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Has there ever been an AM/FM combo with the same number on both sides?

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briantroutman

I’m new to the site but a longtime radio fan ever since four years of age when I started AM DXing from my Williamsport, Pennsylvania bedroom at night.

In the days before digital tuning was ubiquitous, it seemed to have been bit more common for FMs to market themselves in whole numbers (like 95 instead of 94.9) with the occasional “...and a half” for stations on a .5 frequency. In the same era, it was also perhaps more common for AMs to brand themselves with a two-digit number (think 99 WIBG in Philadelphia, 93 KHJ in Los Angeles, etc.). And by the latter part of this era, it was not unheard of for radio stations to operate the same call letters on both AM and FM in the same market.

My question is: Has a radio station ever occupied the same nominal frequency on both AM and FM and marketed itself as such? So for example, WCJE might broadcast at 990 AM as well as 99.1 FM and advertise itself as “99 WCJE - AM & FM”.
 
briantroutman said:
I’m new to the site but a longtime radio fan ever since four years of age when I started AM DXing from my Williamsport, Pennsylvania bedroom at night.

In the days before digital tuning was ubiquitous, it seemed to have been bit more common for FMs to market themselves in whole numbers (like 95 instead of 94.9) with the occasional “...and a half” for stations on a .5 frequency. In the same era, it was also perhaps more common for AMs to brand themselves with a two-digit number (think 99 WIBG in Philadelphia, 93 KHJ in Los Angeles, etc.). And by the latter part of this era, it was not unheard of for radio stations to operate the same call letters on both AM and FM in the same market.

My question is: Has a radio station ever occupied the same nominal frequency on both AM and FM and marketed itself as such? So for example, WCJE might broadcast at 990 AM as well as 99.1 FM and advertise itself as “99 WCJE - AM & FM”.
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I just thought of one. K101: KIOI 101.3 & KIQI 1010 San Francisco
 
Knoxville, Tennessee's "Sports Animal" WNML is simulcast on 990 AM and 99.1 FM (except for split coverage of Knoxville Catholic high school football on one side and a Knox County game of the week on the other)
 
They don't mention their frequencies and they may not even simulcast, but BBN in Charlotte, NC, which happens to be the network's headquarters city, has WYFQ (AM) on 930 and WYFQ-FM on 93.5. The FM is licensed to Wadesboro, which is some distance away, and I don't know where the studios are. I don't know think BBN affiliates air their own programming other than the station ID.

Another one which may have used the frequencies in this way: WABZ (AM) on 1010 and WABZ-FM on 100,9 in Albemarle NC. The FM moved to Charlotte years ago and had quit simulcasting long before that.
 
In Dallas in the 1960s, easy listening KIXL AM/FM was "104 on both your dials" (1040 AM and 104.5 FM)
 
WPAT 930AM and WPAT 93.1 FM. 93 on AM and FM during their beautiful music days,which ended over 20 years ago. Both stations still have those calls,even though simulcasting ceased years ago. WPAT AM is brokered/ethnic and the FM has been a Spanish language station since 1996 and are owned by different companies.
 
I thought of another one in Knoxville, TN.

WQBB (AM) was at 1040 and WQBB-FM at 104.5. Both have changed letters and formats, but back then they were standards, with old-time radio like Jack Benny at night on the FM. I never actually heard it at night because I could only pick up the AM station when I was in the mountains, and it was daytime-only anyway.
 
Not the same number, but on one particular radio I could flip to AM and have WIMA (AM), Lima on 1150 and flip to FM without tuning and have WIMA-FM on 102.1.
 
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