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WZYP in Southern Kentucky

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William_Yeager

Driving back from Alabama Sunday, I was able to listen to WZYP for a considerable distance north of Nashville and even in to Kentucky, about 15 miles south of Bowling Green. In a straight line from the tower, this is roughly 100 miles. I ran into considerable interference from 104.5 The Zone in greater Nashville (especially north of I-440), but after passing through Nashville that cleared up. WZYP's signal came to an end came when I started getting WXBC/Hardinsburg, which is also on 104.3.

Does anyone have any similar experiences with any other Huntsville market stations?
 
Actually, the distance would be further than 100 miles. It is 117 miles alone from the TN/AL line to the TN/KY line, plus the 20 miles from ZYP's tower to the line, plus 15 miles from the TB/KY line to approx where you lost their signal. Long story short, you're looking at approx 145-150 miles of range you experienced.

I have had similar experiences with WDRM. There have been several times I've heard them as far south as Pelham or Calera, approx 115 miles or so.

There are several instances when WYDE have been temporarily off air that I've heard 101.1 The Beat, a hip-hop station out of Nashville with license/transmitter located in Russellville, KY.

-Travis
 
I've had about equal luck as TALLRED with WDRM, but the station I used to hear most was Q 107 out of Florence. I've heard it everywhere from north of Nashville to south of Montgomery on I-65, and even got a lock on it a few times here in Grenada, Mississippi.

WRSA was also a go-to back in my Birmingham days. Between it and WDJR Dothan I could get a pretty good I-dee which way the wind was blowing.

I've also heard WLOR along I-65 in central Kentucy once, clear as a bell. I don't remember what part, but it was well north of Bowling Green I'm sure. That was during local sunset.
 
Until 104.3 WHLW went on the air in southern Alabama, WZYP was a not common but not rare catch in the Montgomery area. About the same for WRSA 96.9. 99.1 WAHR was too close to 98.9 WBAM to ever be a solid receive. Also, especially during the winter, WLOR can be picked up, albeit a grade B signal, east of Montgomery along I-85 fairly clearly.
 
Ironic that you discussed WZYP...i have recently been up on Capshaw Mtn and you can see for a long long way from those tower sites. History states some early TV was on Capshaw.

Also used to work for Q-107 (nine months in 2007) - and i'd hear it down in Birmingham and around Trussville. Even here in Cullman, tho, it's completely up to the atmosphere. I sometimes will get the 107.3 on the AL/GA line. Freaks me out everytime....I think it's 1073 the Q. lol
 
jay said:
Also used to work for Q-107 (nine months in 2007) - and i'd hear it down in Birmingham and around Trussville. Even here in Cullman, tho, it's completely up to the atmosphere. I sometimes will get the 107.3 on the AL/GA line. Freaks me out everytime....I think it's 1073 the Q. lol
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Years ago, when I lived up on Shades Mountain, I used to receive those two stations, too: WQLT in Florence and WCGQ in Columbus, GA you mentioned. At the time, WCGQ was programming an adult contemporary format and was known as "Lite 107.3"; WQLT, was of course, "Q-107". I'd hear one of the two stations on 107.3 and always get them confused because of the call signs/station names. I would hear "Lite 107.3" and automatically equate that to WQLT because of the "LT" letters in the calls (which many "lite" stations used at the time). Similarly, I'd hear "Q-107" and that always sounded more like a CHR branding, so I would think it was WCGQ because the station's calls ended in "Q". Took me a while when I'd hear those stations to realize I had the station ID's/names reversed. :)
 
jay said:
Then there's one of my fav AAA stations - WRLT, in nashville, Lightning 100 :)
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which chose those calls for their ill-fated "Lite 100"
there have been lots of calls and formats on that frequency (remember KZ-Country?)
 
Q 108 out of Hopkinsville KY is also quite listenable here in NW madison county AL usually. Plus we've been having some decent DX conditions as of late, this morning i sat in the car picking up several jackson MS stations in the parking lot at work, in Huntsville near madison square mall. Q 107 is usually the last north AL station to fade out for me when traveling south on I-65, and usually has a decent signal as far south as exit 280 (Warrior exit) before it starts to fade away, but still picks up for several more miles with static. Just like WBPT 106.9 in Birmingham, I've heard the eagle as far north as Franklyn TN, and this past Feb when i took a trip down to Greenville, 106.9 was a solid signal all the way from here at Tennessee exit 1 to AL exit 130 where my destination was, 245 miles away.
 
Bama, I live in Jackson. Do you remember which stations you picked up from here? I remember years ago, WZYP would sometimes sneak onto my car radio, along with WZZK. About five years ago, I picked up WZYP along the Mississippi River near Clarksdale.
 
Golden Boy,

I was experiencing some DX from the Jackson, MS the other morning while driving the security van during my nighttime job at Cullman Regional Medical Center. I heard US96.3, Meridan's 97.1 WOKK, a station called Q105.1, and a station I hav not figured the whereabouts of on 99.3, Classic Country as "Eagle 99." And, of course, picked up French Camp's Southern Gospel superstation 107.9 WFCA,

-Travis
 
TALLRED said:
Golden Boy,

I was experiencing some DX from the Jackson, MS the other morning while driving the security van during my nighttime job at Cullman Regional Medical Center. I heard US96.3, Meridan's 97.1 WOKK, a station called Q105.1, and a station I hav not figured the whereabouts of on 99.3, Classic Country as "Eagle 99." And, of course, picked up French Camp's Southern Gospel superstation 107.9 WFCA,

-Travis
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105.1 is WQJQ, licensed to Kosciusko (lived nearby for four years, still can't spell it) but is a Jackson station. Big signal, tower near Jackson's northern suburb of Canton. Not as big as WFCA though. I hear that station EVERYWHERE!

99.3 is probably WHER, licensed to Heidelberg, which is just north of the Laurel-Hattiesburg area. I think it still goes by "Eagle 99". That's a pretty good catch. I've been south of Jackson, in their fringe, and never heard anything on that frequency. Hmph.
 
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