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In response to previous "FM Frequencies of the Week"

Rather than go through each individual thread of FM Frequencies of the Week, I'll give a blanket response in one spot.

Unless otherwise stated, received these here in Port aux Basques, NL.

89.7 - The Coast in Glace Bay
91.9 - CBC Radio 1 (PAB transmitter; provincial programming from Corner Brook/St. John's)
93.7 - CBC Radio 1 (St. Andrew's transmitter, same as 91.9)
94.1 - CKEC New Glasgow (formerly on AM 1320; got it a few times in the car and on the Walkman)
94.3 - French version of CBC Radio 1 (Stephenville transmitter; best received around here when on the Grand Bay Mall parking lot)
94.9 - CKPE The Cape in Sydney, NS (a recent format change from Top 40 now sees it play a few classic tunes too)
95.1 - CFCY in Charlottetown, PEI (formerly on AM 630) and CBC Radio 2 Stephenville transmitter, depends on what part of town I'm in to get which station, and in either case, car only
95.3 - CBC Radio 1 (transmitter most likely from Iles de la Madeleine as that carries programming one hour later than all others I get over the air; got that one in the car a few times, but outside of PAB)
95.5 - CBC Radio 1 (Burgeo transmitter, not sure if Corner Brook and St. John's or just St. John's)
95.7 - CHBI Burnt Islands (low-powered, is strong enough to come here most of the time; a community-based station)
95.9 - French version of CBC Radio 1 (Sydney, NS transmitter)
96.5 - CKUL in Halifax (KOOL FM; received briefly while on a Marine Atlantic ferry a few years ago)
96.9 - OZ FM (transmitter at Red Rocks, is a repeater of the St. John's feed; while traveling on one of the Marine Atlantic ferries nearly 2 years ago, got Moncton's country station CJXL)
97.5 - VOCM-FM (K-Rock St. John's; got it a few times whenever tropo or E-Skip goes westward from St. John's)
97.7 - CFCV (translator of CFGN on the AM band, itself a translater of CFSX AM, which is a nighttime translator of CFCB AM)
98.3 - CHER in Sydney, NS (formerly on AM 950, when moved to FM, began playing classic rock)
98.9 - CJFX in Antigonish, NS (formerly on AM 580)
99.1 - CKIX in St. John's (Hits FM; on those odd occasions DX conditions come westward from St. John's)
99.9 - VOAR translator here; source is from Mount Pearl (main frequency there is AM 1210)
100.3 - CHTN in Charlottetown, PEI (formerly on AM 720; Ocean 100 - don't get that much, but it has happened)
100.9 - CKTO in Truro, NS (Big Dog 100.9; got this a few weeks ago in the car near the Bank of Montreal)
101.1 - Coast 101.1 St. John's (see other St. John's-based FM stations above that are not OZ FM)
101.3 - CJCH in Halifax, NS (formerly on AM 920; The Bounce; got this a few times)
101.5 - CIGO in Port Hawkesbury, NS (doesn't occur often, usually best received on top of the stairs at St. James' Church)
101.9 - CHRK in Sydney, NS (The Giant; my favorite station from Sydney, is the strongest of all Sydney FM signals here; have also picked up one of Radio-Canada's stations from St. John's at least twice)
102.5 - CJFX translator of 98.9
103.1 - A classic rock station in Moncton, NB
103.5 - CKCH in Sydney, NS (The Eagle; second-strongest of the Sydney signals to travel to PAB on a usually regular basis)
103.9 - CKXX in Corner Brook (Another K-Rock station, has happened usually in the Codroy Valley)
104.3 - Q104 in Halifax (got at least twice; my Sirius radio is tuned to that frequency all the time)
105.1 - CBI-FM in Sydney (CBC Radio 2)
105.5 - CKQK in Charlottetown, PEI (former K-ROCK station now running as Hot 105.5 FM playing all the hottest music around)
106.3 - A new addition as of last year, and originating from here, is run by Marine Atlantic airing information about the company in an endless loop

There might have been others past 106.3 but the memories of those around here are a bit vague at the moment. I have also picked up a few of the above frequencies while out with friends to dinner in Rose Blanche in 2009. I also usually get the harder-to-get frequencies in the car, some reach the Walkman easily.
 
Good stuff. Thanks for posting. I, for one, had no idea, there'd be that many signals making it to your location.

Curious what your AM dial looks like. Off the top of my head, I'd expect it would be expect it to be an interesting mix of saltwater paths and what I believe is lousy ground conductivity over the land paths.
 
I looked this up on Google Maps. What an exciting place to live! Very isolated from major population centers. I'll bet you can hear distant AMs from the states during the day due to the salt water and very little local QRM. My flights to Europe frequently take me over NFLD and often close to Stephenville, which they show on the flight map. It would be interesting to see it sometime. I envy you (except in the wintertime)!
 
audioguy said:
I looked this up on Google Maps. What an exciting place to live! Very isolated from major population centers. I'll bet you can hear distant AMs from the states during the day due to the salt water and very little local QRM. My flights to Europe frequently take me over NFLD and often close to Stephenville, which they show on the flight map. It would be interesting to see it sometime. I envy you (except in the wintertime)!

I DX'ed from St. John's in August 1999.....nice place indeed. However, the AM dial in the day, for me, didn't have much of anything outside of Newfoundland, except that I did hear the now-defunct AM 1375 out of St. Pierre/Miquelon.

At night, I heard a couple of Euro's---1053 & 1089 in UK (now TalkSport I think), and the now-defunct what had to be Norway on 1314 or was it 1413? :D

Also I got some out of the Maritimes, New England & I suppose NYC as well. I did not get an ID, but I am sure I did hear as far south as WBT 1110 with Carolina Panthers preseason football.

Wish I had stayed longer!

cd
 
cd637299 said:
At night, I heard a couple of Euro's---1053 & 1089 in UK (now TalkSport I think)

cd

1089 (yes, it's TalkSport) has a fabulous signal. Its one of the strongest, if not THE strongest MW signal in central London, and it blasts into France and Germany at night like a local. I'd expect it to be a fairly easy catch (relatively speaking) in the Maritimes and New England. You'd probably need to null WBAL, but I don't think that'd be much of a problem.
 
I failed to mention at the beginning that I once picked up what is now Energy 103.5 Halifax (was previously called Z103 Halifax) in the car and completely nulled out, even if briefly, 103.5 The Eagle.
 
And the car gets more stations received on the AM band at night than my Walkman does. Sometimes the kitchen radio gets things no other radio in the house does.
 
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