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Post by David on May 5, 2021 13:13:59 GMT -6
I just read a post in another Utah radio discussion group which said that KOOL 105.5 has been removed from the 103.9 Utah County translator. The OP didn't say what is now airing on the 103.9 translator, and I'm too far north (Ogden) to receive anything but KGNT on 103.9. Can anyone in the Utah County area confirm that KOOL 105.5 is no longer being rebroadcast on 103.9?
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Post by kenglish on May 5, 2021 14:15:52 GMT -6
Assuming that I am hearing Provo on 103.9 (here in Midvale), they are ID'ing as "Mix 105.1". My old notes show that was what they used to be, before KOOL.
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Post by fmdj1 on May 5, 2021 14:55:52 GMT -6
No complaints here
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Post by amanuensis on May 5, 2021 18:36:36 GMT -6
I've recently been as far south as Orem and 105.5 came in fine in my car's radio there. So perhaps not a compelling business case for the added expense.
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Post by David on May 5, 2021 19:03:52 GMT -6
No complaints here I'm sure that with KOOL 105.5 off the 103.9 Utah County translator, you might pick up a few more "converts" to Utah's Goat on 1580 and 99.9, eh Frank?😀 I just hope Broadway keeps the KOOL format on 105.5, because it's become my go to radio station of late. It seems like they've recently started broadening their playlist as well.
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Post by fmdj1 on May 5, 2021 20:24:46 GMT -6
No complaints here I'm sure that with KOOL 105.5 off the 103.9 Utah County translator, you might pick up a few more "converts" to Utah's Goat on 1580 and 99.9, eh Frank?😀 I just hope Broadway keeps the KOOL format on 105.5, because it's become my go to radio station of late. It seems like they've recently started broadening their playlist as well. I do hope it works for them up there. It is music that should be on the radio. For us, the focus really is Utah County, but if we ever have a good chance to expand it further north, we will.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on May 6, 2021 3:33:16 GMT -6
I've recently been as far south as Orem and 105.5 came in fine in my car's radio there. So perhaps not a compelling business case for the added expense. 105.1 has 80-something times the power that 105.5 has, so putting the 105.1 main on 103.9 makes less sense to me. Has anyone checked if 105.1's digital signal is on the air? If it were me I'd be taking the HD2 feed directly off the air to feed 103.9 and if that's down the receiver would likely drop back to the analog signal which is Mix.
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Post by drpepper on May 6, 2021 14:51:45 GMT -6
Tuesday night, KUDD HD2 was on, and airing kool. Curiously KUDD HD2 was about 15-20 seconds behind K288GY, no I did not mix the order of those up. it was strange. On Tuesday night while KUDD HD2 was airing Kool, Mix could be heard on K280GJ. At the moment, I can not get KUDD HD2 to come in. No problems getting KUUU and KXRK HD signals to come in, including both HD2S.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on May 7, 2021 2:00:50 GMT -6
Thanks for that data. Upon further checking it looks like K280GJ gets its signal by microwave anyway so that shoots down my theory two different ways. It doesn't surprise me that KUDD HD2 was behind K288GY though the amount of lag is a surprise. The digital signals are always going to have a delay due to technical reasons but that should be about 8 seconds. K288GY is also fed by microwave and would be in near real time.
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Post by David on May 7, 2021 2:27:01 GMT -6
I'm getting 100.7 "Bob FM" on KUUU HD2 in Ogden.
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Post by drpepper on May 7, 2021 6:02:30 GMT -6
@ca, I always figured some delay was generally excepted, but I was surprised how far apart they were. i remember emailing iheart's engineer at the time asking him about the handoff from analog to HD. From memory it is a tricky thing to get right and maintain. Off the top of my head I can't remember many of the details. David, 100.7 has been on KUUU HD2 for a while. pre bob for sure. It replaced the EDM format that was previously on there, plus IIRC it feeds a translator in Tooele.
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Post by David on May 7, 2021 6:33:01 GMT -6
DOH! Sorry, my bad. I got KUUU mixed up with KUDD. 🙄
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Post by CAwasinNJ on May 8, 2021 0:13:46 GMT -6
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Post by drpepper on May 8, 2021 4:12:11 GMT -6
Thanks CA, that was insightful, and a fantastic read. Nice find.
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Post by fmdj1 on May 9, 2021 1:28:38 GMT -6
Mix is promoting 103.9 on air again, so I guess it is a done deal. I'm kind of surprised considering all the digital billboards they were running in Utah County for the last several months specifically promoting Kool on 103.9. I'm sure they have some reason for making the flip but I can tell you that 105.5 is not as strong down here and completely disappears on the west side of the lake.
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