Strong Tropo in North Texas

[LibertyNT]

Here's what I've logged today so far from McKinney, TX
Should also note KOMA 92.5 has been overriding local KZPS a lot lately
88.3 KTGS Tishomingo, Oklahoma
88.5 Local KEOM being hammered by interference
88.7 KAJT Ada, Oklahoma (mixing with religious)
88.9 very distorted mix of two christian talk stations
89.3 Christian
89.5 Same programming as 89.3
89.9 Gospel
90.9 overriding KCBI same as 89.3
91.5 Christian
91.9 Christian
92.1 Unintelligible mix of country stations (Power Country?)
92.7 KTRX Dickson, OK
93.1 KTYL Tyler, TX
93.5 KIKT Greenville, TX
95.5 KITX Hugo, OK
95.7 KKAJ Ardmore, OK
95.9 KCKL Malakoff, OK
96.1 KXXM San Antonio, TX (weak but steady)
(Switched to Mix 96 later from OK, this one was VERY strong.)
96.5 KVKI Shreveport, LA (Very Strong)
98.1 KVET Austin, TX (weak but steady)
99.1 KMAG Fort Smith, AR (Very Strong)
99.9 KTCS Fort Smith, AR(Very Stong)
101.5 KNUE Tyler, TX(Very Stong)
101.9 KBUS Paris, TX (Very Strong)
103.1 Spanish
104.1 KWOW Clifton, TX(over powering semi-local KTDK)
104.3 KFYN Paris, TX (Very Strong)
104.7 KQBK Fort Smith, AR(Stong)
105.5 KLBC Durant, OK
106.5 KTLS Ada, OK
107.3 KQDR Savoy, TX (I'm on the fringe, but it was booming in today)

 

[jmeans]

Good catches! Most of the Houston area FM's were booming in earlier this week (I live just east of Farmersville, about 30 miles east of you LibertyNT). I turned on 100.3 early Monday morning and noticed they were playing country (it was a steady stereo signal and sounded just like a local), and thought it was a bit unusual even for Jack-FM. I waited for the ID, and sure enough it was "The Bull", KILT Houston. It fought with Jack-FM for a good 20 minutes before it faded out. During that time I also caught 104.1 KRBE, Mix 96.5, Country Legends 97.1 (over The Eagle), and Air 1 on 103.7 (fighting with KVIL). All the Sherman/Denison/Ardmore stations are pretty regular catches down here, but if I turn my antenna just the right way, I can catch KOMA 92.5 on top of Lonestar every so often. WACO 100 (99.9), and some of the Shreveport/Texarkana and Tyler stations come in strong every so often too. Never picked up any Austin stations though.

 

[gbranch]

103.1 may have been KMPA Pittsburg. Kompa 103 airs a Spanish Contemporary format.

I am surprised that KVKI was the only Shreveport catch. It is one of the weaker of the class C's in Shreveport. 93.7, 94.5, 98.1, 98.9 and 101.1 all get out better than 96.5 typically.