Saul wrote:

RadioAaron wrote:

Saul wrote:

Didn't 93.5 CFXJ once apply for some rebroadcasters on the same channel? I vaguely recall something... If so, was there ever an outcome?

They were denied.

Thanks RadioAaron and Evuguy.
The repeater for KX 96 has always struck me as textbook. Years of DXing and I've never been able to 'hear' them apart. I've only logged both in Toronto because the Toronto repeater came along later and I'm presuming it's what I hear downtown. I believe an engineer named Gus (lost on a last name) helped architect that beauty!

It's my wife's favourite station so I have some familiarity with it. It seems to work quite well. There's a patch wihere the DVP meets for 401 where they seem to get in each other's way, but other than that it's seamless. At least that's for the analog signal. 
 

Saul wrote:

Fitz wrote:

Saul now that I have posted the clip any idea about 101.9. The station is not only ID'd but they play a promo for another show on the station as well. Also my new question about Fox Sports radio....Thanks
 

That's just too weird. Signal is solid. I'll go on a limb here and wonder if it's CFRC Kingston.
Ashley and Brad Kissin Oldies is WKZA Jamestown NY 106.9 as you've noted. Nice signals between that and the translators. You might tune into CFRC's stream at the same time either any day or the same day of the week you heard this (Saturday).
If you want to isolate stations into individual clips, I like Audacity. I also put date and time into my MP3 labels. Example: 98.3 CFLY ON Kingston Tr 16AG25 0945.mp3
 

Your guess about The Kingston Queens University station is probably the answer. Will monitor the stream on Sat if I remember.
 

Fitz wrote:

Another strong central NY orientation tropo right now. Getting Hot 107.9 Syracuse in HD right now Plus the mysterious FOX sports radio, very distorted  at 87.7. There is a Fox Sports radio at 1490 AM in Syracuse but how does this distorted ghost image appear at 87.7 ? Normally I get a distorted signal for CHFI on the same frequency 87.7.

CHFI is likely putting an image on 87.7. But 87.75 (to be precise, and thus explaining the distortion) is WQSE-LD Syracuse, which relays 1490. I have no idea why it ends with -LD. There's also a low power translator on 92.5.
You can look it - and all other FM stations - up here, courtesy of WTFDA: https://db.wtfda.org
 

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I'd imagine locally, where it matters, 87.7 will be sufficient. It generally has been fine enough for me to log the station.I've heard it by regular groundwave (mild tropo enhancement needed) from my Kawarthas site (and possibly the Scarborough Bluffs). I also heard it once during very intense aurora. Aurora can bring in stations that aren't normally heard from a range of about 200-1000 miles. The signal was badly distorted and muffled by the aurora, but there are no other Fox Sports Radio stations on 87.7(5) so I know it was them. Some radios don't have 87.7. So be it. It's always worth checking 87.7 and 87.9 during e-skip openings. There's a good number of stations on 87.7(5) and also pirates, too, especially on 87.9. The latter won't work well as a pirate channel in Toronto because Indie 88.1 is too close by on the band.

Saul wrote:

Fitz wrote:

Another strong central NY orientation tropo right now. Getting Hot 107.9 Syracuse in HD right now Plus the mysterious FOX sports radio, very distorted  at 87.7. There is a Fox Sports radio at 1490 AM in Syracuse but how does this distorted ghost image appear at 87.7 ? Normally I get a distorted signal for CHFI on the same frequency 87.7.

CHFI is likely putting an image on 87.7. But 87.75 (to be precise, and thus explaining the distortion) is WQSE-LD Syracuse, which relays 1490. I have no idea why it ends with -LD. There's also a low power translator on 92.5.
You can look it - and all other FM stations - up here, courtesy of WTFDA: https://db.wtfda.org
 

WQSE-LD ends in -LD because it's a low-power digital TV station on channel 6.

After waffling for years on whether to allow "Franken-FM" channel 6 operation with a DTV signal and analog audio on 87.75, the FCC decided it would grandfather in a dozen or so existing low-power 6 stations, including allowing Syracuse to come back on the air after having gone off for a bit.

There are other notable ones in NYC, LA, Chicago, DC and Cleveland.

The condition the FCC imposed was that the "Franken-FM" signals with analog audio have to use ATSC 3.0 for their DTV signal, supposedly because it can coexist better with the analog FM audio.

Anyway, since it returned to the air, WQSE has indeed carried the same Fox Sports programming as WOLF 1490, WOSW 1300 and a handful of analog FM translators around Syracuse.

Thanks, Scott!