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AM All-Digital Nixed in Indiana

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ThatVoice22

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1KW Oldies WIOE AM 1450 in Fort Wayne, Indiana has abandoned its experiment with all-digital HD Radio MA3 mode. WIOE tried the digital approach several times this year, but received too many listener complaints. The station has returned to analog broadcasting with AM stereo. It’s hard to figure why WIOE would retain the stereo component since there are so few AM stereo receivers and since the signal footprint shrinks somewhat.

WWFD in Frederick, Maryland made the switch to HD MA3 last year, shortly after the FCC approved its use, so it’s not clear why WWFD was successful and WIOE was not.
https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/upgrading-an-am-to-all-digital-why-how-and-lessons-learned
 
WIOE has an FM translator that appears to cover Fort Wayne, so perhaps the complaints came from AM listeners further away. The 1450 graveyarder is not going to have good coverage with either analog or digital--the Radio-Locator maps on it are way too generous.

Still will keep an eye on WTAW 1620, as its owner was one of the groups pushing for all-digital authorization.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
WIOE has an FM translator that appears to cover Fort Wayne, so perhaps the complaints came from AM listeners further away. The 1450 graveyarder is not going to have good coverage with either analog or digital--the Radio-Locator maps on it are way too generous.
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Remember, on radio-locator, the only useful contour is the innermost one. Reduce it by about 20% and that will be the useful daytime coverage. Nights are not adjusted for "interference free" contours, and for some stations license after WW II, the real, useful coverage is not even half of the innermost contour.
 
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