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What does your FM band look like? (87.5-91.9)

Bothell, WA

87.5: nothing
87.7: maybe CHEK-TV6 Victoria, BC, but usually nothing
87.9: Pirate, about two miles away
88.1: K201AB West Seattle, WA and The Effect translator, Everett, WA
88.3: IBOC
88.5: KPLU Tacoma, WA
88.7: IBOC
88.9: CSN translator, Bremerton, WA/KMIH Mercer Island, WA. Very rare CBUX-FM1 Victoria as well
89.1: Radio U and CSN translators
89.3: IBOC
89.5: KNHC Seattle, WA
89.7: IBOC
89.9: KASB Bellevue, WA/KGRG Auburn, WA
90.1: very weak KNWP Port Angeles, WA only with a good antenna nulling out IBOC
90.3: KEXP Seattle, WA
90.5: IBOC (CBCV Victoria, BC when KEXP or KSER is off during a windstorm etc)
90.7: KSER Everett, WA
90.9: KVTI Tacoma, WA
91.1: usually nothing, sometimes K216EN Mount Vernon, WA
91.3: KBCS Bellevue, WA
91.5: usually nothing
91.7: KXOT Tacoma, WA
91.9: CSN translator, Fall City, WA

-crainbebo
 
Wapato, WA (when I am there with family)

87.5: nothing
87.7: nothing
87.9: nothing
88.1: weak K201AS Yakima, WA
88.3: KMLW Moses Lake, WA (very weak and only in spots)
88.5: KYVT Yakima, WA
88.7: KSOH bleed
88.9: very weak KCSH Ellensburg, WA
89.1: KFAE Richland, WA
89.3: KSOH slop
89.5: KSOH Wapato, WA
89.7: KSOH slop
89.9: can't remember, might have been something religious weakly but I'm not sure
90.1: IBOC
90.3: KNWY Yakima, WA
90.5: IBOC
90.7: KNWR Ellensburg, WA
90.9: slop
91.1: KYPL Yakima, WA
91.3: nothing
91.5: K218CX Yakima, WA
91.7: KBLD Kennewick, WA, but usually slop
91.9: KDNA Yakima, WA

-crainbebo
 
southern edge of Pittsburgh, PA

87.5 thru 87.9 - nothing (could get audio of WJAC-TV 6 in Johnstown, PA before analog shut-off)
88.1 - WRWJ, Murrysville, PA - Family Life Radio - weak (formerly got WVBC from Bethany College in West Virginia before it shut down earlier this year)
88.3 - WRCT, Pittsburgh (Carnegie-Mellon University)
88.5 - WYFU, Masontown, PA (religious - weak, sporadic)
88.7 nothing
88.9 nothing
89.1 nothing
89.3 WQED-FM, Pittsburgh
89.5 nothing
89.7 WQEJ, Johnstown, PA (simulcast of WQED - weak, sporadic)
89.9 West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVNP, Wheeling)
90.1 nothing
90.3 nothing
90.5 WDUQ, Pittsburgh
90.7 nothing
90.9 West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPM, Morgantown)
91.1 nothing
91.3 WYEP, Pittsburgh
91.5 nothing
91.7 WNJR, Washington, PA (Washington and Jefferson College)
91.9 WCAL, California, PA (California Univ. of Pennsylvania)
 
Concord,California

87.7-Formly audio of KVIE, now KBKF occailionally
87.9-Nothing
88.1-KEAR Sacramento, or KQED Translator in Martinez
88.3-KYCC repeater in Livingston
88.5-KQED San Francisco
88.7-KXJS Sutter (KXPR repeater)
88.9-KXPR Sacramento
89.1-KBBF Calistoga
89.3-KYCC Translator Concord, or KQEI North Highlands/Sacramento
89.5-KZCT Vallejo or KVMR Grass Valley
89.7-KLRS Lodi
89.9-KNDL(KDFC) Agwin, when KNDL was off I picked up KFPR Le Grand
90.1-KYCC Stockton
90.3-KUSF(KOSC) San Francisco
90.5-Local KVHS
90.7-KXYX Medicino
90.9-KXJZ Sacramento or KAWZ repeater in Napa
91.1-KCSM San Mateo
91.3-KUOP Stockton
91.5-KASK Vacaville
91.7-KXSR Groveland/Sonora or KALW San Francisco
91.9-KLVR Santa Rosa
 
This is what I get from Gary Indiana (Note: some stations come in better in one location over another)

87.5 - Nothing
87.7 - Audio of WLFM-LP (actually a TV station operating as a radio station)
87.9 - audio from WLFM-LP
88.1 - WBMF Crete, IL
88.3 - WDSO Chesterton, IN
88.5 - WHFH Flossmoor, IL & WTMK Wanatah, IN
88.7 - WGVE Gary, IN
88.9 - Nothing
89.1 - WLPR Lowell, IN
89.3 - spltter from WLPR
89.5 - WBEW Chesterton, IN
89.7 - WONU Kankakee, IL
89.9 - WHLP Hanna, IN
90.1 - WMBI-FM Chicago, IL (only pre-1964 Class B at 100kw in the Chicago market)
90.3 - splatter from WMBI-FM & WRTW
90.5 - WRTW Crown Point, IN
90.7 - splatter from WRTW
90.9 - WDCB Glen Ellyn, IL (this station goes very far for only being 5kw at 91m.)
91.1 - WKCC Kankakee, IL
91.3 - IBOC hash from WBEZ
91.5 - WBEZ Chicago (only non-commercial FM station transmitting from a downtown skyscraper)
91.7 - IBOC hash from WBEZ
91.9 - WJCH Joliet, IL (amazed this station gets out far, despite being sandwiched between WBEZ Chicago & WPWX Hammond, IN)
 
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