Why does my police scanner pick up this FM broadcast station on WFM? It does
not pick up any other broadcast stations.


KNBQ
FM
33829
CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.
2625 S MEMORIAL DR, SUITE A
US
CENTRALIA
WA
50 EAST RIVERCENTER BLVD
SUITE 1200
275
00000102.90000000
M
H
LICEN
2/1/2006
TULSA, OK 74129
COVINGTON, KY 41011
Callsign:
Service:
Facility ID:
Party Name:
Company:
Address:
City, ST, Zip:
Community of License State:
City:
Facility Address:
City, ST, Zip:
Country:
Channel:
Frequency:
Facility Type:
Station Type:
Status:
Status Date:
License Expiration Date:
Online License Data
Station Class:
C
DOM Status:
LIC
Antenna Type:
Rad Ctr Hgt Above Avg Terr H:
322
Rad Ctr Hgt Above Avg Terr V:
322
Overall Height Above Ground:
62
Rad Ctr Hgt Above Grnd H:
37
Rad Ctr Hgt Above Grnd V:
37
Max Hgt above Avg Terrain:
396
Hgt above Mean Sea Level H:
477
Hgt above Mean Sea Level V:
477
ERP Horizontal Polarization:
100
ERP Vertical Polarization:
17
Xmitter Output (Kilowatts):
15.5
Latitude:
46
33
18
N
Longitude:
123
3
27
W
Deg
Min
Sec
Dir
Mass Media License Data
Page 1
4/13/05
Callsign: KNBQ

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: Why does my police scanner pick up this FM broadcast station on WFM? It
does
: not pick up any other broadcast stations.
:
:
: KNBQ
: FM
: 33829
: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.
: 2625 S MEMORIAL DR, SUITE A
: US
: CENTRALIA
: WA
: 50 EAST RIVERCENTER BLVD
: SUITE 1200
: 275
: 00000102.90000000
: M
: H
: LICEN
: 2/1/2006
: TULSA, OK 74129
: COVINGTON, KY 41011
: Callsign:
: Service:
: Facility ID:
: Party Name:
: Company:
: Address:
: City, ST, Zip:
: Community of License State:
: City:
: Facility Address:
: City, ST, Zip:
: Country:
: Channel:
: Frequency:
: Facility Type:
: Station Type:
: Status:
: Status Date:
: License Expiration Date:
: Online License Data
: Station Class:
: C
: DOM Status:
: LIC
: Antenna Type:
: Rad Ctr Hgt Above Avg Terr H:
: 322
: Rad Ctr Hgt Above Avg Terr V:
: 322
: Overall Height Above Ground:
: 62
: Rad Ctr Hgt Above Grnd H:
: 37
: Rad Ctr Hgt Above Grnd V:
: 37
: Max Hgt above Avg Terrain:
: 396
: Hgt above Mean Sea Level H:
: 477
: Hgt above Mean Sea Level V:
: 477
: ERP Horizontal Polarization:
: 100
: ERP Vertical Polarization:
: 17
: Xmitter Output (Kilowatts):
: 15.5
: Latitude:
: 46
: 33
: 18
: N
: Longitude:
: 123
: 3
: 27
: W
: Deg
: Min
: Sec
: Dir
: Mass Media License Data
: Page 1
: 4/13/05
: Callsign: KNBQ
:

Fred:

Damn man it's because you are probably too close to the tower... Let's see,
102.9 fm. Twice the frequency is 205.8, three times 308.7, none of which click
at the moment. What kind of scanner do you have, what are the intermediate
frequencies on the scanner, and what frequency do you receive it on? Probably
getting it on 102.9+ the high intermediate. If the high intermediate were 45Mhz,
you would probably hear it around 147.9, not all that far off some interesting
areas...

OK, I'll bite, where is River Center Blvd or Memorial Drive in Centralia? (come
on, there can't be an actual boulevard in Centralia..., and the only Memorial
should have been near a cemetery, which doesn't come to mind right now) For
reference, I was born in Chehalis quite a while ago..

How far are you from the tower? Live on the east side of town by any chance?
(I used to live at the end of East Main St, and recall a nice hill there, so I'd
guess there is a tower on the top of that hill because it is about 400 feet
above average terrain, and Centralia/Chehalis is pretty much flat if you aren't
up in the hills east of town....

On second thought, (and I know it's been a really long time since I've been
there,) but any station that claims coverage of Chehalis, Centralia and Olympia
must be somewhere north of town... It wouldn't be out towards Tenino would it?

Country music station, huh? Is the JT (Junction Tavern) still in operation? It
was at the corner of the old junction of the old road and the one that went past
the "training school" on the way to Oakville... It was the first 3-way
intersection (about a mile or so) south of the road to Tenino if I recall
correctly... the old road roughly parallels Interstate 5. I'm sure the road
numbers will come to me in the middle of the night... The JT was one of many
taverns where I participated in the rental of innumerable pitchers of beer
(Occasionally Oly, but usually Brew 66, which only a western Washington drinker
would know anything about...) If you've ever consumed much of either, you know
you don't buy beer, you just rent it on it's way to the ocean by way of the
nearest urinal.

Ok, I got it now, the reason you're hearing it is because it's penance for living
in (or near) Centralia (as if living there wasn't penance enough). Fortunately I
escaped from there around 1962 for other places in western washington and about
the mainland US, and finally landed here in Hawaii after 20+ years of servitude
in California.... It was a long strange trip but I'm finally someplace I feel I
belong.

Is Centralia still known locally as "retirement city"?

Good Luck!
-_Rick

wrote:

Why does my police scanner pick up this FM broadcast station on WFM? It does
not pick up any other broadcast stations.

KNBQ
FM
33829
CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.
2625 S MEMORIAL DR, SUITE A
US
CENTRALIA
WA
50 EAST RIVERCENTER BLVD
SUITE 1200
275
00000102.90000000
M
H
LICEN
2/1/2006
TULSA, OK 74129
COVINGTON, KY 41011
Callsign:
Service:
Facility ID:
Party Name:
Company:
Address:
City, ST, Zip:
Community of License State:
City:
Facility Address:
City, ST, Zip:
Country:
Channel:
Frequency:
Facility Type:
Station Type:
Status:
Status Date:
License Expiration Date:
Online License Data
Station Class:
C
DOM Status:
LIC
Antenna Type:
Rad Ctr Hgt Above Avg Terr H:
322
Rad Ctr Hgt Above Avg Terr V:
322
Overall Height Above Ground:
62
Rad Ctr Hgt Above Grnd H:
37
Rad Ctr Hgt Above Grnd V:
37
Max Hgt above Avg Terrain:
396
Hgt above Mean Sea Level H:
477
Hgt above Mean Sea Level V:
477
ERP Horizontal Polarization:
100
ERP Vertical Polarization:
17
Xmitter Output (Kilowatts):
15.5
Latitude:
46
33
18
N
Longitude:
123
3
27
W
Deg
Min
Sec
Dir
Mass Media License Data
Page 1
4/13/05
Callsign: KNBQ

I'm picking it up on 102.9 and that is what they are broadcasting it on so it's
not an image. Image was my first thought.. Centrailia is about 30 miles away.


On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:42:11 GMT, in rec.radio.scanner Rick Frazier
wrote:

Fred:

Damn man it's because you are probably too close to the tower... Let's see,
102.9 fm. Twice the frequency is 205.8, three times 308.7, none of which click
at the moment. What kind of scanner do you have, what are the intermediate
frequencies on the scanner, and what frequency do you receive it on? Probably
getting it on 102.9+ the high intermediate. If the high intermediate were 45Mhz,
you would probably hear it around 147.9, not all that far off some interesting
areas...

OK, I'll bite, where is River Center Blvd or Memorial Drive in Centralia? (come
on, there can't be an actual boulevard in Centralia..., and the only Memorial
should have been near a cemetery, which doesn't come to mind right now) For
reference, I was born in Chehalis quite a while ago..

How far are you from the tower? Live on the east side of town by any chance?
(I used to live at the end of East Main St, and recall a nice hill there, so I'd
guess there is a tower on the top of that hill because it is about 400 feet
above average terrain, and Centralia/Chehalis is pretty much flat if you aren't
up in the hills east of town....

On second thought, (and I know it's been a really long time since I've been
there,) but any station that claims coverage of Chehalis, Centralia and Olympia
must be somewhere north of town... It wouldn't be out towards Tenino would it?

Country music station, huh? Is the JT (Junction Tavern) still in operation? It
was at the corner of the old junction of the old road and the one that went past
the "training school" on the way to Oakville... It was the first 3-way
intersection (about a mile or so) south of the road to Tenino if I recall
correctly... the old road roughly parallels Interstate 5. I'm sure the road
numbers will come to me in the middle of the night... The JT was one of many
taverns where I participated in the rental of innumerable pitchers of beer
(Occasionally Oly, but usually Brew 66, which only a western Washington drinker
would know anything about...) If you've ever consumed much of either, you know
you don't buy beer, you just rent it on it's way to the ocean by way of the
nearest urinal.

Ok, I got it now, the reason you're hearing it is because it's penance for living
in (or near) Centralia (as if living there wasn't penance enough). Fortunately I
escaped from there around 1962 for other places in western washington and about
the mainland US, and finally landed here in Hawaii after 20+ years of servitude
in California.... It was a long strange trip but I'm finally someplace I feel I
belong.

Is Centralia still known locally as "retirement city"?

Good Luck!
-_Rick

wrote:

Why does my police scanner pick up this FM broadcast station on WFM? It does
not pick up any other broadcast stations.

KNBQ
FM
33829
CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.
2625 S MEMORIAL DR, SUITE A
US
CENTRALIA
WA
50 EAST RIVERCENTER BLVD
SUITE 1200
275
00000102.90000000
M
H
LICEN
2/1/2006
TULSA, OK 74129
COVINGTON, KY 41011
Callsign:
Service:
Facility ID:
Party Name:
Company:
Address:
City, ST, Zip:
Community of License State:
City:
Facility Address:
City, ST, Zip:
Country:
Channel:
Frequency:
Facility Type:
Station Type:
Status:
Status Date:
License Expiration Date:
Online License Data
Station Class:
C
DOM Status:
LIC
Antenna Type:
Rad Ctr Hgt Above Avg Terr H:
322
Rad Ctr Hgt Above Avg Terr V:
322
Overall Height Above Ground:
62
Rad Ctr Hgt Above Grnd H:
37
Rad Ctr Hgt Above Grnd V:
37
Max Hgt above Avg Terrain:
396
Hgt above Mean Sea Level H:
477
Hgt above Mean Sea Level V:
477
ERP Horizontal Polarization:
100
ERP Vertical Polarization:
17
Xmitter Output (Kilowatts):
15.5
Latitude:
46
33
18
N
Longitude:
123
3
27
W
Deg
Min
Sec
Dir
Mass Media License Data
Page 1
4/13/05
Callsign: KNBQ

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:42:11 GMT, in rec.radio.scanner Rick Frazier
wrote:

Ok, I got it now, the reason you're hearing it is because it's penance for living
in (or near) Centralia (as if living there wasn't penance enough). Fortunately I
escaped from there around 1962 for other places in western washington and about
the mainland US, and finally landed here in Hawaii after 20+ years of servitude
in California.... It was a long strange trip but I'm finally someplace I feel I
belong.


Nah.. nice try but I'm not even in the same county..

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:42:11 GMT, in rec.radio.scanner Rick Frazier
wrote:

Is Centralia still known locally as "retirement city"?


All I know about centralia is that it is south of Olympia and you drive through
it on the way to Portland.

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:15:31 -0700, fred wrote:

I'm picking it up on 102.9 and that is what they are broadcasting it on so
it's not an image.

I've obviously missed something.

The station broadcasts on 102.9, and you're receiving it on 102.9, and you
want to know why? The obvious answer is because you're tuned to its
frequency, but I'm going to assume you know that already. So what part of
your original question didn't I get?

What kind of scanner? Does it include WFM in its tuner?
--
Gerry Wheeler
Naples, FL

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 18:08:23 GMT, in rec.radio.scanner Gerry Wheeler
wrote:

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:15:31 -0700, fred wrote:

I'm picking it up on 102.9 and that is what they are broadcasting it on so
it's not an image.

I've obviously missed something.

The station broadcasts on 102.9, and you're receiving it on 102.9, and you
want to know why? The obvious answer is because you're tuned to its
frequency, but I'm going to assume you know that already. So what part of
your original question didn't I get?

What kind of scanner? Does it include WFM in its tuner?


Why do NONE of the other broadcast radios that are within range of my scanner
tune in then? As I stated in the first post I pick it up on WFM

Why do NONE of the other broadcast radios that are within range of my scanner
tune in then? As I stated in the first post I pick it up on WFM

Maybe your scanner is a much better radio than the others?
More sensitivity. Do you get other weak FM broadcast stations
elsewhere? Try tuning it in on the car's radio. Car radios
usually have sensitive FM front ends. Extend the car radio
whip antenna all the way out first.

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 23:35:49 GMT, in rec.radio.scanner robert casey
wrote:




Why do NONE of the other broadcast radios that are within range of my scanner
tune in then? As I stated in the first post I pick it up on WFM

Maybe your scanner is a much better radio than the others?
More sensitivity. Do you get other weak FM broadcast stations
elsewhere? Try tuning it in on the car's radio. Car radios
usually have sensitive FM front ends. Extend the car radio
whip antenna all the way out first.


No it's not the scanner, my wording was confusing.. should have been worded that
this is the only broadcast station that my scanner picks up. Something is
different about this station.