Grandfathered Super-power FM Stations
The following long-established stations have grandfathered licenses to
operate at a higher power than the usual
limit of 100 kW. (Note that this is distinct from stations which
cover a large area by virtue of being up high; these stations actually
operate at the listed powers.) The format is the same as for regular
FM stations.
United States
- 88.5 KQED San Francisco (110000 1270')
- 90.7 KPFK Los Angeles (110000 2830')
- 90.9 WILL-FM Urbana (105000 850')
- 93.7 WBCT Grand Rapids (320000 780')
- 94.5 WNED Buffalo (105000 710')
- 94.5 WRVQ Richmond (200000 350')
- 97.3 KHKI Des Moines (115000 449')
- 97.9 WNCI Columbus (175000 561' / oper 175000/105000 561' DA)
- 99.1 WSLQ Roanoke (200000 1991' / oper 150000 1991')
- 99.5 WDCX Buffalo (110000 639')
- 99.7 WMC Memphis (300000 909' / oper 290000/96000 909')
- 100.5 KZZO Sacramento (115000 328' / oper 115000 328' DA)
- 101.3 KIOI San Francisco (125000 1161' / oper 12500 1161' DA)
- 102.5 WMJQ Buffalo (110000 1340')
- 103.3 KRUZ Santa Barbara (105000 2979')
- 104.1 WVGR Grand Rapids (108000 600')
- 104.3 WOMC Detroit (190000 361')
- 105.3 KCMS Edmonds (115000 722')
- 105.7 WOOD Grand Rapids (265000 810')
Canada
- 92.1 CITI Winnipeg (360000 700')
- 96.9 CKOI Verdun (310000 712'): (*)
- 97.5 CKIS Winnipeg (310000 228')
- 98.3 CBW Winnipeg (350000 472') (**)
- 98.3 CBW-1 Winnipeg (160000 731') (**)
(*)CKOI actually is not a grandfathered station, but the result of a
typographical error at the CRTC.
(**)We think at least one of these is a data-entry error in the FCC
database, and does not represent a real station.
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