Star 94.1 in OKC

[OKCRadioGuy]

I'm listening to Star here in Oklahoma.. Now that's a long trip for a class B!

 

[Lopaka]

That is amazing. I honestly didn't know FM did that. How often does this happen? Once as a kid I got a TV station from Mexico City over the air here in San Diego--that was a jolt.

 

[Garrett]

94.1 in San Diego is 100,000 watts.

 

[wattsup]

It's a case of Sporadic E skip propagation. I was hearing a Kansas station at 95.3 yesterday around noon in North County San Diego!

 

[SDRadio]

It's only 100,000 watts ERP. E-skips to Oklahoma are common. The reverse is true as well. VHF TV 2-6 can do the same.

 

[mdnghtmike]

That is amazing. I honestly didn't know FM did that. How often does this happen? Once as a kid I got a TV station from Mexico City over the air here in San Diego--that was a jolt.

I got 96.9 fm KOW in Oklahoma yesterday it was causing interference on kson amazing I did not think that happens to fm conditons must have been perfectsignal was pretty stong statiion sounded goooood

 

[Kent]

I got 96.9 fm KOW in Oklahoma yesterday it was causing interference on kson amazing I did not think that happens to fm conditons must have been perfectsignal was pretty stong statiion sounded goooood

I'm guessing you're referring to KKOW-FM "96.9 The Kow?" That's actually out of Pittsburg, KS, though it puts a good signal into much of Northeastern Oklahoma, which is why stations in the Pittsburg and Joplin areas call the region "The Four States." KKOW AM/FM is owned by O. Gene Bicknell, who also has the distinction of owning the most Pizza Hut franchises in the nation outside of corporate. He also owns KBZI 100.7 out of Deerfield, MO and "Kowboy Koaches," which is a shuttle service to Branson. With the design of the logo, it at least used to look more like it said "Kowboy Roaches!"When I lived in Oklahoma, I don't recall ever getting any California stations. Most of the stations I got via ducting and e-skip were from the East Coast, including Boston, Savannah, Fayetteville (NC), Raleigh, Myrtle Beach, Norfolk/VA Beach and Richmond. However, with tropospheric ducting and e-skip, anything's possible. I do know that California FM's used to be commonly heard in New Mexico via ducting and e-skip, at least until Albuquerque got oversaturated with FM stations in the mid to late 80's. In some parts of New Mexico, you could hear a different region of the country almost every night around this time of year, with California and the Pacific Northwest being among the most common.