IKIM FM Balik Pulau frequency 102.7MHz from Bukit Genting transmitter also covers Bandar Baharu and Selama, Kedah where 89.0MHz Gunung Jerai signal is less clear.

 

IKIM FM has Balik Pulau tuning frequency on FM 102.7MHz, transmitted from Bukit Genting in Southwest Penang Island with 500W transmitter power. 

 

The main coverage of IKIM FM 102.7MHz Bukit Genting transmitter is Balik Pulau and Teluk Kumbar in Penang Island where 89.0MHz Gunung Jerai transmitter cannot be tuned there.

 

Other than Balik Pulau and Teluk Kumbar, IKIM FM 102.7MHz Bukit Genting transmitter also covers Bandar Baharu District, Kedah where several areas cannot receive the signal from Gunung Jerai on 89.0MHz clearly.

 

During my departure from Butterworth to Kuala Lumpur on 27th November 2024, I passed through Bandar Baharu, Kedah and dropped by Parit Buntar, Perak for breakfast.

 

On PLUS Highway from Nibong Tebal to Bandar Baharu toll exit, IKIM FM 89.0MHz Gunung Jerai signal becomes weak and it has adjacent channel interference noise with GoXUAN FM 88.9MHz Gunung Ulu Kali transmitter in some areas, meanwhile FM 102.7MHz from Bukit Genting is clear there.

 

From Bandar Baharu toll exit to Parit Buntar town, I continued to monitor IKIM FM 89.0MHz and 102.7MHz signals all the way. In Bandar Baharu, IKIM FM 89.0MHz is not clear as 102.7MHz overall, meanwhile IKIM FM is tuned clearly on 102.7MHz in Selama, Kedah.

 

Selama is located in two different states, Perak and Kedah. In Perak's Selama, IKIM FM 89.0MHz is clearer than 102.7MHz, but inversely IKIM FM 102.7MHz is clearer than 89.0MHz in Kedah's Selama.

 

The radio reception of IKIM FM 89.0MHz in Kedah's Selama is weak, compare to Perak's Selama, but the listeners in Kedah's Selama can tune clearly on 102.7MHz.

 

Overall, IKIM FM 102.7MHz Bukit Genting transmitter also covers the blind spot coverage of its Gunung Jerai transmitter 89.0MHz in Bandar Baharu, Lubuk Buntar and Selama, Kedah. 

 

Sample radio reception videos of IKIM FM 89.0MHz/102.7MHz tuned in Parit Buntar (Perak) and Selama (Perak) where are located not far from Bandar Baharu District, Kedah.

 

==Coverage of IKIM FM 102.7MHz Bukit Genting transmitter==

1. Balik Pulau, Penang

2. Teluk Kumbar, Penang

3. Bayan Lepas, Penang (89.0MHz is clearer there)

4. Parit Buntar, Perak (89.0MHz is clearer there)

5. Tanjung Piandang, Perak (89.0MHz is clearer there)

6. Bandar Baharu, Kedah

7. Selama, Kedah 

8. Nibong Tebal, Penang (89.0MHz is clearer there) 

 

Bandar Baharu, Kedah is the blind spot coverage of IKIM FM 89.0MHz Gunung Jerai transmitter, hence the listeners can tune on 102.7MHz Bukit Genting transmitter in this location.