FM Frequency of the week - 99.1

[memoriesradio]

Near Farmville, Virginia:

This frequency used to be home to one strong signal - that being the popular WSLQ 99.1, Roanoke, VA (Q99).

Recently, a translator for Big Country 105.3 (WBNN, Dillwyn) signed on from Carter's Mountain in Charlottesville. While directional to the north, it is very much listenable with the antenna aimed to the northwest.

 

[Buckeyes2001]

Cleveland, OH has a new station called 99X, W259BI 99.1 that just went on the air today with an alternative format, owned by Clear Channel. 'New Rock Alternative Radio' which is also WMMS-HD2 channel

 

[BigDave]

I've heard 99.1 WDEN from Macon,Georgia before

 

[stormy01]

Believe it or not, I have never heard WSLQ in northern VA despite its huge, monster 150 kW signal, not even in tropo conditions.

I'll want to be on the lookout for WSLQ, having heard some VA, MD, DC and NC stations in recent years summer DXing! Looked up WSLQ 'specs' on radio-locator and FCC, R-L indicates CP to go to 191kW and FCC says 200kW. (or has it really been 200kW, not 150 kW?) Didn't know stations could raise ERP even if they are lowering the HAAT of their antenna array...Not that more power is really all that necessary for Tropo or E-Skip. Got KVOD from Lakewood (Denver), CO with its 1.2kW through the rain at my location (NW suburbs of Chicago, about 895 miles) a few years ago!

 

[ddsparxx]

It has been 150 kW; now there is a construction permit for 190,900W according to Radio-Locator.

 

[OhioMediaWatch]

Since the aforementioned W256BT/99.1 "99X" Cleveland signed on, that's what I get here now.

 

[BigDave]

Bleedover from 98.9(99X) :

 

[GRS86]

Here in East Metro Atlanta, it's WDEN 99.1 out of Macon. WDEN actually puts a decent signal in many of the southern and eastern Atlanta metro counties.

 

[CalebC]

Here in Parsons, KS It's KSEK-FM ESPN Radio. Much less often KTLI out of El Dorado/Wichita will bleed through, but like I said, That's not very often.