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What's Up with 92.7 Cleveland?

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I was listening to Air 1 earlier when mid-song, it flipped to WKDD before going silent before I turned it off. For several days before, it was off, but running a generator-sounding noise.

Could it just be testing or something more, but that frequency's been weird sounding for a while now.
 
Their Akron station on 102.5 has had issues like this before, and it has taken usually a couple days to fix.

I've been very impressed with the good coverage 102.5 has in my car radio. I was able to receive a listenable signal in Canton and Ashland, but it's sensitive to topographical changes in elevation. The transmitter is high up the tower, and that helps immensely for only being 74 watts. 92.7 doesn't make it very far past downtown Cleveland.
 
Whenever I DX 102.5 here in Vermilion or in Lorain, I can count on hearing the Akron Xlator mixing in with various other stations. Not sure if it's just that my Alpine car radio is sensitive enough to pick it up out here. When the 92.7 Xlator is sounding like a sped-up jackhammer I can hear it too out here in Vermilion mixing with Canadian stations. I WAS hearing CCM music this morning on 92.7 driving to work around 7:45am between Vermilion and Lorain
 
Buckeyes2001 said:
Whenever I DX 102.5 here in Vermilion or in Lorain, I can count on hearing the Akron Xlator mixing in with various other stations. Not sure if it's just that my Alpine car radio is sensitive enough to pick it up out here. When the 92.7 Xlator is sounding like a sped-up jackhammer I can hear it too out here in Vermilion mixing with Canadian stations. I WAS hearing CCM music this morning on 92.7 driving to work around 7:45am between Vermilion and Lorain
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These EMF/Air1 translators are little turnkey operations, with some local consulting engineer supposedly maintaining them.

I have noticed that the satellite receiver (picking up the Air1 or whatever feed) at the transmitter site sometimes locks up (the "jackhammer" sound) and it often takes the engineer days and days to find out and fix it.

I hate these things.

National sat crap 24/7, mostly religion, mixed with "I don't give a sh*t" engineering maintenance.
 
I used to be able to pick up 102.5 WDVE out of Pittsburgh pretty reliably. But EMF [or should I say W273BL-FM 102.5] put the kibosh on that now. Or should I blame their "parent" station WKDD?
 
Unregistered said:
These EMF/Air1 translators are little turnkey operations, with some local consulting engineer supposedly maintaining them.

I have noticed that the satellite receiver (picking up the Air1 or whatever feed) at the transmitter site sometimes locks up (the "jackhammer" sound) and it often takes the engineer days and days to find out and fix it.

I hate these things.

National sat crap 24/7, mostly religion, mixed with "I don't give a sh*t" engineering maintenance.
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They do give a rats about maintenance.. however in some situations such as equipment failure etc .. technical issues are unavoidable.

Based on what was described (and I could be wrong) it sounds like something happened to the IBOC (HD Radio) signal that 92.7 is relaying (W224CD picks up I think WKDD HD-3) the original poster said "I was listening to Air 1 earlier when mid-song, it flipped to WKDD before going silent before I turned it off." based on that it sounds like something screwed up with the HD Importer causing the receiver to freak out and flip to WKDD before going off.

On the second comment "I have noticed that the satellite receiver (picking up the Air1 or whatever feed) at the transmitter site sometimes locks up (the "jackhammer" sound)" Again sounds like another issue with the HD Importer that creates the HD-3 signal to feed this translator -- My guess is since it was producing some form of "sound" at this point it did not trip the EMF alarms put in place to notify the mother ship of a technical off the air issue.

IF EMF could "feed" this translator directly from their satellite receiver -- I think it would have less issues as less equipment would be involved and less could go wrong -- We all know HD radio is not perfect and sometimes HD signals drop off air for whatever reason but the rules say this translator must be fed over the air so EMF is at mercy of WKDD's HD Signal not having any issues. EMF feeds their rack of equipment into a HD Importer at WKDD and at the translator site they receive the signal with an HD Radio which feeds the translator.

My recommendation when you notice these things -- Give EMF a call.. They take reports of issues with their stations seriously and will get someone on top of it quickly.
 
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Any updates on 106.1? Could that be another simulcast for Air 1 or a different format from CC since WGAR is simulcasted on the station.
 
I heard 106.1 yesterday morning in Garfield Hts. and WGAR was not on it. Sounded like some CHR music, unless I was getting skip stepping on local 106.1. I was in the parking lot where I work, so only could listen for a minute or two after I parked as I had to go punch in. It seemed a little stronger than normal when WGAR was on it. I was also getting 92.7 playing Christian music, a little weak with some multipath in it, but no bad enough to be unlistenable by any means.
 
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dannykewl said:
I heard 106.1 yesterday morning in Garfield Hts. and WGAR was not on it. Sounded like some CHR music, unless I was getting skip stepping on local 106.1. I was in the parking lot where I work, so only could listen for a minute or two after I parked as I had to go punch in. It seemed a little stronger than normal when WGAR was on it. I was also getting 92.7 playing Christian music, a little weak with some multipath in it, but no bad enough to be unlistenable by any means.
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Today, 92.7 downtown Cleveland was broadcasting WKDD, and 106.1 on the East Side was broadcasting WGAR.

The ever expanding Clear Channel empire.

Is this the purpose of these LPFMs?
 
I heard WKDD on 92.7 yesterday and today. I think both frequencies could wind up used for new CC stations or Air 1 on both, though I think EMF should take them away from CC to Air 1 a proper home in the Cleveland area.
 
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