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musicman3355
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Can the LA FMs/AMs reach Orange County well? The radio-locator maps look like they don't reach all of it...
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musicman3355 said:
Yes pretty much all of them can be heard in OC with the exception of KGIL which is only heard by dolphins and whales.
The Los Angeles Metro is comprised of Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Some stations do better in certain areas of each county than others. The Antelope Valley (Lancaster/Palmdale) section of LA county is tough for a number of stations, for example. Other stations that are licensed to Los Angeles but serve primary the west San Fernando Valley can't reach south Orange County.
Basically if you are on the flats on Orange County - Garden Grove, Westminster, Tustin, Irvine, Hintington Beach, then the LA FM's are generally not a problem. But once you get into south Orange County (in the hills) of Aliso Laguna Niguel Viejo Margarita, the FM's become problematic. And then for San Clemente and San Juan Capistano you are mostly out of luck unless you are near the coast.
For the two of us with HD in the car in Orange County LA HD goes down to about El Toro Road even though the analog goes further.
For the two of us with HD in the car in Orange County LA HD goes down to about El Toro Road even though the analog goes further.
Shoot From Hip said:
I didn't know of any Los Angeles city of license FM that primarily serves the western San Fernando Valley. All the stations licensed to Los Angleles must put a high signal intensity over that city or significant parts of it.
In fact, only one pure San Fernando Valley FM exists, 94.3 in San Fernando, a Class A at the northeastern part of the valley. Even Burbank has no station licensed to it.
As another poster mentions, most of the LA Class B FMs have some issues in the hilly parts of southern Orange County. FOrtunately for them, the population in that area is relatively small.
None of the A's covers a large percentage of the market in either county. Several operators have ganged up two or even three A's to cover much of the market, though.
Few of the LA FMs have a really good signal in the Antilope Valley. Several have put boosters in the Santa Clarita area, though, and are now heard quite well there.
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