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What FM in Cincinnati has biggest coverage area?

^ Considering this @fedacct1 and other accounts, I'm surprised how easily I've heard WGRR in Springfield over the years. I've been out there from Columbus many times for work over the years and WGRR has always been listenable. Columbus' 103.5 only begins to break through just east of the city and dominates by the time you hit the South Vienna exit.
Not that I have listened to every Cincinnati FM over the years, but 103.5 and 92.5 have had the best reach in my experience.
I wonder if Dayton's 103.9 makes any impact in your reception by Beavercreek.
 
People complain that they can't get WGRRs signal in downtown Cincinnati at all and it is poor in Northern Kentucky. so you know how it is. it's all relative to where you are
 
schmave said:
^ Considering this @fedacct1 and other accounts, I'm surprised how easily I've heard WGRR in Springfield over the years. I've been out there from Columbus many times for work over the years and WGRR has always been listenable. Columbus' 103.5 only begins to break through just east of the city and dominates by the time you hit the South Vienna exit.
Not that I have listened to every Cincinnati FM over the years, but 103.5 and 92.5 have had the best reach in my experience.
I wonder if Dayton's 103.9 makes any impact in your reception by Beavercreek.
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By the way in my original post I asked the question what is the strongest FM signal in Cincinnati.I think the fact that you can't get wgrr in downtown of the host city would disqualify it. for my money it's w r e w 94.9 it's strong all over Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky all over the Dayton area and even halfway to Columbus.
 
I've heard all the Cincinnati FM's from as far as 200 miles away. That includes WAIF and the former WJVS. I've even heard that former pirate radio station Free Radio 105.5 all the way from Lexington Kentucky to north of Dayton Ohio. Remember them?
 
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Flying Dutchman said:
I've heard all the Cincinnati FM's from as far as 200 miles away. That includes WAIF and the former WJVS. I've even heard that former pirate radio station Free Radio 105.5 all the way from Lexington Kentucky to north of Dayton Ohio. Remember them?
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You must have a great radio or a heck of an outdoor FM antenna
 
BruceB said:
You must have a great radio or a heck of an outdoor FM antenna
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Both true. But the pirate Free Radio 105.5 was received on a car radio with just a whip antenna. I heard the pirate from Lexington Kentucky to the airport on the north side of Dayton. Isn't that well over 100 miles?
 
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Flying Dutchman said:
I've heard all the Cincinnati FM's from as far as 200 miles away. That includes WAIF and the former WJVS. I've even heard that former pirate radio station Free Radio 105.5 all the way from Lexington Kentucky to north of Dayton Ohio. Remember them?
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I heard the 105.5 -pirate in Oxford and around Mason, never in Dayton with Washington Courthouse and Sidney.
 
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More on Free Radio 105.5 New Cincinnati station leaves format to listeners | Radio & Television Business Report

My cousin lives in Cincinnati and he's pissed off that this guy is on at least half a dozen frequencies running the exact same programming simulcast on several full powers and LPFM's from his former pirate studio. He's clogged the dial.
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Fun fact is that his company/organization and the organization that prevailed for what was then 97.7 in Huber Heights fought over who was the "real" Southwest Ohio Public Broadcasting and were both operating from towers on the opposite side of a road at the same time
 
Kelly A said:
But it still had 'coverage' didn't it? In theory anyway...
Going on that premise, then the answer would be WLW.
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The original WKRP did not mention a frequency, just 50000 watts on the pilot and 5000 watts for the rest of the series. The syndicated New WKRP put them on 1530, which in real life was and is now WCKY. The WKRP calls were used in Dallas, GA and several other.
 
schmave said:
^ Considering this @fedacct1 and other accounts, I'm surprised how easily I've heard WGRR in Springfield over the years. I've been out there from Columbus many times for work over the years and WGRR has always been listenable. Columbus' 103.5 only begins to break through just east of the city and dominates by the time you hit the South Vienna exit.
Not that I have listened to every Cincinnati FM over the years, but 103.5 and 92.5 have had the best reach in my experience.
I wonder if Dayton's 103.9 makes any impact in your reception by Beavercreek.
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I listened to WGRR all over the Dayton market, including near Fairfield Commons with varying signal strengths, even as far as Troy. Obviously a much better signal in the South suburbs. The 103.9, even though licensed to Beavercreek, is on the towers in the Germantown Rd area with most of the rest of the radio and TV towers.

When I lived in Lafayette IN before all the 80-90s, translators and LPFMs it wasn't unusual to get some of the bigger Cincinnati stations, particularly WKRQ and WEBN, even in a car.
 
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