On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 22:36:44 GMT, "David Eduardo"
wrote:

Remember that the radio-locator.com maps are labeled as "for entertainment
purpose only" and the inner of the circles or contours is still an
exaggeration of the real, consistent city coverage.

The Radio-Locator.com maps are basically only good for getting a
rough, general idea of where the station might cover (notice I said
MIGHT).

It does not account for such things as terrain, AM radio band
electrical noise or below-average performance by the station's
equipment...not to mention interference from stations in other cities,
and first and second adjacent station interference.

For example, though looking at the map you might expect to be able to
pick up a faint signal from KVTO/1400 near the Sacramento area,
reality is that second adjacent 5KW KTKZ/1380 Sacramento would wipe
out most traces of KVTO anywhere near Sacramento, even on the best of
radios.

The two stations mentioned cover well only about 40% or less of the San
Francisco metro radio market.

They cover the "preaching to the choir" area, as it's been called...
SF/Berkeley/Oakland and other areas that might be considered receptive
to their programming.