Monterey Radio

Just Spent a few days in the area, and had a chance to listen to some of the stations down there, thought I'd post my observations

92.7 KTOM (country)- Liked the music, but it seemed like it was hooked up to a canned I Heart Radio format for most of the day. I listened In during the midday slot, and the jock made no reference to the station, but plenty of references to iheartradio.com! Also liked the Foggy Mountain Classic Country HD2 Station. I was plesantly surprised to find HD reception consistant and strong all over the area (unlike the Bay Area)

93.5/93.7 (Spanish)- Not knowing Spanish, I couldn't tell if this station was good or bad. All I know is that it consisted of two signals, 93.5 in Felton and 93.7 in Holister. What I did notice was the signal overlap, and just about everywhere I went in the area the signal was about the same everywhere I went

94.7 KRML (Jazz)- I noticed that KRML is now on FM thanks to a translator, good for them!

95.5 Bob FM (Adlt Hits)-New station, recently flipped from Classic Country as Hank FM, I liked what I heard, It'll be interesting to see how it does

Soft Rock 96.9 K-Wave (AC)-I don't listen to AC that Much, all I noticed is that they changed the branding from 97 The Wave FM

Z-97.9 (Oldies)- Another relatively new station, flipped from Rythemic CHR as Jammin 97.9, some good local jocks.

La Preciosa 100.7 y 100.9 (Span. Adlt Hits) I noticed that this station has two FM Traslators on 100.9 in Holister and Greenfield. I think they should make both of tohse signals FM Boosters on 100.7, make one of the Translators silent (probably the Holister signal) and apply for a CP to move the other one to a different frequency and a different city (either Monterey, Salinas, Moss Landing, or Castroville) and boost the power (to either 99 watts or 200 to 250 watts) From there they could either plug the translator into AM Talk sister station KION 1460, giving it an FM Home and a pretty big advantage over KSCO 1080 and KNRY(nobody listens to KNRY anyway) or relay an HD2, pretty much giving them a new radio station

101.7 The Beach (Hot AC/Alternative)- Interesting mix of Hot AC and Alternative music, with mostly syndicated jocks

102.5 KDON (Rythemic CHR)- One of my favorite stations in the area, good local jocks and good music

103.9 K-Bach (Classical)-One of very few commercial classical stations left in the country, runs off the World Classical Network, has some local programming

104.3 The Hippo (Classic Rock)-Good Variety of Music, and the jocks were okay

105.1 K-Ocean (Urban AC)- Reminded me of Mega 100.1 in Stockton, sounded pretty good to me

Didn't get a chance to listen to any AM stations