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Best place to get multiple markets in NJ?
- Thread starter JH_Radio
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I'm thinking Princeton because of its location. According to Radio-Locator, one can pick up FM stations of both New York and Philadelphia. However, I have never listened to the radio during my visits to Princeton, so I don't know for sure.
I've stayed in hotels in the New Brunswick area, and one can pick up both NYC and Philly stations there.
Interesting topic which leads me to ask where does CBS-FM end and B101.1 begin along the coast? Looking at a map my guess is somewhere between Asbury Park and Tom’s River but I don’t know for sure.
Good question. I regularly take the Amtrak from new york penn to trenton, and bring my Tecsun 990 along with me. From my experience, once you reach South Brunswick, WCBS becomes the majority owner of 101.1, with WBEB breaking in less and less often. Once you reach New Brunswick, WCBS is almost completely clear. Vice versa, once you get south of Princeton Junction, WBEB is heard almost the whole time. Once in trenton, WCBS is gone.
Would love to learn more about how these two stations are even allowed to share the same frequency.
Toms River FM bandscan on a car radio in 2012:
Nearly every frequency has a listenable signal on it.
Nearly every frequency has a listenable signal on it.
South of Exit 100, both signals are in the fringe zone and go back and forth for about 30 miles. I usually get WCBS uninterrupted from Exit 100 and North, except a little interference near PNC. I'm guessing B101 puts a moderate signal between Exits 67 and through the Atlantic City area?
At night and especially in the summer, the Driscoll bridge at mile marker 127, right after the bridge north, you go under an overpass and a perfectly clear CBS Fm briefly becomes a perfectly clear B 101.1. that's less than 15 miles from Empire!
The turnpike around Princeton is a mess of mish mosh on 100.3 and 101.1, though heading towards New York Z100 breaks through before CBS Fm does. Also, KTU somehow is listenable when you are right next to WPRB, yet on the parkway, Z100 cannot break through WJRZ until you get far enough away around mile marker 92.
They all are on same Empire rig, but 92.3, 97.1 and 106.7 do best with the least interference.
The turnpike around Princeton is a mess of mish mosh on 100.3 and 101.1, though heading towards New York Z100 breaks through before CBS Fm does. Also, KTU somehow is listenable when you are right next to WPRB, yet on the parkway, Z100 cannot break through WJRZ until you get far enough away around mile marker 92.
They all are on same Empire rig, but 92.3, 97.1 and 106.7 do best with the least interference.
Consider listening to the radio everywhere you go!
The Allentown and Atlantic City will be your challenge. Expect most answers to talk about NYC vs Philly
I had so much to do during the few hours that I was in Princeton that I simply didn't consider listening to the radio there.
One city where its possible at times to get all the markets in the area (NYC, PHL, ACY, LHV) is near Allentown NJ area (Upper Freehold Twp / Millstone Twp / Roosevelt), about 60-70 miles from all those.
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