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Rush on two FMs

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vchimpanzee

Between I-95 and Bennettsville on the way home, I pushed the "Scan" button and 97.9 FM came in very clearly. I should have just stayed there because the power lines and the accelerator and air conditioner messed up the other station I tried for Rush.

And I was starting to lose WEZV Easy 105.9. I actually heard Rush there briefly! In fact, I lost WEZV briefly (top some talk station) on the way down to the beach after having picked up a listenable signal for quite a while.
 
Miller Communications has filled the gaps in the FM band with LPFM stations relaying the weak AM licenses they hold. One AM station is off the air but its 2 LPFM's are going strong on the FM band. WDXY 1240 AM is a talk station and is rebroadcast on 105.9 FM. The LPFM has good coverage from Lake City to Columbia with 250 watts. The distant FM stations have been covered with LPFM relays. You can thank the FCC and John Spratt for this noise on the dial.
 
Miller's stations that you are talking about are AM with FM repeaters not LPFM stations. They are not noise just lower in power than the big stations and often cover areas that other programers are missing in some cases. Has for LPFM they often cover communities with different programing also just like my station does and no I don't work for Miller, just pointing out a few facts.
 
SCMidlands said:
One AM station is off the air but its 2 LPFM's are going strong on the FM band. WDXY 1240 AM is a talk station and is rebroadcast on 105.9 FM. The LPFM has good coverage from Lake City to Columbia with 250 watts. The distant FM stations have been covered with LPFM relays. You can thank the FCC and John Spratt for this noise on the dial.
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Friend... you need to read through the rules and get your terminology corrected.

LPFM is a peculiar breed of animal with many, many limitations.

LPFM does not repeat a commercial station. It must be owned by a not-for-profit organization, that organization cannot own any part of another radio station.

The maximum power for an LPFM is 100 watts so if you are describing a 250 watt FM station... it is not LPFM.

Check out the terminology "translator" and "satellite" as used on the FM band.
 
John Spratt had nothing to do with the FM translator service. It has existed long before he was in office. In fact, the push for AM on FM translators enjoyed bi-partisan support. This has helped a lot of flea-power and daytimer AM's. So don't drag partisan politics into this.
 
That 105.9 signal is a monster for a translator. I've heard it on a walkman easily in Manning, and in the car nearly to I-77 on 26, and probably past.

A couple of times, I've even heard it skip through on James Island over Easy, Brunswick, and the Orlando 105.9 (which jumps over Brunswick often).

I don't know what the 97.9 translator is. It could be skip or another station.
 
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