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Where in NYC Can a Country Station Be Heard Reliably?

ansky212 said:
Tony Santiago said:
Barry said:
Nick said:
106.3 should be able to be heard in the entire city if it weren't for the illegal pirates.
Unfortunately I do not think that is true. WFAF from northern Westchester is heard on the frequency in the Bronx, and other northern areas.

Agreed.

When WPDH in Poughkeepsie was simulcast on 106.3, I was able to hear that over anything that came out of Central NJ.

WKMK can barely be heard in Newark. There's no way you'd be able to hear it in the Bronx unless maybe you happened to be in some hi-rise building facing south.

I'm on the 3rd highest land point in NYC and many flights up. I'm lucky I can pull in Party 105 from Long Island where I'm at (my terrace faces east). At the south.....nothing except WFAF.
 
Tony, can you receive either Kicks 105.5 or WRWD, 1370 AM?
Since you live at a high point in the Bronx, you may receive both WDHA and Kicks (WDBY) on 105.5, depending which way you point the antenna.
 
Barry said:
Tony, can you receive either Kicks 105.5 or WRWD, 1370 AM?
Since you live at a high point in the Bronx, you may receive both WDHA and Kicks (WDBY) on 105.5, depending which way you point the antenna.

I can pull in WDHA but I can't get Kicks. I'll try tonight and play around with the radio in different directions.
 
frozenfiresb said:
Conceivably in the northeastern Bronx or coastal Queens, you might be able to pick up Kicks 105 out of Danbury (faintly) but if you go too far south or west WDHA will dominate and then there's always the possibility of pirates. In the extreme northwestern part of the Bronx (by the river) you might be able to get 94.3 out of Poughkeepsie/Kingston although K-104.7 has a much stronger signal and less co-channel interference.

I'd say your best bet to hear country in the city would be somewhere by the beach.

K104 is Top 40 why would they have country? For me I can somewhat pick up 94.3 or 97.3 but I get interference from Hot 97. I can sorta get WRWD but BLS bleeds in. 106.3 I basically get a mix of Max 106.3 and FAF or PDH and even BLI in there. I can barely even get Thunder.
 
For listeners in the Bronx, Manhattan and parts of Queens and Brooklyn, WFDU-FM at 89.1-mhz offers a variety of country music and bluegrass programs throughout the week, although it isn't a full time country station.

I listened to a couple of hours of country Christmas music on WFDU earlier today. It was good stuff by major country artists.

You can check the program schedule here: http://wfdu.fdu.edu/home.html

The station can also be heard in much of Northeast NJ, Westchester and extreme Southwestern Connecticut.
 
XCountry285 said:
frozenfiresb said:
Conceivably in the northeastern Bronx or coastal Queens, you might be able to pick up Kicks 105 out of Danbury (faintly) but if you go too far south or west WDHA will dominate and then there's always the possibility of pirates. In the extreme northwestern part of the Bronx (by the river) you might be able to get 94.3 out of Poughkeepsie/Kingston although K-104.7 has a much stronger signal and less co-channel interference.

I'd say your best bet to hear country in the city would be somewhere by the beach.

K104 is Top 40 why would they have country? For me I can somewhat pick up 94.3 or 97.3 but I get interference from Hot 97. I can sorta get WRWD but BLS bleeds in. 106.3 I basically get a mix of Max 106.3 and FAF or PDH and even BLI in there. I can barely even get Thunder.

I was just using K-104's signal as a comparison since 94.3 (the Wolf??) is also based out of Kingston but 104.7's signal is much stronger.
 
frozenfiresb said:
XCountry285 said:
frozenfiresb said:
Conceivably in the northeastern Bronx or coastal Queens, you might be able to pick up Kicks 105 out of Danbury (faintly) but if you go too far south or west WDHA will dominate and then there's always the possibility of pirates. In the extreme northwestern part of the Bronx (by the river) you might be able to get 94.3 out of Poughkeepsie/Kingston although K-104.7 has a much stronger signal and less co-channel interference.

I'd say your best bet to hear country in the city would be somewhere by the beach.

K104 is Top 40 why would they have country? For me I can somewhat pick up 94.3 or 97.3 but I get interference from Hot 97. I can sorta get WRWD but BLS bleeds in. 106.3 I basically get a mix of Max 106.3 and FAF or PDH and even BLI in there. I can barely even get Thunder.

I was just using K-104's signal as a comparison since 94.3 (the Wolf??) is also based out of Kingston but 104.7's signal is much stronger.

I know this goes a while back, but driving home from Marist during my college days, K-104 ALWAYS remained in the car from Poughkeepsie to the Bronx along Route 9. I lost 94.3 (when it was WBPM- B-94) just south of the Dutchess/Putnam county line.
 
I live on Ave H near Ocean pkwy----I get thunder quite well on two radioes.In the car, the gospel station on 106.3 kills thunder except near ground zero/Brighton Beach/Coney Island.I tape it--in mono-and play it in my car.Those darn pirates hurt THE BREEZE as well!!!!!
 
What about 92.5 WWYZ/Hartford? Any chance of picking that up in the northern Bronx or NE Queens? Perhaps too much interference from WXTU/Philly or adjacent 92.3 and 92.7?
 
kms575 said:
What about 92.5 WWYZ/Hartford? Any chance of picking that up in the northern Bronx or NE Queens? Perhaps too much interference from WXTU/Philly or adjacent 92.3 and 92.7?

I usually can't pick up WWYZ at all until I get north of the Stamford/Norwalk area. WXTU wouldn't cause any problem in the Bronx - their signal pretty much fades out completely around exit 10 on the NJ Turnpike, which is at least 30 miles south of the Bronx.
 
Is anyone on this board listening to the country broadcasts on WLTW HD 2 or WALK HD2?
WLTW HD2, broadcasting Country Road, from Clear Channel, has rather good DJ's, particularly Michael Jay at night. Though commercial-free most of the time, the airstaff is constantly promoting CC's iheartradio website.
WALK HD2 on 97.5 FM out of Long Island, is jockless. But they seem to play a wider variety of country music. Perhaps this station can be received in parts of Queens. It comes in well in some of southern Westchester County.
 
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