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The Best Signal In The Triangle Is...
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;DHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHHAHA...I get it. That is too cute! 
Oh, ok. well, then that's different. :
From the VA line, they kinda sound like a CB channel. I'm not flaming here, htat's just what I think. It's like an open CB channel run down a TAB can thru another open CB channel on cassette. Maybe that's just on my stereo, though.
From the VA line, they kinda sound like a CB channel. I'm not flaming here, htat's just what I think. It's like an open CB channel run down a TAB can thru another open CB channel on cassette. Maybe that's just on my stereo, though.
;D You still listening on that old Truetone 2 transistor radio or the old Hallicrafters Shortwave with the 2 inch speaker? Hahhahaha ;DSniffthamic said:Oh, ok. well, then that's different. :
From the VA line, they kinda sound like a CB channel. I'm not flaming here, htat's just what I think. It's like an open CB channel run down a TAB can thru another open CB channel on cassette. Maybe that's just on my stereo, though.
berlin201 said:
I can give you a run down on G 105's signal since the move and how it sounds to the north and west. any points about 20 miles north of danville and south boston, virginia are in the dark. to the west the signal gets no further than martinsville, va and danbury, nc.
I can recall when WDCG was heard up close to Lynchburg VA, all along the Blue Ridge Parkway from outside Roanoke south to the NC/VA state line and into Mt. Airy and past Winston-Salem into Yadkinville and along I77.
thanks Clear Channel for ruining a great signal!
as far as 93.9 WKSL...add maybe 15 miles farther out than G's coverage and thats about right....
does anyone know about how much area Q99 (WSLQ) covers? I know they are at 150Kw. just wondered how they ranked nationaly. and to those who ever thought about the Roanoke/Lynchburg market and where they transmit from. a place called Poor Mountain. went up there last week. A-maaaaaaaZING!!! -took a pic or two and then some!
I used to listen to Q99 in the car when we lived in Burlington, NC. I think it peters out just past there though, starts mixing with Foxy99 in Whiteville/Fayetteville.
First of all, I need to introduce myself..I've actually been "lurking" for quite awhile, afraid to post LOL...but I'm now brave enough to go for it! I'm Frank, a 37-year-old male in Greensboro, NC; I've had quite an interest in radio-TV-related "thingies" since about age 11 or so! (Though I don't work in the field) Just someone who is quite the "dabbler" in such stuff..ha.
As to the distances I've received radio stations...wow, where do I start (or end)? I agree that WPTF (680) is quite a good catch over the distance...given its 50kw and low-dial position. I've heard it rather well as far west as west Winston (daytime), and even up to around Mt. Airy once (also day)! I've also gotten WUNC (91.5) as far north as near Lynchburg VA, and the same with WZTK (101.1), WCPE (89.7, Raleigh classical), and WJMH ("102 Jamz", which sucks, but just wondered how far they went). I even heard WRAL (101.5) once on Ocracoke Island, even further from the X-mitter than Lake Mattamuskeet is! And as to Q-99 (WSLQ), I've heard them kinda "duking it out" with co-channel WZFX ("Foxy 99", hip-hop) around Orange-Durham counties once..and even heard the latter station on occasion replacing Q-99 on the dial in Greensboro! I've also had the "mixing" of WKRR (Rock 92) and WXLK (K-92) as close to GSO as just north of the big stick at the corner of 68/220. And get this, WVTF (89.1, NPR, Roanoke), I listen to regularly..more so than crappy 'FDD or semi-okay 'UNC. (I'm a big public radio fan) Anyways, I've even managed, on two occasions, to pick up (albeit sporadically) almighty 'VTF around the NC coastline! (Near Morehead City/Jacksonville areas) Kinda amazing, not only given the immense distance (almost 300 miles; sure they're not shortwave? lol), but also due to the "next-door" adjacent chanenl presence nearby of "Public Radio East" (89.3, New Bern).
I hope I haven't "bored" y'all too much, hehehe...I just hope I'll always be welcomed on this here board to talk about something (radio, most notably), that's likely to bore the crap-ola out of many others who don't really care for it (in my "off-line life") the way many on here sure appear to! Thanks for this great board! ;D
I'm Frank, a 37-year-old male in Greensboro, NC; I've had quite an interest in radio-TV-related "thingies" since about age 11 or so! (Though I don't work in the field) Just someone who is quite the "dabbler" in such stuff..ha. As to the distances I've received radio stations...wow, where do I start (or end)? I agree that WPTF (680) is quite a good catch over the distance...given its 50kw and low-dial position. I've heard it rather well as far west as west Winston (daytime), and even up to around Mt. Airy once (also day)! I've also gotten WUNC (91.5) as far north as near Lynchburg VA, and the same with WZTK (101.1), WCPE (89.7, Raleigh classical), and WJMH ("102 Jamz", which sucks, but just wondered how far they went). I even heard WRAL (101.5) once on Ocracoke Island, even further from the X-mitter than Lake Mattamuskeet is! And as to Q-99 (WSLQ), I've heard them kinda "duking it out" with co-channel WZFX ("Foxy 99", hip-hop) around Orange-Durham counties once..and even heard the latter station on occasion replacing Q-99 on the dial in Greensboro! I've also had the "mixing" of WKRR (Rock 92) and WXLK (K-92) as close to GSO as just north of the big stick at the corner of 68/220. And get this, WVTF (89.1, NPR, Roanoke), I listen to regularly..more so than crappy 'FDD or semi-okay 'UNC. (I'm a big public radio fan) Anyways, I've even managed, on two occasions, to pick up (albeit sporadically) almighty 'VTF around the NC coastline! (Near Morehead City/Jacksonville areas) Kinda amazing, not only given the immense distance (almost 300 miles; sure they're not shortwave? lol), but also due to the "next-door" adjacent chanenl presence nearby of "Public Radio East" (89.3, New Bern).
I hope I haven't "bored" y'all too much, hehehe...I just hope I'll always be welcomed on this here board to talk about something (radio, most notably), that's likely to bore the crap-ola out of many others who don't really care for it (in my "off-line life") the way many on here sure appear to! Thanks for this great board! ;D
raedizzle! welcome man! -i've been known to ramble...so pardon me early on. hahaha
about WVTF...really? the NC COAST?? ?? holy crap lol
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for those who live near the coast or may know this info anyways... how come most FM's down East (in NC) broadcast often wayyyy below 100kw? there seems to be a ton of little FM's spaced out in almost every small city in the coastal plain...why not just have a few more big flame throwing FM's? if they are worried about mixing in different markets, that can't be too bad of a reason...look at the Roanoke, Lynchburg, VA market. plenty of stations up there call 'southside' virginia their covered areas, but do little to no marketing or "on locations" in the outterlying areas such as Martinsville, Danville, South Boston, Smith Mountain Lake area, etc.
and..i know you have WGNI 102.7 and WJXB down in wilmington and WERO (Bob 93-3) and a several others. However it's not the emesne amount that are inland. is it because they would fear of wasting signal going over into the Atlantic? if so..couldn't they have a highly dir. antenna?
just wondering...
-i've been known to ramble...so pardon me early on. hahahaabout WVTF...really? the NC COAST?? ?? holy crap lol
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for those who live near the coast or may know this info anyways... how come most FM's down East (in NC) broadcast often wayyyy below 100kw? there seems to be a ton of little FM's spaced out in almost every small city in the coastal plain...why not just have a few more big flame throwing FM's? if they are worried about mixing in different markets, that can't be too bad of a reason...look at the Roanoke, Lynchburg, VA market. plenty of stations up there call 'southside' virginia their covered areas, but do little to no marketing or "on locations" in the outterlying areas such as Martinsville, Danville, South Boston, Smith Mountain Lake area, etc.
and..i know you have WGNI 102.7 and WJXB down in wilmington and WERO (Bob 93-3) and a several others. However it's not the emesne amount that are inland. is it because they would fear of wasting signal going over into the Atlantic? if so..couldn't they have a highly dir. antenna?
just wondering...
I've driven around Greenville listening to WVTF in the summer before. The closest 89.9 is Elizabeth City and 89.3 is only a flamethrower if you're in Craven County. Their <500' tower really hurts them in coverage.
There are a lot of 100,000 watters down here. Sure there's a lot of class A's too, but that's just because they're shoehorned in where nothing else could be.
There are a lot of 100,000 watters down here. Sure there's a lot of class A's too, but that's just because they're shoehorned in where nothing else could be.
;Draedizzle2008 said:First of all, I need to introduce myself..I've actually been "lurking" for quite awhile, afraid to post LOL...but I'm now brave enough to go for it!
As to the distances I've received radio stations...wow, where do I start (or end)? I agree that WPTF (680) is quite a good catch over the distance...given its 50kw and low-dial position. I've heard it rather well as far west as west Winston (daytime), and even up to around Mt. Airy once (also day)! I've also gotten WUNC (91.5) as far north as near Lynchburg VA, and the same with WZTK (101.1), WCPE (89.7, Raleigh classical), and WJMH ("102 Jamz", which sucks, but just wondered how far they went). I even heard WRAL (101.5) once on Ocracoke Island, even further from the X-mitter than Lake Mattamuskeet is! And as to Q-99 (WSLQ), I've heard them kinda "duking it out" with co-channel WZFX ("Foxy 99", hip-hop) around Orange-Durham counties once..and even heard the latter station on occasion replacing Q-99 on the dial in Greensboro! I've also had the "mixing" of WKRR (Rock 92) and WXLK (K-92) as close to GSO as just north of the big stick at the corner of 68/220. And get this, WVTF (89.1, NPR, Roanoke), I listen to regularly..more so than crappy 'FDD or semi-okay 'UNC. (I'm a big public radio fan) Anyways, I've even managed, on two occasions, to pick up (albeit sporadically) almighty 'VTF around the NC coastline! (Near Morehead City/Jacksonville areas) Kinda amazing, not only given the immense distance (almost 300 miles; sure they're not shortwave? lol), but also due to the "next-door" adjacent chanenl presence nearby of "Public Radio East" (89.3, New Bern).
I hope I haven't "bored" y'all too much, hehehe...I just hope I'll always be welcomed on this here board to talk about something (radio, most notably), that's likely to bore the crap-ola out of many others who don't really care for it (in my "off-line life") the way many on here sure appear to! Thanks for this great board! ;D
Welcome a "board" Frank! Not boring interesting..Always glad to have a "layman" on the boards for their opinions and observations! BIG APE!
WRVA and WRAL might be good, but no Raleigh station can make it down to the Wilmington area, though many come close. WRVA and WRAL fall out just a couple of miles before the end of i-40, and it's interesting how WRAL comes in extremely clear just a couple of miles outside of wilmington but is completely unlistenable inside the city thanks to 101.3. Speaking of which, 101.3 is one of those stations with awesome coverage in its specific area but drops out almost directly outside the city.
How does WRVA do west of Raleigh into the triad?
How does WRVA do west of Raleigh into the triad?
1st of all, thanks Carlos and "Big Ape" for your welcoming me on-"board", quite much! ;D I'm not too succinct in my postings..rather, I'm "verbose", but I just have a lot to say about radio and TV! I'm no engineer, so I won't have anything really "techie" to say...other than to mention how far I've picked up a station, or how I feel about programming, etc.
And I've heard 'VTF a little around Greenville myself some while back, but kept getting slammed from interference..I was presuming it was from 89.3 in New Bern, but as mentioned on here they have a short stick which hurts their coverage, though they're 100kw I think. I even think I heard WVTF once on Knotts Island (below VA Beach); I heard classical musak playing at the time, in mid-day (they have classics in the hours between "Morning Edition" and "All Things not-so-Considered"), but didn't tune in long enough to get a positive ID.
I too have heard several "whoppers" in Eastern NC, such as WERO ("Bob 93.3"), WNCT (Oldies 107.9), and WRNS (95.1)..all of which crank out 100kw. They all can be heard from Raleigh all the way to most of the coastline...heck I've even heard 93.3 around Chapel Hill, but "next-door" 93.1 was trying hard to bleed over! And yes there are also many stations down east that operate at lesser powers (a few thousand watts); certainly more such stations than you'll find around the more populated areas. Maybe with a more spread-out population, and smaller cities, towns, overall, more stations are content with just reaching their neighborhood audience not try to reach several counties away and cross state lines, etc.? And you'll probably find many stations down east that are still locally-owned not swallowed up by the mega-companies as Cheap Channel, et.al.-wish more localized radio still existed even in the big places.
And I've heard 'VTF a little around Greenville myself some while back, but kept getting slammed from interference..I was presuming it was from 89.3 in New Bern, but as mentioned on here they have a short stick which hurts their coverage, though they're 100kw I think. I even think I heard WVTF once on Knotts Island (below VA Beach); I heard classical musak playing at the time, in mid-day (they have classics in the hours between "Morning Edition" and "All Things not-so-Considered"), but didn't tune in long enough to get a positive ID.
I too have heard several "whoppers" in Eastern NC, such as WERO ("Bob 93.3"), WNCT (Oldies 107.9), and WRNS (95.1)..all of which crank out 100kw. They all can be heard from Raleigh all the way to most of the coastline...heck I've even heard 93.3 around Chapel Hill, but "next-door" 93.1 was trying hard to bleed over!
And yes there are also many stations down east that operate at lesser powers (a few thousand watts); certainly more such stations than you'll find around the more populated areas. Maybe with a more spread-out population, and smaller cities, towns, overall, more stations are content with just reaching their neighborhood audience not try to reach several counties away and cross state lines, etc.? And you'll probably find many stations down east that are still locally-owned not swallowed up by the mega-companies as Cheap Channel, et.al.-wish more localized radio still existed even in the big places.To answer the question about 'RVA (formerly WTRG, an oldies station), I've heard, though intermittently (at times), the signal in some parts of Greensboro and even once or twice in Kernersville! They are said to have one of the largest "footprints" (coverage areas) of an FM station in the nation, but I don't think *the* largest. And I've also heard 100.7 around Morehead City some years back, as well as 101.5, 106.1 and 94.7 from Raleigh...but Wilmington, well I can certainly understand 101.3 making it iffy to get WRAL in-town, but aren't there other Triangle signals that can get into New Hanover? I want to say 'QDR, but I think there's a 94.5 in WIL that would mess it up? What about 106.1?
Carlos, I think that some of the more powerful coastal stations are, if not mistaken, omni-directional...I know 93.3 is. (I know their tower is 60 miles inland, on WITN-TV's stick outside Grifton, but they're shown on the radio-locator site to have an omni-dir. pattern, and also 100kw..so "feeding the fish" over the ocean is possible!) I think 96.3 in Morehead is also omni, and 100kw (I'll double-check hehe), and the same with 102.7 WGNI and going further out toward "the end of the world", the two country flame-throwers along the Banks ("Dixie 105.7" and 94.5) are also putting out 100kw and when I checked out the coverage contours, don't appear to be directional. Odd, eh?
This probably doesn't mean much, but when they signed on in 1986 I picked them up near Hickory. I called their 800 number to ask if I had set a record, but I was told no, some people up in Virginia had called from even farther away. I'm betting they weren't and the DJ just didn't know how far away.BS1012 said:
I do pick them up from time to time. Not a bad format, from what I can tell.
Wilmington has both a 105.9 and a 106.3. Not local, but able to be picked up there.raedizzle2008 said:
And, yes, a station at 94.1 in Wilmington moved to 94.5. Which is strange because Myrtle Beach has one.
I used to pick up WTRG all the time in Greensboro.
Don't forget it's on the left end. Now that's a MONSTER signal.Matt Smith said:
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