Strength of the Denver FM'S to the south

[sox fan matt]

I'm just curious, with the major 100,000 watt signals in Denver, Can they reach it to the northern fringes of Colorado Springs? (I'm not in the market but I'm curious and I assume atmosphere plays a large part as well) I hear KOA at night here in North Texas.

 

[FM_Listener]

The Denver FM stations pretty much fade out because of terrain just south of Monument Hill (which is north of Colorado Springs). So much so that there's some co-channel usage in the Springs.

There's a good terrain barrier between the markets. Someone with a good directional antenna might get some stations, but in the car they aren't reliable.

Some of the AMs make it both directions to varying degrees.

 

[roadwonk]

The Denver FM stations pretty much fade out because of terrain just south of Monument Hill (which is north of Colorado Springs). So much so that there's some co-channel usage in the Springs.

There's a good terrain barrier between the markets. Someone with a good directional antenna might get some stations, but in the car they aren't reliable.

Some of the AMs make it both directions to varying degrees.

Living in the Denver area back in the '80s, I could easily grab most of the FM stations from the Springs once I was east of Sheridan Blvd - namely KSPZ (92.9), KILO (93.9), KRDO (95.1), KKFM (96.5), KVUU (99.9), and KIIQ (102.7) with the Pioneer Supertuner in my van. Couldn't say the same for Denver's FM when I was in the Springs, though...

 

[Huff]

Of course, AM and FM propagation are totally different animals, FM is basically just line of sight during normal conditions.
This is what typical Denver FM signal strengths look like toward Colorado Springs.