Terry
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Usual Listening Area: east Murray
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Post by Terry on Jan 24, 2011 13:50:59 GMT -6
The following stations appear to have dropped their second channel: 94.1, 97.1, 99.5, 106.5. Why is that? I was enjoying the smooth jazz on 94.1HD2. CC had a great oldies station and a great mellow AC station at one time too, but they disappeared months ago. It seems as though the most popular formats disappear first. (And why are they translating 105.7HD2 on 99.1 on Lake Mountain?) I fear that HD radio is near death.
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Post by dxstuboy on Jan 24, 2011 23:31:48 GMT -6
I'm kind of 50/50 on my opinions of HD Radio. In one way it makes FM DXing so much easier, because if I get a station via sporadic E (or another method) to show its calls, I log it and move on.
On the other hand, its not worth very much unless you live in a bigger city. Here in the rural Wyo, I only have NPR in HD, and it is only an HD-1, no 2 and so forth. I feel its a big waste. I also think their marketing campaign failed miserably because the product wasn't ready when they started adverts etc. And when the big push to upgrade was being forced on us, the prices of the radios were outrageous. Now that that has changed, I think they could possibly start promoting it more?
The concept works on FM, if programmed right, but not so much on AM. I think FM-HD's should simulcast their AM counterparts more often. Wouldn't it be cool to hear KDYL in bright FM quality stereo? What about KSOP-AM. Stations like KSRR down in Provo would sound so cool in stereo. I can wish in one hand and.... in the other.
The HD Radio I have seems muddy on analog AM, and it would be nice to hear the whole AM sound on more stations. This is where HD-3's could come in. A lot of Chicago FMs have AMs on HD-3s, same with NYC and I'm assuming Los Angeles as well. KSL doesn't obviously need it, but if Capital could get HD on KBZN, they could put KLO on their HD-2. Same for the Bustos etc. stations. AM radio is dying a slow death in my opinion. It is hurting financially and without an overhaul in programming, is not going to be around in 30 years or so, unless the economy picks up in a hurry. HD Radio, in concept, works on FM, but not on AM. Its just not smart to kill your analog signal with digital hash that blocks out adjacent stations anyways.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 25, 2011 0:07:27 GMT -6
The 99.1 translator had been translating 99.5's HD2 to get the classic country format out so people could actually hear it. The legal ID that I just heard just gave two HD's plus the translator, but it went by too fast for me to catch what it said.
Did Freedom 570 have a simulcast on KNRS-FM before it died? Maybe the extra signal is a placeholder until something else fills it.
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Terry
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Posts: 489
Usual Listening Area: east Murray
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Post by Terry on Jan 25, 2011 10:06:27 GMT -6
Did Freedom 570 have a simulcast on KNRS-FM before it died? For months now, 105.7HD2 has carried the country music. 99.5HD2 had it also, but with strangely muddied audio.
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Terry
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Posts: 489
Usual Listening Area: east Murray
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Post by Terry on Jan 25, 2011 10:13:23 GMT -6
I think FM-HD's should simulcast their AM counterparts more often. Wouldn't it be cool to hear KDYL in bright FM quality stereo? What about KSOP-AM. ...if Capital could get HD on KBZN, they could put KLO on their HD-2. All in favor say "aye". I wonder why they don't. Does it cost a lot to implement?
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Post by Timmy on Jan 25, 2011 11:13:00 GMT -6
To some radio companies, spending anything on optional items is expensive...
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 25, 2011 22:51:53 GMT -6
The legal ID on 99.1 names KJMY, KNRS-FM and K256AE.
There are significant costs involved to add IBOC. From what I understand there's the additional hardware cost, the transmission system has to be modified to accept the hash and then there's the license fee to ibiquity for the right to use the system. Big companies like Clear Channel can afford to take that gamble more than a smaller operator like Capitol.
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