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Another interesting note about the FM frequencies is stations from 88 MHz to 92 MHz are the non-commercial part. That's why you'll find a lot of NPR and religi
by cbanek 7y ago
Another interesting note about the FM frequencies is stations from 88 MHz to 92 MHz are the non-commercial part. That's why you'll find a lot of NPR and religious stations at that part of the dial rather than the other end.
(Looked up after many hours of road tripping through states with very few radio stations)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-commercial_educational_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-commercial_educational_sta...
- anyfoo 7y agoWorth noting that that's not a thing in Europe, at least in Germany I don't remember any differences across the entire band (87.5 to 108 MHz there). Where exactly the band is and its channel spacing generally differs a lot between countries.
- closeparen 7y agoThis article is on the website of the US telecommunications regulator. I'm don't think all the comments need to be qualified with "in the US."
- mturmon 7y agoYour experience (listening to non-commercial stations on the left side of the dial while road-tripping) was memorably summarized by the Replacements in "Left of the Dial" -- https://genius.com/The-replacements-left-of-the-dial-lyrics https://genius.com/The-replacements-left-of-the-dial-lyrics