FM Frequency of The Week: 96.7

[crainbebo]

What have you picked up on 96.7?

Seattle: nothing but KJAQ 96.5 IBOC

Yakima: KMMG Benton City, WA (Spanish). On Manastash Ridge, at 2500+ ft above Ellensburg, I've gotten KWWW Quincy, WA "KW3".

-crainbebo

 

[cd637299]

Ahh, 96.7....if not for my own local IBOC, it would be the gateway to Cuba FM here in south Florida.

Believe it or not, despite being a former Class-A-only frequency, there are *no* 96.7's in FL (outside of translators & LPFM). So, it could be a wide open wilderness if not for the IBOC.

Prior to WPOW going IBOC, Radio Rebelde in Havana would make a sporadic appearance. I think it appeared last December at home when there were HD issues from a few stations here. That same night there was, I believe, a Reach FM translator, maybe from northern Palm Beach County.

From the FL Keys, there's another Cuban----Radio Reloj, apparently from Santa Clara.

(There was once a 96.7 class A in Jupiter...this may be the current 106.3 or the 99.5 license in Palm Beach Gardens.)

cd

 

[gr8oldies]

96.7 was the first station I ever worked at in Celina OH. In Dayton I heard WCSM fairly often, along with a Jackson OH station.

 

[gr8oldies]

In the Knoxville area, its WMYL "Merle FM"

 

[ddsparxx]

Northern VA, weak WCEI Easton, MD 75 miles away, just east of the Chesapeake Bay and weak WDLD Hagerstown, MD, 50 miles away, with 4.8 kW and only 164 feet above average terrain. WCEI is 12.5 kW AND 463 ft. Tropo conditions often bring me WKJX "96.7 The Block" from Elizabeth City, NC.

 

[RadioDaze]

In Durham, North Carolina, 96.7 FM is "Kickin Country" WKRX in Roxboro, about 30 miles up US 501, but broadcasting with 3,000 watts from a rather short antenna and thus spotty after you get ten miles from the station. They are the only local commercial FM that signs off ...which they do at 11 p.m. each night. We also get lots of interference from Elizabeth City's WKJX "96.7 The Block" ever since they boosted this station's power to 50,000 watts a few years back.

 

[musicman3355]

Down here in the LA area it's rimshot 96.7 KWIZ. It comes in pretty weak where I'm in, but I believe one time I heard a weak signal of KCAL-FM 96.7 from the Inland Empire.

 

[MR5229]

From Pleasant Hill, CA (30 mi NE of San Francisco, CA) I have received KMRQ from Modesto, and KZAP from Chico. KZAP only comes in at certain locations while KMRQ comes in more frequently. From Pinole, CA (15 mi NNE of San Francisco) I have received KNOB from Santa Rosa, CA.

 

[Tincap]

Local (just over the St. Lawrence) WYSX Yes-FM hogs the frequency, with its kiddy-pop. :-X

~BG

 

[travisl5678]

From Concord(About the same place from where MR5229 is DXing)
Mostly KMRQ(62 miles), sometimes KNOB(3Kw at 68 miles away) and once I picked up KALZ in Fowler(Near Fresno, about 158 miles) MR5229 where have you picked up KZAP Chico?

 

[schmave]

96.7 was the first station I ever worked at in Celina OH. In Dayton I heard WCSM fairly often, along with a Jackson OH station.

If anything gets into Columbus on 96.7, it's Jackson (but that is very rare). WCSM has pretty good reach out in western Ohio (better than K94) but gets hemmed in to the northeast by a station on the same frequency in the Findlay/Fostoria area.

 

[gr8oldies]

Both of those Celina signals are on the Wright State tower (which at least at one time housed a translator for WPTD in Dayton). Before that, WCSM-FM was on one of the AM towers at about 150 ft., and WMER/WKKI was broadcasting from the very low tower behind the Celina Music Store.

 

[David67]

It's got too much static,here in Chatsworth,to catch anything most days. The only thing I've been able to catch on there lately was 96.7 the legend in Atlanta(and I could barely hear it).

 

[charlestondxman]

Here on 96.7, all it is usually is hash from our local at 96.9. Sometimes, the one from Columbia comes in (Steve-FM), noisily, only during a tropo outbreak.

 

[LibertyNT]

on 96.7 in McKinney, TX (north of Dallas) its normally WBAP-FM
but sometimes, if you hit the right spot on the road. the 96.7 from Tyler will take over.

 

[MR5229]

From Concord(About the same place from where MR5229 is DXing)
Mostly KMRQ(62 miles), sometimes KNOB(3Kw at 68 miles away) and once I picked up KALZ in Fowler(Near Fresno, about 158 miles) MR5229 where have you picked up KZAP Chico?

I picked it at 2 separate locations. The first location I picked it up was near Hidden Lake Park in Pacheco, CA. The second location I picked it up at was on Highway 4 between Martinez and Franklin Canyon Golf Course. It was faint on Highway 4, but it was there. This was around 5 years ago. when KZAP was still a CHR/Rhythmic.

 

[RyanHoward]

At my location, Warminster PA, 96.7 is mainly splatter from the local 96.5 station(WRDW,
or Wired as it's called).

 

[Lawppy]

From Coldwater, MI:

96.7 is the home of a strong semi-local. WUFN licensed to Albion, MI with a tower near Parma, MI.

In the rare case where tropo takes over the frequency...
WCOE- Laporte, IN- Country- The Eagle
WCSM- Celina, OH- Full Service
WLXV- Cadillac, MI- Hot AC- Mix 96
CHYR- Leamington, ON- Hot AC- Cheer FM

 

[gr8oldies]

WUFM was a station I could DX from Celina, Ohio when local WCSM was off the air overnights. I heard WCOE (WCSM and WCOE are owned by members of the same Coe family) once in Ft. Wayne.

 

[Dxer1105]

In southern new jersey, it is usually bleed or IBOC hash from WRDW "wired 96.5"; however i got a few dx stations via tropo on my sony hd tabletop clock radio