, North Carolina, so 94.7 MHz is always WQDR (licensed to Raleigh). Not even the best E-skip sessions or temporary off-air periods have registered anything else on that frequency.
WQDR broadcasts with 96 kW from 1,800+ feet on a TV tower which used to support the analog signals of their former sister TV station WPTF-TV 28 (now WRDC) and two other local TV stations, WRAZ-TV 50 and WRAL-TV 5 (both of whom have a sister FM, WRAL 101.5 MHz, which also broadcasts with 96 kW from the same tower even higher up than WQDR.
WQDR broadcasts with 96 kW from 1,800+ feet on a TV tower which used to support the analog signals of their former sister TV station WPTF-TV 28 (now WRDC) and two other local TV stations, WRAZ-TV 50 and WRAL-TV 5 (both of whom have a sister FM, WRAL 101.5 MHz, which also broadcasts with 96 kW from the same tower even higher up than WQDR.
Near Farmville, VA:
With antenna aimed south = WQDR 94.7, Raleigh, NC
With antenna aimed northwest = W234BA [WNRN] 94.7, Lovingston, VA
Not much else is heard on this frequency thanks to splatter from WSLC 94.9 in Roanoke, VA.
With antenna aimed south = WQDR 94.7, Raleigh, NC
With antenna aimed northwest = W234BA [WNRN] 94.7, Lovingston, VA
Not much else is heard on this frequency thanks to splatter from WSLC 94.9 in Roanoke, VA.
A Mixture of WLIX Ridge, NY and WMAS Springfield, MA in Eastern Long Island.
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