Currently I am in Baltimore, MD and the FM band over here is disgustingly crowded. Using my Tecsun PL 880- here is the FM band
88.1 WYPR Baltimore
88.3 WRAU Ocean City MD
88.5 WAMU Wash DC
88.7 WAMU HD sideband hash
88.9 WEAA Baltimore HD
89.1 WEAA HD HASH
89.3 WPFW Wash DC
89.5 WSCL Ocean City
89.7 WTMD Towson, MD (local)
89.9 WTMD HD HASH with WOEL Elkton, MD barley audible
90.1 WCSP Wash DC
90.3 WCSP HD HASH
90.5 WKHS Wharton, MD (WXPN 10kW translator)
90.7 NONE
90.9 WETA Wash DC
91.1 WHFC Hartford, MD
91.3 WBJC HD HASH
91.5 WBJC Baltimore
91.7 WBJC HD HAS
91.9 WGTS Wash DC
92.1 WERQ HD HASH
92.3 WERQ Baltimore
92.5 WERQ HD HASH
92.7 WWXT Prince Fredrick, MD
92.9 WPOC HD HASH
93.1 WPOC Catonsville, MD
93.3 WPOC HD HASH
93.5 WTTZ-LP Baltimore MONO WZBH Millsboro, DE
93.7 WSTW Wilimington, DE
93.9 WKYS Wash DC
94.1 WKYS HD HAS
94.3 WINX St Michaels, MD
94.5 WDAC Lancaster, PA
94.7 WIAD Wash DC WDSD Dover, DE
94.9 WRBS Co-channel interference
95.1 WRBS Baltimore (1 mile from where I am)
95.3 WRBS Co-channel interference
95.5 WPGC Morningside, MD
95.7 WWIN HD HASH
95.9 WWIN Glen Burnie, MD
96.1 WWIN HD HASH
96.3 WHUR Wash DC
96.5 NONE
96.7 WCEI Easton, MD
96.9 NONE
97.1 WASH Wash DC
97.3 WENJ Millville, NJ
97.5 W248AO Baltimore
97.7 WIYY HD HASH
97.9 WIYY Baltimore
98.1 WIYY HD HASH
98.3 NONE (mainly tropo DX)
98.5 WYCR York, PA (WEAK)
98.7 WMZQ Wash DC
98.9 WDCH Co-channel interference
99.1 WDCH Bowie, MD
99.3 WDCH Co-channel interference
99.5 WIHT Wash DC
99.7 WIHT HD HASH
99.9 Translator frenzy! W260BV (WQLL) White Marsh, MD W260BM (WNAV) Annapolis, MD WFRE Fredrick, MD WWFG, Ocean, City
100.1 W261CD Baltimore (WZBA-FM)
100.3 WBIG Wash DC
100.5 WBIG HD HASH
100.7 WZBA Westminster, MD
100.9 WAAI Hurlock, MD
101.1 WWDC Wash DC
101.3 WNCL Milford, DE (WEAK)
101.5 WBQB Fredricksburg, VA
101.7 WLIF HD HASH
101.9 WLIF Baltimore
102.1 WLIF HF HASH
102.3 WMMJ Bethesda, MD
102.5 WQSR HD HASH
102.7 WQSR Baltimore
102.9 WQSR HD HASH
103.1 WRNR Grasonville, MD
103.3 WARM Lancaster, MD
103.5 WTOP Wash DC MONO
103.7 WXCY Harve De Grace, MD
103.9 NONE
104.1 WPRS Wash DC (WZFT HD HASH)
104.3 WZFT Baltimore
104.5 WZFT HD HASH
104.7 WAYZ Hagerstown, MD
104.9 W285EJ ("HFS") White Marsh, MD
105.1 WAVA Arlington, MD MONO
105.3 NONE
105.5 WJZ HD HASH
105.7 WJZ Catonsville, MD
105.9 WJZ HD HASH
106.1 W291BA Baltimore
106.3 WWMX HD HASH
106.5 WWMX
106.7 WWMX HD HASH
106.9 WWEG Myersville, MD
107.1 Spanish pirate somewhere in Baltimore and also WTDK Federalsburg, MD
107.3 WRQX Wash DC
107.5 WRQX HD HASH
107.7 WLZL HD HASH
107.9 WLZL College Park, MD
As you can see, the FM band is so crowded, I find it hard to believe that the FCC is okay with this. The HD sidebands should not be allowed, ESPECIALLY in the Balt/ Wash area. In order to allow for the hobbyists and LPFMs to exist well enough to serve the areas they are licensed to, the HD sidebands inhibit that.
Thoughs?