From Los Angeles, I’ll be driving . . .
I-10
to
I-15
to
I-40
to
I-44
to
I-70
to
I-76
to
I-276
I’ll have my iPod with me with an FM Transmitter.
Any Dopers have any idea of some long stretches I can get on a particular FM frequency???
I’ll appreciated any hints as to which frequncies I should tune to for particular portions of the trip. Thanks!
What kind of music?
KLOS will take you from I-10 to I-40. 95.5FM.
Hmm…Assuming you mean you want empty frequencies (and have the entire FM spectrum available as needed) most of it should be open on I-40 through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. You can probably get away with almost any frequency for most of it, but the FM band is pretty crowded around Flagstaff, Albuquerque, Amarillo, and Oklahoma City. I’d stay as low as possible, say 87.5 or no higher than 88.1.
Get satellite radio, dude.
I don’t want satellite radio, dude. I want my music collection, in full, in my car with me. So I can listen to whatever I want when I want to hear it.
And, yes, I’ve dilligently researched options for directly connecting the iPod to the car stereo. I’ve got no auxiliary input, and the factory installed stereo can not be removed and replaced. So, let’s not hijack into the options. The FM transmitter is what I’m dealing with.
Yes, that’s exactly what I’m asking for, seems I didn’t word it clearly. I need empty frequencies to which to transmit from my iPod.
Sweet! Thanks!
That gets me through Oklahoma. Can anyone get me from Missouri through Pennsylvania?
When I used an FM transmitter here in St. Louis, I believe the best frequency was 89.3.
Here in LA, I couldn’t use an FM transmitter. There simply wasn’t a frequency to be had, so I had to switch to a corded version that uses the car’s cassette player. My guess is that once you get out to Palm Springs-ish, you should be able to find reception.
Most of Oklahoma:
100.5 FM - KATT - Rock - The Kat, Oklahoma’s Home of Pure Rock
96.1 FM - KXXY - Country - KXY Radio, Country’s Latest and All Time Greatest
101.9 FM - KTST - Country - The Twister, Today’s New Country
107.7 FM - KRXO - Classic Rock - The Greatest Music Ever Recorded
98.9 FM - KYIS - Adult Contemporary Mix - KISS/FM - Oklahoma’s Free Ticket Frequency
640 AM 104.9 FM - WWLS - Sports talk - WWLS, The Sports Animal
I don’t like the local Top 40 or Easy Listening stations, so I don’t want to list them. This list should get you from somewhere around the border between OK and the TX panhandle to about the Tulsa area. I included their website taglines.
Around Tulsa, I only know and like one of the major stations:
97.5 FM - KMOD - Rock - KMOD, Tulsa’s ROCK Station
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HA !!!
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I didn’t read post #6.
In my work travels around this state, I’ve noticed there are some low power local and Christian stations in OK in and around the 88 to 92 range. And the high end (106 and above) are filled with either KRXO’s massive power or college and Spanish stations. So, in Ok, you may end up switching frequencies from time to time. If you find one you can use all the way thru OK on I-40, you might want to post it here when you get back.
I use 90.1 in northeast Ohio. It works pretty well for me much farther south than I-76. Not sure how far West or East it works.
You are bypassing Las Vegas? Is this a Mormon bus tour or what?
If you were to pass through here, 94.1 is the MIX channel, with new music and a nice mix of older, but non-oldies, music.