ftballfan wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:01 am
Somewhat of a surprising move. However, I did notice they remained All Christmas past 12/25 (branded as "Holiday Hits 96"); WSFQ is a fairly easy catch in Manistee over WKLA (which should be on 98.7 (with WLDN on 96.3), but that's a discussion for another day)
You can actually look at my bandscans from this area and see how horrible Ludington's signal is on 96.3.
From Hart Rest Area (B96 on seek, Ludington in well on the side):
*96.3 WBBM IL Chicago / B96 / 3.3kw / 30dBµ, stereo (138 mi.)
96.3 WKLA MI Ludington / 96-3 KLA / 3.4kw / 30dBµ, stereo (18 mi.)
96.3 WSFQ WI Peshtigo / Hits 96 / 49kw / 20dBµ, mono (124 mi.)
From Meinert Park in Montague (Ludington already entirely gone):
*96.3 WBBM IL Chicago / B96 / 3.3kw / 20dBµ, mono (124 mi.)
96.3 WSFQ WI Peshtigo / Hits 96 / 49kw / 15dBµ, mono (134 mi.)
No sign of Ludington in Manistee either in all my scans. Here in Fremont, I can often pick them up, but the slightest enhancement and Lite wipes it out entirely, which is pathetic. 106.3 used to be in 24/7 with a good signal, even in the car. Of course, I mourn the absence of MOM-FM more than 96.3/106.3. Kinda. I mean, I sure do hear a lot of Suring and Chicago nowadays.
It'll be great for Hits 96 being rock. For me, it solves the problem of "was that Lite 96.3 or Hits?" because I ran into this everywhere as they played a lot of similar music and both could be heard hundreds of miles out. Now if only some of those darn 99.5 country stations would do some flipping.