Irons, MI FM bandscan 6/29/19

[ftballfan]

88.1 – WHID Green Bay, WI (17kW @ 104 mi)
88.3 – WSMZ Crystal Valley (1.5kW @ 36 mi)
88.5 – WPVM Sturgeon Bay, WI (15kW @ 89 mi)
88.7 – WIAA Interlochen (100kW @ 13 mi)
89.3 – WPNE Green Bay, WI (100kW @ 106 mi)
89.5 – WCMU Mount Pleasant (100kW @ 69 mi)
89.7 – WHND Sister Bay, WI (22kW @ 95 mi)
89.7 – WLMN Manistee (15kW @ 17 mi)
89.9 – WLJN Traverse City (100kW @ 45 mi)
90.1 – WORQ Green Bay, WI (18kW @ 104 mi)
90.3 – WBLV Twin Lake (100kW @ 41 mi)
90.5 – WPFF Sturgeon Bay, WI (100kW @ 89 mi)
90.7 – WNMC Traverse City (600W @ 45 mi)
90.9 – WTCK Charlevoix (5.5kW @ 103 mi)
91.1 – WOLW Cadillac (50kW @ 13 mi)
91.3 – WCSG Grand Rapids (37kW @ 94 mi)
91.3 – WRMW Peshtigo, WI (5.4kW @ 89 mi)
91.5 – WICA Traverse City (4kW @ 44 mi)
91.7 – WCML Alpena (92kW @ 110 mi)
91.9 – WGCP Cadillac (2.65kW @ 13 mi)
92.1 – WLTU Manitowoc, WI (3.7kW @ 86 mi)
92.3 – WBNZ Frankfort (50kW @ 35 mi) [dead air]
92.5 – WFDX Atlanta (100kW @ 98 mi)
92.7 – WAUN Kewaunee, WI (6kW @ 87 mi)
92.9 – WJZQ Cadillac (100kW @ 47 mi)
93.1 – WIMK Iron Mountain (100kW @ 156 mi)
93.3 – WKQZ Midland (39kW @ 93 mi)
93.3 – WLDB Milwaukee, WI (16kW @ 124 mi)
93.5 – WBCM Boyne City (14kW @ 96 mi)
93.7 – WKAD Harrietta (4.3kW @ 18 mi)
93.9 – WDOR Sturgeon Bay, WI (77kW @ 89 mi)
94.1 – WWKR Hart (5kW @ 36 mi)
94.3 – WFCX Leland (20.5kW @ 45 mi)
94.5 – WCEN Hemlock (100kW @ 71 mi)
94.5 – WKLQ Holland (50kW @ 89 mi)
94.7 – WZOR Mishicot, WI (21.5kW @ 94 mi)
94.9 – WKZC Scottville (17kW @ 26 mi)
95.1 – WLST Marinette, WI (100kW @ 107 mi)
95.3 – WGVS Whitehall (2kW @ 58 mi)
95.5 – WGFE Glen Arbor (21kW @ 47 mi)
95.7 – WLHT Grand Rapids (40kW @ 77 mi)
95.7 – WRIT Milwaukee, WI (34kW @ 124 mi)
95.9 – WLJW Fife Lake (19kW @ 47 mi)
96.1 – WMAX Holland (50kW @ 91 mi)
96.3 – WKLA Ludington (3.4kW @ 31 mi)
96.5 – WKLH Milwaukee, WI (20kW @ 124 mi)
96.7 – WLXV Cadillac (7.2kW @ 24 mi)
96.9 – WLAV Grand Rapids (20kW STA @ 83 mi)
97.1 – WGLQ Escanaba (100kW @ 147 mi)
97.3 – WDEE Reed City (2.85kW @ 29 mi)
97.5 – WKLT Kalkaska (32kW @ 56 mi)
97.5 – WLAW Whitehall (3kW @ 56 mi)
97.7 – WMLQ Manistee (2.5kW @ 20 mi)
97.9 – WGRD Grand Rapids (13kW @ 94 mi)
98.1 – WGFN Glen Arbor (21kW @ 47 mi)
98.3 – WLCS North Muskegon (1.6kW @ 59 mi)
98.5 – WUPS Harrison (100kW @ 59 mi)
98.7 – WLDN Ludington (5.5kW @ 31 mi)
98.9 – WEMP Two Rivers, WI (6kW @ 93 mi)
98.9 – WKLZ Petoskey (100kW @ 103 mi)
99.1 – WMYX Milwaukee, WI (50kW @ 136 mi)
99.3 – WQAN Beulah (50kW @ 35 mi) [might be broadcasting from different site; distance is to licensed site]
99.5 – WPKR Omro, WI (25kW @ 139 mi)
99.7 – WDKF Sturgeon Bay, WI (46kW @ 92 mi)
99.9 – WHAK Rogers City (50kW @ 130 mi)
99.9 – WQLQ Benton Harbor (50kW @ 152 mi)
100.1 – WVIB Holton (2.9kW @ 59 mi)
100.3 – WQON Grayling (60kW @ 67 mi)
100.7 – W264DQ Cadillac (250W @ 30 mi)
100.9 – WWBR Big Rapids (6kW @ 39 mi)
101.1 – WIXX Green Bay, WI (100kW @ 106 mi)
101.3 – WBFX Grand Rapids (50kW @ 81 mi)
101.5 – WMTE Manistee (6kW @ 20 mi)
101.7 – WMRR Muskegon Heights (12kW @ 64 mi)
101.9 – WLDR Traverse City (100kW @ 45 mi)
102.1 – WRKU Forestville, WI (2.6kW @ 84 mi)
102.3 – WYBR Big Rapids (10.5kW @ 36 mi)
102.5 – WCMM Gulliver (60kW @ 129 mi)
102.5 – WIOG Bay City (86kW @ 113 mi)
102.7 – WRVM Suring, WI (100kW @ 136 mi)
102.9 – WMKC Indian River (100kW @ 103 mi)
103.1 – WOGB Reedsville, WI (3.6kW @ 106 mi)
103.3 – WFXD Marquette (100kW @ 189 mi)
103.5 – WTCM Traverse City (100kW @ 24 mi)
103.7 – WXSS Wauwatosa, WI (19.5kW @ 124 mi)
103.9 – WLCV-LP Ludington (100W @ 30 mi)
104.1 – WRLU Algoma, WI (2.4kW @ 84 mi)
104.3 – WKZG Seymour, WI (5.6kW @ 123 mi)
104.5 – WSNX Muskegon (32kW @ 65 mi)
104.7 – WYKX Escanaba (100kW @ 140 mi)
104.9 – WAIR Lake City (2.8kW @ 30 mi)
104.9 – WPCK Denmark, WI (10kW @ 95 mi)
105.1 – WGFM Cheboygan (43kW @ 91 mi)
105.1 – WSBW Ephraim, WI (3.1kW @ 95 mi)
105.3 – WHTS Coopersville (20kW @ 58 mi)
105.5 – WSRJ Honor (17kW @ 36 mi)
105.7 – WAPL Appleton, WI (100kW @ 104 mi)
105.9 – WKHQ Charlevoix (100kW @ 82 mi)
106.1 – W291DE Cadillac (250W @ 26 mi)
106.1 – WMIL Waukesha, WI (12kW @ 124 mi)
106.3 – WGMV Stephenson (50kW @ 126 mi)
106.3 – WWMN Thompsonville (2.2kW @ 35 mi)
106.5 – WHBZ Sheboygan Falls, WI (6kW @ 96 mi)
106.5 – WVFM Kalamazoo (33kW @ 117 mi)
106.7 – WSRT Gaylord (100kW @ 81 mi)
106.9 – WLGE Baileys Harbor, WI (6kW @ 88 mi)
106.9 – WOOD Muskegon (50kW @ 64 mi)
107.1 – WCKC Cadillac (2.75kW @ 28 mi)
107.3 – WTNR Greenville (50kW @ 83 mi)
107.3 – WUPF Powers (50kW @ 129 mi)
107.5 – WCCW Traverse City (50kW @ 44 mi)
107.7 – W299CB Manistee (19W @ 20 mi)
107.7 – WVCY Milwaukee, WI (43kW @ 136 mi)
107.9 – WCDY McBain (3.1kW @ 28 mi)
107.9 – WMUS Muskegon (15kW @ 64 mi)

 

[cyberdad]

Impressive list. Thanks for posting. What stood out to me is that most of the Milwaukee FMs made it to your location, but nothing from Chicago or the area between the two cities. Probably because most of the Milwaukee FMs run higher power from the TV towers on the north side of town.

 

[Schroedingers Cat]

I am told that at 32000 feet, Chicago FMs are buried by Detroit stations over most of Michigan, and even more by 100 kW cochannel stations (WLXT, WLDR, WTCM, WKHQ, and WSRT) in Northern Michigan. WMBI, legacy WYCA, and WPPN have the best signals from the Chicago Area in the air and for common DX loggings. Used to be WXRT and WGCI also, but they finally moved to legacy Hancock, and the What You Talking About Willis Tower.

 

[DXBob]

When I lived in Madison, WI I was located at a high point in local terrain and I had a large FM antenna with a rotor on the roof of my home. When pointed toward Chicago, I could typically listen to many of the Chicago FMs 24/7. Signals were often stronger at night through the morning rush hour. However, signals from stations in Muskegon and Grand Rapids, MI were often stronger than the Chicago area stations with less noise and fading. During that era [80s] the most reliable Chicago based signal was WBEZ. The most reliable long distance signal at this location was WIXX in Green Bay, WI.

Bob

 

[radioman148]

WIXX really gets out. Here in the Chicago area WIXX could be heard late at night after WKQX signed off at midnight during the 70s & 80s.

 

[wildthangjim]

I was in Pentwater MI (just down the road from Irons next to the lake) a few years ago and had similar results. The Milwaukee/Green Bay stations were in like locals on my car radio. I'm guessing the lack of Chicago-area signals has to be partially due to distance. From Irons, Google tells me Chicago is ~60 miles further away than Milwaukee.

 

[ftballfan]

I was in Pentwater MI (just down the road from Irons next to the lake) a few years ago and had similar results. The Milwaukee/Green Bay stations were in like locals on my car radio. I'm guessing the lack of Chicago-area signals has to be partially due to distance. From Irons, Google tells me Chicago is ~60 miles further away than Milwaukee.

Also many of the Chicago stations are co-channel to strong Traverse City or Green Bay area stations