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FM scan Birch Bay, WA 9/4/16

I was up at Birch Bay yesterday and got some fm DXing in yesterday afternoon. Here's the scan,
88.1 CBU-1-FM Vancouver, BC
88.3 unid rap, all 88.3 signals seem too far.
88.5 CBU-1-FM-2/Abotsford, BC
88.9 CBUX-FM-1/Victoria, BC
89.3 didn't get an ID on this but likely KUGS/Bellingham, WA.
89.7 CJSU/Duncan, BC.
90.3 may have had a weak KQOW/Bellingham, WA.
90.5 CBCV/Victoria, BC.
90.9 unid classical, didn't take the time to match with 89.9, but pretty sure it was CBUX/Vancouver, BC.
91.3 CJZN/Victoria, BC.
91.7 CKAY/Gibson, BC.
92.1 CBU-FM-1/Victoria, BC.
92.5 CKKS-FM-1/Abotsford, BC thought this was KQMV/Bellevue, WA at first but mentioned Hit Storm top 22 and checked with 104.9.
92.9 KISM/Bellingham, WA.
93.1 CKYE/Surry, BC.
93.3 KPWK/Seattle, WA.
93.7 CJJR/Vancouver, BC.
94.1 not sure if I heard anything, would have been KMPS/Seattle, WA extremely weak.
94.5 CFBT/Vancouver, BC.
95.3 CKZZ/Vancouver, BC.
95.7 KJR-FM/Seattle, WA mixing with something else, haven't taken the time to look up what this might be.
96.1 CHKG/Vancouver, BC.
96.5 lots of noise but I think I did manage to pull out KJAQ/Seattle, WA underneath.
96.9 CJAC/Vancouver, BC.
97.3 can't remember if KIRO-FM/Tacoma, WA was in or not.
97.7 CBUF/Vancouver, BC.
98.1 KING-FM/Seattle, WA.
98.3 weak CKSR/Chilliwack, BC.
98.5 CIOC/Victoria, BC.
98.7 weak CKPM/Port Moody, BC.
98.9 extremely weak KVRQ/Seattle, WA.
99.3 CFOX/Vancouver, BC.
99.9 can't remember if I had KISW/Seattle, WA in or not, there was lots of noise on this frequency as well.
100.3 CKKQ/Victoria, BC.
100.5 CFRO/Vancouver, BC.
101.1 CFMI/Vancouver, BC. CISF-FM
101.7 likely CHLY/Nanaimo, BC.
101.9 CITR/Vancouver, BC.
102.3 CKWV/Nanaimo, BC.
102.7 CKPK/Vancouver, BC.
103.1 CHTT/Victoria, BC.
103.5 CHQM/Vancouver, BC.
104.1 KAFE/Bellingham, WA.
104.3 CHLG/Vancouver, BC first time I've ever heard first adjacents so close to each other at such similar strengths, but 100.3 and 100.5 were at similar strength as well.
104.5 KLSW/Covington, WA.
104.7 unid extremely weak, sounded like public radio but the only CBC on that frequency is too far. Could it be a KUOW repeater? I don't think they've got anything on 104.7, and it didn't match Mountain FM.
104.9 CKKS-FM-2/Vancouver, BC.
105.3 KCMS/Edmonds, WA.
105.7 CBU-FM/Vancouver, BC.
106.1 KBKS/Tacoma, WA extremely weak, as were all the Tiger sticks with the notable exception of KING. I can't even remember if KKWF or KZOK even made an appearance.
106.3 can't remember the calls, but the aboriginal station from Vancouver.
106.5 KWPZ/Lyndon, WA.
106.9 KRWM/Bremerton, WA.
107.1 CKQC-FM/Abotsford, BC.
107.3 CHBE/Victoria, BC.
107.5 CISC-FM/Gibson, BC.
107.7 CISF/Surry, BC.
Tiger signals were extremely weak as mentioned before. Other than CHBE and CHTT, all Victoria signals were pretty strong.
 
104.7 is K284BL Bellingham (NWPR News). I used to hear them in Marysville. The 95.7 mixing with KJR was probably CFPW Powell River BC (Coast 95.7 FM).
107.7 CISF is new on my radar. It's a community radio station serving the Surrey area. Of course, with KNDD 100 miles south, I'm sure they have reception problems sometimes.
 
Yeah, they probably do, but here's a classic example of the problems you can run into with putting new stations on top of Seattle frequencies. Where I was, the strongest signal from Tiger was probably 106.1, and that was barely audible. That being said, once you get closer to the freeway, I'm sure there's going to be problems with 92.5, 107.7, and 88.5.
 
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