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Post by friendlee on Jan 31, 2023 12:15:54 GMT -6
OT (sort of): Ken, did you know or work with John Griffin? He was one of the KSL mountaintop guys years ago....
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Post by friendlee on Sept 15, 2022 22:54:33 GMT -6
OFH, I agree with you! A long time ago a station's call letters were something worn with pride. Whether you were number one with a 25 share (!) or that little station you weren't really sure if anyone was listening to, your calls were a badge of honor. Something worth defending. Something unique. Something NO ONE ELSE COULD SAY! Now, between positioning statements and marketing ploys, often a station's calls are buried in the music bed behind the studio sponsorship messaging and a laundry list of cities served. And the imaging? One only needs to recall WFLZ, Tampa "The Power Pig". Really?
Yup, once upon a time, a station's call letters were the only imaging you needed because your hard work, your dedication, your belief in this medium we call radio was represented by 3 or 4 letters, beginning with a K or a W repeated every 3 or 4 minutes, before and after every spot break, before, between, and after every song!
Ok, time to go back on my meds....!
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Post by friendlee on Sept 7, 2022 6:45:18 GMT -6
I use Zara on KVWJ-LP (along with Tobasco's Clockwheel and some hand-written software) and it sounds pretty darn good. 8 second overlap, 4 second fade, and -19db on the EOS sense. I also trim files to eliminate the silence after the fade is complete. ~0 is most handy if a selection has a cold ending with a false cold within it. It also keeps the crossfade from taking place at the end of announcements or ID's, liners, etc.
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Post by friendlee on Sept 6, 2022 7:50:12 GMT -6
As a 24/7 Zara user, ~0 is your friend!
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Post by friendlee on Sept 2, 2022 15:54:08 GMT -6
There SHOULD be a requirement to use the radio!
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Post by friendlee on Sept 1, 2022 12:46:15 GMT -6
Ever listen to the full version of The Tornadoes "Telstar"? Usually the last 5-8 seconds is cut-off but Joe Meek put a rather cool ending on it.
Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin: Even if you don't care for the song, one has to admit the three-minute edit is a bit of a train wreck, the four-minute version is much more palatable.
10cc - I'm Not In Love.....oh pullease! The awful, blatant, obvious, jarring edit at the end of the song. There is a much better way to do it that only increases the length of the selection by about 15 seconds (some might argue that even that's too much!) but it ends up sounding so much nicer.
So many examples, so little time, so many questions such as "Why would anyone do that to a song?" But even if Hey Jude does get a little long-winded...long live the album versions!
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Post by friendlee on Aug 4, 2022 17:06:50 GMT -6
....There's no programing yet but the ID says EMLW. I can't figure out what that could be.... EMLW = Educational Media Long Wire?
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Post by friendlee on Jul 26, 2022 13:00:15 GMT -6
It's the return of Blitverts! (a nod of the head to Max Headroom!)
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Post by friendlee on Jul 26, 2022 12:56:23 GMT -6
"Kwacker" (KWCR, now KNKL Tremonton) is located over at the old WTCI microwave site just off the Short Divide road southwest of Clarkston. KUSU's transmitter site is 3/4's of a mile south of that on the ridge line. KUSR is only 820 watts ERP off the tower on the east side of the USU campus (190 feet directly over my head).
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Post by friendlee on Jul 20, 2022 17:18:45 GMT -6
We had a dormitory get in the way......aren't architects supposed to consider all the variables like existing sewer, underground wiring, water mains, overhead power lines, licensed microwave paths?
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Post by friendlee on Apr 27, 2022 22:17:40 GMT -6
I am not sure how the rule applies to non-comm AM's with FM translators in the non-reserved portion of the FM band since I don't have experience there or exactly how that works for daytimers. I'd guess if it's past sunset or before sunrise (and outside of any PSA/PSSA hours), an associated FM translator should be off, too (viz. no input, no output). Point being as I said that I don't have experience in AM on FM translators so I could not speak authoritatively on the subject, only on NCE-FM on FM translators in either the reserved or non-reserved band.
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Post by friendlee on Apr 16, 2022 7:42:23 GMT -6
AFAIK, if you're an NCE-FM, your reserved-band translators may be fed off-air or via satellite but if your translator is in the non-reserved portion, then its input can only be over-the-air from either your main signal or from another translator (daisy-chaining). I am not sure how the rule applies to non-comm AM's with FM translators in the non-reserved portion of the FM band since I don't have experience there or exactly how that works for daytimers. I'd guess if it's past sunset or before sunrise (and outside of any PSA/PSSA hours), an associated FM translator should be off, too (viz. no input, no output).
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Post by friendlee on Apr 6, 2022 16:03:25 GMT -6
Years ago, we really did have more stations per capita than Los Angeles. Something like 69 signals for a million people while L.A. had 80 for ten million. With all the additional rim-shotters, boosters, and translators, it's probably still true.
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Post by friendlee on Feb 17, 2022 22:44:35 GMT -6
David, IIRC that couch and the satellite dish were up there for some time....
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Post by friendlee on Feb 14, 2022 14:49:31 GMT -6
I was wondering about the state of the real estate over the weekend.....thanks David for the drive-by.
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