TERRACE BAY, ONTARIO BANDSCAN
July 26, 2018 0935-1035 & 1055-1145 / 13°C
Terrace Bay Beach: 48°46'17.0"N 87°06'58.9"W (615 ft.)
Pumphouse Beach: 48°46'34.9"N 87°05'16.6"W (645 ft.)
81 stations total / Average distance: 202 mi.
Heading counter-clockwise around Lake Superior, here is a bandscan from Terrace Bay, Ont., the second bandscan atop Lake Superior and 35 miles to the west of the first. Conditions - cold in the mid-50s with light rain - were especially dead at this location with an hour spent on the beach and another hour for comparison on the east side of town 45 feet above the water. In comparison to the scan of the day before, take a dozen stations from the southwest (Wisconsin) and move them to the southeast (Michigan) and you've got this scan.
Due to the orientation of the coastline, Marathon favors the southwest while Terrace Bay favors the south, even the Lake Michigan stations, allowing my 7-mile local back home to be heard at 364 miles. The average distance of all 81 known stations is
202 miles, the most distant of all Great Lakes scans to date. Equipment was my Grundig G8 and stations with asterisks were received on seek.
Listen to the 93.1 CFNO top-of-hour ID (the only non-CBC local)
Click on the above image to view it more clearly.
88.1 -
88.3 CBQT ON Thunder Bay / CBC R. 1 Thunder Bay / 23.73kw / 3dBµ, mono (99 mi.)
88.5 WIAB MI Mackinaw City / Classical IPR //88.7 / 50kw / 5dBµ, mono (241 mi.)
88.7 WIAA MI Interlochen / Classical IPR //88.5 / 100kw / 2dBµ, mono (318 mi.)
88.9 WCRR MI Manistique / K-Love / 24.5kw / 2dBµ, mono (196 mi.)
89.1 -
89.3 WSHN MI Munising / K-Love / 100kw / 5dBµ, mono (152 mi.)
89.3 CBON-20 ON Thunder Bay / Ici Première / 16.5kw / 5dBµ, mono (99 mi.)
89.5 CBSM ON Sault Ste. Marie / CBC R. 1 Sudbury / 46kw / brief (199 mi.)
89.7 CBEB ON Manitouwadge / CBC R. 1 Thunder Bay / 4.78kw / 5dBµ, mono (63 mi.)
89.9 WLJN MI Traverse City / Christian / 100kw / faint (284 mi.)
89.9 WHSA WI Brule / WPR News & Classical / 92kw / 3dBµ, mono (262 mi.)
90.1 WNMU MI Marquette / Public R. 90 / 100kw / 5dBµ, mono (171 mi.)
90.3 WBLV MI Twin Lake / Blue Lake Public R. / 100kw / faint (364 mi.)
90.5 WPHN MI Gaylord / The Promise FM / 100kw / 10dBµ, mono (287 mi.)
90.5 WPFF WI Sturgeon Bay / K-Love / 100kw / in null (268 mi.)
90.7 WTIP MN Grand Marais / N. Shore Comm. R. / 25kw / 2dBµ, mono (165 mi.)
90.9 WUPJ MI Escanaba / Strong Tower R. / 100kw / 10dBµ, mono (201 mi.)
91.1 WGGL MI Houghton / Minnesota Public R. / 100kw / 10dBµ, mono (141 mi.)
91.3 KUWS WI Superior / WPR Ideas / 83kw / 5dBµ, mono (270 mi.)
91.5 CKPR ON Thunder Bay / Hot AC / 100kw / 15dBµ, mono (94 mi.)
91.7 WCML MI Alpena / CMU Public R. / 92kw / 7dBµ, mono (287 mi.)
91.9 -
92.1 -
92.3 WJPD MI Ishpeming / Big Country / 100kw / 15dBµ, mono (157 mi.)
92.5 -
92.7 -
92.9 WJZQ MI Cadillac / Z93 / 100kw / 5dBµ, mono (302 mi.)
*93.1 CFNO ON Marathon / Hometown Sound / 50kw / 50dBµ, stereo (23 mi.)
93.3 -
93.5 WKMJ MI Hancock / Mix 93.5 / 25kw / 10dBµ, mono (135 mi.)
93.7 -
93.9 WNBY MI Newberry / Oldies 93 / 50kw / 10dBµ, mono (185 mi.)
94.1 WUPK MI Marquette / 94 Rock / 4.4kw / weak (157 mi.)
94.3 CJSD ON Thunder Bay / Rock 94 / 90kw / 15dBµ, mono (94 mi.)
94.5 WYPV MI Mackinaw City / WJML News R. //1110 / 50kw / 10dBµ, mono (244 mi.)
94.5 WRJO WI Eagle River / Cl. Hits / 50kw / 10dBµ, mono (209 mi.)
94.7 -
*94.9 WUPZ MI Chocolay Twp. / The Bay / 100kw / 15dBµ, mono (157 mi.)
95.1 WLST WI Marinette / Cat Country / 100kw / faint, mono (258 mi.)
95.3 -
95.5 WIFC WI Wausau / CHR / 98.6kw / 5dBµ, mono (293 mi.)
95.7 WHWL MI Marquette / Gospel Opportunities / 100kw / 10dBµ, mono (158 mi.)
95.9 -
96.1 -
96.3 WLXT MI Petoskey / Lite 96.3 / 100kw / 10dBµ, mono (260 mi.)
96.5 -
96.7 WMJT MI McMillan / Eagle 96.7 / 50kw / 5dBµ, mono (170 mi.)
96.7 WRGZ MI Rogers City / Country / 42kw / 5dBµ, mono (283 mi.)
96.9 -
97.1 WGLQ MI Escanaba / Magic 97 / 100kw / 15dBµ, mono (183 mi.)
97.3 CBON-19 ON Nipigon / Ici Première / 2kw / 10dBµ, mono (57 mi.)
97.5 WTAQ WI Glenmore / NewsTalk 97.5 & 1360 / 3kw / faint (305 mi.)
97.7 WOLV MI Houghton / The Wolf / 6.5kw / 5dBµ, mono (132 mi.)
97.9 WIHC MI Newberry / Strong Tower R. / 50kw / 5dBµ, mono (185 mi.)
98.1 CBON ON Sudbury / Ici Première / 50kw / fade-up (325 mi.)
98.3 WRUP MI Palmer / Cl. Rock / 2.6kw / 5dBµ, mono (152 mi.)
98.5 WQLH WI Green Bay / Star 98 / 100kw / 5dBµ, mono (290 mi.)
98.7 WGLI MI Hancock / The Rockin' Eagle / 52kw / 5dBµ, mono (134 mi.)
98.9 CBQY ON Nipigon / CBC R. 1 Thunder Bay / 2kw / 5dBµ, mono (57 mi.)
98.9 WKLZ MI Petoskey / KLT The Rock Sta. / 100kw / 3dBµ, mono (249 mi.)
99.1 WIKB MI Iron River / True Country / 60kw / 5dBµ, mono (197 mi.)
99.3 WOWN WI Shawano / B99.3 / 14kw / fade up and down (284 mi.)
99.5 WNGE MI Negaunee / Oldies 99.5 / 3.6kw / 5dBµ, mono (157 mi.)
99.7 WIMI MI Ironwood / The Storm / 100kw / 5dBµ, mono (219 mi.)
99.9 WHAK MI Rogers City / The Wave / 50kw / 5dBµ, mono (277 mi.)
100.1 WRHN WI Rhinelander / Jack FM / 100kw / 5dBµ, mono (243 mi.)
100.3 WUPT MI Gwinn / The Point / 100kw / 10dBµ, mono (157 mi.)
100.5 -
100.7 WOBE MI Crystal Falls / Radio Now / 100kw / 3dBµ, mono (209 mi.)
100.9 -
101.1 WUPY MI Ontonagon / Superior Country / 100kw / 5dBµ, mono (170 mi.)
101.3 -
101.5 WJNR MI Iron Mountain / Frog Country / 100kw / 5dBµ, mono (209 mi.)
101.7 CBQ ON Thunder Bay / CBC Music Thunder Bay / 25kw / 3dBµ, mono (99 mi.)
101.9 WDEZ WI Wausau / Country / 98.5kw / 3dBµ, mono (293 mi.)
101.9 WKQS MI Negaunee / Sunny FM / 13kw / 2dBµ, mono (152 mi.)
102.1 -
*102.3 CBON-29 ON Marathon / Ici Première / 3.862kw / 40dBµ, mono (23 mi.)
102.5 WCMM MI Gulliver / The Moose / 60kw / 5dBµ, mono (196 mi.)
102.7 WRVM WI Suring / V. of the Master / 98kw / 2dBµ, mono (268 mi.)
102.9 WMKC MI Indian River / Big Country Hits / 100kw / 2dBµ, mono (246 mi.)
103.1 -
103.3 WFXD MI Marquette / 103-FXD / 100kw / 3dBµ, mono (152 mi.)
103.5 WTCM MI Traverse City / Country / 100kw / 5dBµ, mono (305 mi.)
103.7 -
103.9 WCMW MI Harbor Springs / CMU Public R. / 12kw / faint (246 mi.)
104.1 -
*104.3 WVCN MI Baraga / VCY America / 100kw / 15dBµ, mono (158 mi.)
104.5 WZTC MI Traverse City / Bob FM / 1.75kw / in and out (284 mi.)
104.7 WHWA WI Washburn / WPR News & Classical / 17.5kw / 5dBµ, mono (231 mi.)
104.7 WYKX MI Escanaba / Kix Country / 100kw / 2dBµ, mono (197 mi.)
104.9 -
105.1 WGFM MI Cheboygan / Rock 105 & 95.5 / 43kw / faint in car (272 mi.)
*105.3 CKTG ON Thunder Bay / Country 105 / 100kw / 15dBµ, mono (94 mi.)
105.5 WGKL MI Gladstone / Kool 105.5 / 20kw / 2dBµ, mono (205 mi.)
105.7 WZTK MI Alpena / News Talk Sports / 4.5kw / 3dBµ, mono (307 mi.)
105.9 WKHQ MI Charlevoix / 106 KHQ / 100kw / 5dBµ, mono (265 mi.)
106.1 -
106.3 WWMK MI Onaway / Mac FM / 31kw / 3dBµ, mono (251 mi.)
106.5 -
106.7 WSRT MI Gaylord / ESPN N. Michigan / 100kw / 2dBµ, mono (278 mi.)
106.9 -
107.1 -
107.3 WUPF MI Powers / Eagle 107.3 / 50kw / 2dBµ, mono (212 mi.)
*107.5 CBLM ON Marathon / CBC R. 1 Thunder Bay / 3.935kw / 40dBµ, mono (23 mi.)
107.7 WMQT MI Ishpeming / Q107 / 98kw / 10dBµ, mono (159 mi.)
107.9 -
Inconclusive signals: 88.1, 92.1, 93.9, 100.5, 104.1
The view from the Terrace Bay Beach radio site where the river empties into Lake Superior:
![Image](http://www.beaglebass.com/temporary/Bandscans_Terrace_Bay_1.JPG)