Can't Get The (Streaming) WOW Factor

[landtuna]

Both freq's come in sort of good OTA (94.9 marginally better than 95.1 in SE Valley) but can't get their stream at all this morning.

???

 

[ZantennaG1]

Both freq's come in sort of good OTA (94.9 marginally better than 95.1 in SE Valley) but can't get their stream at all this morning.

???

Is the streaming back for you this afternoon? I can hear them here: KOAI (Also I was hooked there while I listened in to the stream. Yeah Chicago and Huey Lewis.)
So... 94.9 is no longer translating 103.9 KZON/Trending Radio anymore? I know the website is advertising both frequencies, but hmm...

 

[landtuna]

Is the streaming back for you this afternoon? I can hear them here: KOAI (Also I was hooked there while I listened in to the stream. Yeah Chicago and Huey Lewis.)
So... 94.9 is no longer translating 103.9 KZON/Trending Radio anymore? I know the website is advertising both frequencies, but hmm...

After searching all over (and finding many dead links) I finally found that works: ▶ KOAI The Wow Factor 95.1/94.9 FM - Phoenix, Arizona

I don't think this one is listed anywhere on the KOAI main site. I did not find a good stream on your link.

 

[pjc1961]

This may be affecting a person's ability to listen:
as mentioned in the John Sebastian article linked in the WOW Factor thread,
the station only streams within a certain geographical area.
This was done to reduce royalty payments (the larger the audience, the more the station has to pay).

 

[ZantennaG1]

I did not find a good stream on your link.

Well that's odd. Glad you eventually found a link.

This may be affecting a person's ability to listen:
as mentioned in the John Sebastian article linked in the WOW Factor thread,
the station only streams within a certain geographical area.
This was done to reduce royalty payments (the larger the audience, the more the station has to pay).

That figures

 

[landtuna]

This may be affecting a person's ability to listen:
as mentioned in the John Sebastian article linked in the WOW Factor thread,
the station only streams within a certain geographical area.
This was done to reduce royalty payments (the larger the audience, the more the station has to pay).

I am in the Phoenix metro area (IP) and can listen to 94.9 OK. 95.1 is somewhat worse. I like it so far!

 

[EricStein]

This may be affecting a person's ability to listen:
as mentioned in the John Sebastian article linked in the WOW Factor thread,
the station only streams within a certain geographical area.
This was done to reduce royalty payments (the larger the audience, the more the station has to pay).

Maybe they should find an advertiser that can subsidize the stream, or take advantage of the ad insertion technology from their streaming provider. If not, they can find a new streaming provider (Securenet is okay for small stations, but not so for popular stations).

 

[daz]

Maybe they should find an advertiser that can subsidize the stream, or take advantage of the ad insertion technology from their streaming provider. If not, they can find a new streaming provider (Securenet is okay for small stations, but not so for popular stations).

They are not too bad, its the cookie cutter players they provide that are horrible. All of them require ad blocks to be turned off to work correctly. I know options are being looked at by John and his team to improve the experience.
Ad insertion provides minimal revenue, plus once you change the stream content it changes how the stream is categorized.

As for reception, 95.1 as it is coming for Crown King, East valley has been a trouble spot, thus the 94.9 translator. I usually switch once I get southeast of 51 and Indian School.

 

[landtuna]

I stuck a two-foot dipole on my little portable and now both signals are acceptable. I'm at McLintock & Warner in the SE Valley. Streaming is working fine as well now that I found a working link.