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FM Bandscan from Sparta, North Carolina

jp1996

jp1996

Did a quick FM Bandscan from Sparta, NC on my way back from Mount Airy! I either heard the IDs of or already knew most of the stations here, but any help in IDing the ones I couldn't nail down would be greatly appreciated! All heard on the radio in the '96 Chevy Blazer I drive:

88.5-WFDD, Winston-Salem, NC(staticy)
89.1-WVTF, Roanoke, VA (crystal clear!)
89.5-WETS, Johnson City, TN (staticy)
89.9-WDAV, Davidson, NC (rough & staticy)
90.3-gospel (crystal clear, unknown calls)
90.5-bleedover from 90.3
90.7-unknown (jazz sounding music?)
90.9-WSIF, North Wilkesboro, NC (WNCW repeater)
91.1-unknown (very faint R&B?)
91.3-gospel (very faint)
91.9-WVTR, Marion, VA (crystal clear)
92.3-unknown (crystal clear, K92 branding......WKRR?)
92.5-bleedover from 92.3
92.7-unknown (very faint religious)
93.1-WPAW, Winston-Salem, NC (staticy)
93.3-W227DS, Rural Retreat, VA (FM repeater of WLOY 660 AM, crystal clear)
93.5-W228CW, Jefferson, NC (FM repeater of WKSK 580 AM, my hometown station, crystal clear)
93.9-WMEV, Marion, VA (crystal clear)
94.1-WWLV, Lexington, VA (K-Love, faint and mixing with an unknown country station)
94.5-unknown (news/talk with a Sean Hannity bumper)
94.9-WSLC, Roanoke, VA (crystal clear!)
95.1-bleedover from 94.9 mixed with a hip-hop station, maybe?
95.3-WXBX, Rural Retreat, VA (crystal clear)
95.5-WHPE, High Point, NC (mostly clear, BBN)
95.7-WXRC, Hickory, NC (very faint)
96.3-very faint oldies
96.5-oldies (unknown, crystal clear)
96.7-bleedover from 96.5
96.9-WXBQ, Bristol, TN (rough sounding)
97.1-hip hop (crystal clear)
97.3-WKBC, North Wilkesboro, NC (crystal clear)
97.9-bleedover from WBRF
98.1-WBRF, Galax, VA (crystal clear)
98.3-bleedover from WBRF
98.5-WTFM, Kingsport, TN (faint)
98.7-WSMW, Greensboro, NC (crystal clear)
99.1-WSLQ, Roanoke, VA (crystal clear!)
99.5-WMAG, High Point, NC (mostly clear)
99.9-extremely faint (country?)
100.3-mostly clear, hot AC?
101.1-WYMY, Burlington, NC (mostly clear)
101.5-WQUT, Johnson City, TN (faint)
101.9-WBAV, Gastonia, NC (mostly clear)
102.1-rap (mostly clear)
104.1-WTQR, Winston-Salem, NC (mostly clear)
104.5-WHAJ, Bluefield, WV (crystal clear!)
105.7-WVBZ, Clemmons, NC (staticy)
106.1-WMMY, Jefferson, NC (very faint & staticy)
107.1-WPSK, Pulaski, VA (very faint)
107.3-W297CM, Sparta, NC (FM repeater of WCOK 1060 AM)
107.5-WKZL, Winston-Salem, NC (very faint & staticy)
 
Am thinking that WJMH 102.1 Reidsville is your Rap station, jp. Radio-Locator lists them as being 99,000 watts. You're hot A/C on 100.3 is (probably) WMKS High Point.
Odd that the 'distant' R-L list for Sparta shows nothing between 99.1 and 104.1 -- and you heard seven stations !
Best of luck with that list!
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Lol -- the last time this Yank went through NC was with the wife and moms-in-law. The people at gas-ups and diners really turned on the 'accent'. Even through SC and GA we weren't subjected nearly as much to being y'alled and drawled and sho-nuffed and honeychilded.
 
jp1996 said:
Did a quick FM Bandscan from Sparta, NC on my way back from Mount Airy! I either heard the IDs of or already knew most of the stations here, but any help in IDing the ones I couldn't nail down would be greatly appreciated! All heard on the radio in the '96 Chevy Blazer I drive:

91.3-gospel (very faint)
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WXRI Joy FM, Winston-Salem.
jp1996 said:
92.3-unknown (crystal clear, K92 branding......WKRR?)
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WXLK Roanoke, CHR. Never understood why they allowed WKRR to be so close.
jp1996 said:
94.5-unknown (news/talk with a Sean Hannity bumper)
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WPTI, licensed to Eden, located in Greensboro.

jp1996 said:
96.3-very faint oldies
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Seriously? WROV Roanoke is rock. There's no way anything else is picked up in Sparta.

jp1996 said:
97.1-hip hop (crystal clear)
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WQMG in Greensboro is urban AC. Something else might be picked up in Sparta because WQMG has to be directional..
jp1996 said:
99.9-extremely faint (country?)
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WKSF Asheville has a very high tower. Could be.
 
vchimpanzee said:
WXRI Joy FM, Winston-Salem.

WXLK Roanoke, CHR. Never understood why they allowed WKRR to be so close.

WPTI, licensed to Eden, located in Greensboro.


Seriously? WROV Roanoke is rock. There's no way anything else is picked up in Sparta.


WQMG in Greensboro is urban AC. Something else might be picked up in Sparta because WQMG has to be directional..

WKSF Asheville has a very high tower. Could be.
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Makes sense that WROV would be weaker than the other big Roanoke sticks, transmitter is at least 300' lower and only 14K watts, but I'd have to believe that's what you got there... and yeah, it's "rock" but here are their last four songs right now:
T.N.T. - AC/DC
Come As You Are - Nirvana
Rag Doll - Aerosmith
Animal - Def Leppard
it's rock, and not typical "oldies" format fare, but those are all plenty old!
 
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