FM Reception Report - Portland, ME - 11/26/2010

[KML0224]

I had a recent stay at the Clarion hotel in Portland, ME this past Friday night. Here's how my Panasonic AM/FM/CD "Walkman" handled the dial:

89.3-W??? (religious?) [good]
90.1-WMPG Gorham (University of Southern Maine) [fair]
91.9-W??? (?) [fair]
93.1-WMGX Portland (Hot A/C) Coast 93.1
94.3-WCYY Biddeford/Portland (Modern) 94-CYY [good]
94.9-WHOM Mount Washington, NH (A/C) [fair]
95.3-WBNC North Conway, NH (Mount Washington Information Radio) [poor]
95.9-W??? Saco (Sports) [fair]
96.3-W??? (?) (Sports) [fair]
96.9-W??? Portland (Country) 99.9 The Wolf [good]
97.9-WJBQ Portland (CHR) Q-97.9 [good]
98.9-WCLZ Falmouth (AAA?) [good]
99.9-WTHT Lewiston (Country) 99.9 The Wolf [fair]
100.9-WYNZ Westbrook/Portland (Classic Hits) Big Hits Y-100.9 [good]
101.9-WPOR Portland (Country) [good]
102.5-WQSS Rockland (?) (Classical?) [poor]
102.9-WBLM Portland (Classic Rock) [good]
103.7-WPKQ Mount Washington, NH (Country) [fair]
104.1-W??? Portland (University of Southern Maine) [fair]
105.1-W??? Portland (Jazz?/Dance?) Jazz Portland [good]
105.9-WIGY Bath (Religious) [poor]
106.3-W??? Scarborough (Active Rock) 106.3 The Bone [good]
106.7-W??? (?) (Religious) [poor]
107.5-WFNK Lewiston (Classic Hits) Frank FM [good]

I noticed that WYNZ-FM was All-Christmas. I think WHOM-FM was as well.

 

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89.3 WMSJ Freeport Contemporary Christian
91.9 WYFP Harpswell Bible Broadcasting Network
95.9 WPEI WEEI Simulcast
96.3 WJJB Gray The Big Jab
96.9 W245AA Translator of 999 The Wolf
102.5 WQSS Camden AC
104.1 Repeater of WMPG in Portland
105.1 WJZP-LP Jazz
106.3 WXHR
106.7 WXTP North Windham Catholic Talk

 

[KML0224]

Thank you for the updates and corrections! I had done one of these reports from September of 2009, while staying at a different Portland hotel. I know a handful of stations there, as I used to live in Old Orchard Beach back in the mid-1980s.

What surprised me was the Mount Washington Information station on 95.3 FM from North Conway, NH. Not too far down the coast is 95.3 FM, licensed to York. I didn't get a trace of them in Portland.

 

[Mainedude2007]

What surprised me was the Mount Washington Information station on 95.3 FM from North Conway, NH. Not too far down the coast is 95.3 FM, licensed to York. I didn't get a trace of them in Portland.

I'm surprised too because that's a 250 watt translator from North Conway,yet several Portland area FMs that put decent signals in to the area couldn't be received: 95.5 WLOB from Brunswick, 99.3 from (I think) Saco or Kennebunk which simulcasts 96.9/99.9, 104.7 W Bach from Kennebunkport and 93.9 from Lewiston, which carries Air 1 come to mind, along with a couple more translators.

 

[beantownradio25]

Thank you for the updates and corrections! I had done one of these reports from September of 2009, while staying at a different Portland hotel. I know a handful of stations there, as I used to live in Old Orchard Beach back in the mid-1980s.

What surprised me was the Mount Washington Information station on 95.3 FM from North Conway, NH. Not too far down the coast is 95.3 FM, licensed to York. I didn't get a trace of them in Portland.

Thats odd, I remember then having a pretty good signal north. Maybe they were off the air?

 

[JustinT]

Not too far down the coast is 95.3 FM, licensed to York. I didn't get a trace of them in Portland.

Thats odd, I remember then having a pretty good signal north. Maybe they were off the air?

I've usually been able to get 95.3 WSKX sounding great up through about the Portland Jetport, but that's on a car radio. If 104.7 and the other York County signals were completely missing on the Walkman scan, not surprised 95.3 wouldn't be there either.

Also, 90.1 FM is NPR affiliate WMEA Portland - the flagship of MPBN's radio service. WMPG Gorham is 90.9 FM.

 

[jlehmann]

Thank you for the updates and corrections! I had done one of these reports from September of 2009, while staying at a different Portland hotel. I know a handful of stations there, as I used to live in Old Orchard Beach back in the mid-1980s.

What surprised me was the Mount Washington Information station on 95.3 FM from North Conway, NH. Not too far down the coast is 95.3 FM, licensed to York. I didn't get a trace of them in Portland.

Thats odd, I remember then having a pretty good signal north. Maybe they were off the air?

Must've been. I'm up in the Portland area quite often, and WSKX always comes in fine.

 

[cooper]

95.3? In Portland? Damn! That's just an FM translator of WBNC-AM. What floor were you on?

 

[KML0224]

I was on the 4th floor. Granted, there was a bit of in-town interference. The headphone cord had to be down a bit. Also, if I switched the "Walkman" to CITY mode, that station would be gone completely.