Oof at this point streaming only via TuneIn, Iheart and Audacy. I know some of the frequencies you show here are occupied by more than one group because of the LPFM status. I'm just not sure what else you can do with the FM band at this point.
I'd bet most LA residents already stream their stations anyways, but I do like your idea of a 76-108 Mhz FM band, and it shouldn't be too hard to implement, right? It looks like LA did designate 99.1, 101.5, and 107.9 as LP only frequencies, which is nice for small-time broadcasters, but a drag for anyone trying to listen to anything on those channels. Hey...what if we make SiriusXM free for LA County residents only, and they must prove their registration every other year?
True that some of the distant and fringe signals probably don't come in the best, and that the city is so big that it can handle more LP's, however I think my point still remains that there is not enough space on the dial so stations had to double up, sacrificing some coverage in the city.
No, in September 84.2% of the 25-54 persons (the prime ad target for which we program) listened to local area radio stations. Of that number, 0.6% was from streams.
107.9 is in use in the LA metro by
Yeah, you might want to make LA and San Bernardino their own separate markets, and then repeat for the north side in that case. I forgot to mention that most stations have HD to boot, and in the videos I've seen, you can get stations from San Diego while in LA. All of that adds up to a full band in my book. And station contours, unlike AM, do not always follow clear cut boundaries.
Good to know they still like radio, and that it is being used well, apparently!
Good observation.
Weird, not even KNX would be considered a "good" signal in Lancaster?
They are separate radio survey markets. They have never been combined.
"LA" for radio is the totality of Los Angeles and Orange counties. Of course there will be some "leakage" of San Diego stations, particularly in southern Orange and along the flat, coastal areas.
The band is "full" to the FCC based on the protected contours of each station and its class. While many stations nationally cover outside their protected contours, there is a possibility that new or moved or improved stations elsewhere can reduce that unprotected coverage.
You mean KWVE?
Love it, Good for them, reclaiming unused space! Here in the US, there are still a good chunk of stations on channel 5 and 6 (looking at you. WMC Memphis and WPVI Philly) and the FCC repack that certainly makes space tight. Maybe one day, in the ATSC 3.0 era, we can finally move away from the VHF band.
It's not a very consistently good signal at night out there. Marginal at best. Similarly, it is pretty inconsistent at night by the time you get to Redlands or Moreno Valley in the Riverside/San Bernardino market.
Yes.
And the broadcasters are not strongly supporting this as they realize that people will not buy new radios in the era of streaming.
