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Some San Diego Radio Bits (May 22, 2009)

There are stations on 600, 800, 1000, and 1700 on the AM dial.

There are no local AM stations on any 80kHz on the dial (580, 680, 780, 880, 980, 1080, 1180, 1280, 1380, 1480, 1580, and 1680).

There are full power stations stations from San Diego and nearby on:

.1 - 91,92,94,98,100,102,107
.3 - 88,90,93,95,97,99,105,107
.5 - 89,92,94,96,101,102,104,106
.7 - 88,91,95,97,99,100,103,105,107
.9 - 94,98,102,104,107

There are groups of three or more full power local FM stations that share the whole number before the decimal:

94.1, 94.5, 94.9
102.1, 102.5, 102.9
107.1, 107.3, 107.7, 107.9

There are full power local stations that don't share the whole number before the decimal:

89, 90, 93, 96, 101, 103, 106

There are clusters of full power local stations that are spaced 0.2MHz continuously.

91.7, 92.1, 92.5
94.1, 94.5, 94.9, 95.3, 95.7
97.3, 97.7, 98.1
98.9, 99.3, 99.7, 100.1
102.1, 102.5, 102.9
104.5, 104.9, 105.3, 105.7
107.3, 107.7

In Los Angeles, the frequencies go like this (not counting Riverside, Ventura, or San Diego:

92.3, 92.7, 93.1, 93.5, 93.9, 94.3, 94.7 (95.1 Riverside)
95.5, 95.9, 96.3, 96.7, 97.1 (97.5 Riverside)
97.9, 98.3, 98.7 (99.1 Riverside)
99.5 (99.9 San Bernadino)
100.3 (100.7 San Diego)
101.1 (101.5 San Diego)
101.9, 102.3, 102.7, 103.1, 103.5, 103.9, 104.3 (104.7 Oxnard)
105.1, 105.5, 105.9, 106.3, 106.7, 107.1, 107.5, 107.9