JROX 87.9 Pirate

[wa2sqq]

I’m wondering if participantsof this forum can check 87.9 FM And see if you are hearing a station that plays continuous rock music. My FM radio shows ID as JROX. Ive heard some spurs from this station in the aircraft band and in the 155 MHz part of the spectrum. I’m located in central Bergen County.

 

[rr60]

FCC Crackdown Pirate Radio NJ

I do not think this is going well. 87.9 Creole? booming in this morning. https://thedesk.net/2023/04/fcc-16-pirate-radio-warning-letters-new-york-new-jersey/

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[wa2sqq]

Station is located in Clifton, NJ. Program is English rock music without any commentary. 88.7 mhz
I saw comments in another forum that due to interference, the FCC was already notified.

 

[GadgetGeek]

So 87.9 and 88.7?

 

[wa2sqq]

87.9
Sorry, my typo

 

[dlwtrunked]

Station is located in Clifton, NJ. Program is English rock music without any commentary. 88.7 MHz
I saw comments in another forum that due to interference, the FCC was already notified.

This is almost certainly this legal station below. There are several of these, been that way for years, in the U.S. using 87.75 as sort of a TV/FM station using the audio frequency 87.75 of the NTSC TV channel.

See also:

WNYZ-LD

WNYZ-LD is a low-power television station in New York City, owned by K Media. It broadcasts on VHF channel 6, commonly known as an "FM6 operation" because the audio portion of the signal lies at 87.75 MHz, receivable by analog FM radios, tuned to the 87.75 frequency. Throughout its existence...

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[wa2sqq]

I don’t think so. I’ve heard that one, and throughout its history it was always in some foreign language. Those call letters come back to Flushing,NY. They went silent and this one slipped in. I have nothing against pirate stations, but I’ve heard remnants of their signal sliding around the VHF band and within the AM aircraft band. First noticed when I was listening to Teterboro Airport’s tower. It wasn’t strong, and distorted as I would expect, but after a lot of listening I’ve been able to verify that it all originates from the 87.9 source.

 

[rr60]

Frankin 87.75 TV6 analog is alive and well. Fuzzy memory says WNYZ-LD got an STA or even a renewal w ATSC 3.0. Seem to recall TX from Long Island City or Queens. I hear it 24/7 in Jersey.

Korean Radio

So much so it prevents me from Es skip reception from FM DX in the Azores.

 

[wa2sqq]

The station I’m referring to is definitely not Korean programming

 

[dlwtrunked]

This is almost certainly this legal station below. There are several of these, been that way for years, in the U.S. using 87.75 as sort of a TV/FM station using the audio frequency 87.75 of the NTSC TV channel.

See also:

WNYZ-LD

WNYZ-LD is a low-power television station in New York City, owned by K Media. It broadcasts on VHF channel 6, commonly known as an "FM6 operation" because the audio portion of the signal lies at 87.75 MHz, receivable by analog FM radios, tuned to the 87.75 frequency. Throughout its existence...

dbpedia.org

Correction to the above. Some sources indicate they still exists but only on the web and via other stations programing since 2021.

 

[rr60]

Looks like Fraken is here to stay, goodbye STA.

FCC To Vote In Favor Of Keeping Franken FMs.

Good news out of the FCC today for the handful of so-called FM6 stations that have used their low-power television signals to reach radio listeners at 87.7 FM. “The Commission

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