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AM HDs in Philadelphia?
- Thread starter JH_Radio
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I edited your title to indicate the market and to insure that it was clear you were talking about HD.
None do anymore. WPHT turned their HD off sometime in the summer of 2020
None in Philadelphia. There are a few distant HD stations you could receive in Philly: 820 WWFD (Frederick MD/Washington DC - all digital), 600 WCAO (Baltimore) - yes, this one is still on as of 3/21, 810 WGY (Albany NY), WFAS 1230 (White Plains NY/Hudson Valley) and 1080 WTIC (Hartford CT). Farther stations: WWJ 950 (Detroit MI) and WOWO 1190 (Fort Wayne IN).
HDRadio.com isn't reliable, which is why I made my own HD directory here: https://hddirectory.neocities.org/ (https://hddirectory.neocities.org/mobile.html for mobile).
Just for the halibut here, I reeled in the Nielsen ratings for Top 5 markets and Philly.
You know, just out of curiosity.
The top 5 markets show a total of 20 Streams making the cut.
Six HD stations combine for 6.
Philly has four Streams and zero HD pulse. Of those four, three are FM streams, and the fourth one -- WPHT's AM stream -- is in front ot their 1210 signal.
I take it that, if the major-majors were cluttered with any more of those red bungalows on their Monolpoly board .... these 'properties' they pounced on that need tending .... that some of the honchos should buy HD radios of their own. If they can find them. Some gems might be found in antique shops, along with FM Quad receivers, AM Stereo units, 8-track machines, walkie-talkies and many old AM radio towers being sold as scrap.
Just saying ..... if the all-important 6-11 demo in the year 2022 isn't interested in HD, wh o the devil is?
You know, just out of curiosity.
The top 5 markets show a total of 20 Streams making the cut.
Six HD stations combine for 6.
Philly has four Streams and zero HD pulse. Of those four, three are FM streams, and the fourth one -- WPHT's AM stream -- is in front ot their 1210 signal.
I take it that, if the major-majors were cluttered with any more of those red bungalows on their Monolpoly board .... these 'properties' they pounced on that need tending .... that some of the honchos should buy HD radios of their own. If they can find them. Some gems might be found in antique shops, along with FM Quad receivers, AM Stereo units, 8-track machines, walkie-talkies and many old AM radio towers being sold as scrap.
Just saying ..... if the all-important 6-11 demo in the year 2022 isn't interested in HD, wh o the devil is?
I'm not sure when it was turned back on but it is on right now. And they are mentioning it in the TOH id.
Uh, in Monopoly, the bungalows were green. The hotels were red. At least in my childhood.
Bill
Bill
WPHT HD is not on as of 2:10pm, maybe it was on at 6:06am when you made your comment (running on their back up tx maybe?) but I can tell you for sure I haven't heard 1210 in HD in two years.
I had on WPHT this morning and no HD at all before or after sunrise.
I also haven't heard them mention HD in the TOH or anywhere else OTA.
John
1060 and 1210 have not been in HD for three years, 880 and 1010 two years.
AM HD did nothing good for anyone (except enrich its licensors). The FCC went along with it, even though the HD signal obliterated two frequencies on either side of the main channel. The funniest thing was that co owned 50k Class As were interfering with each other (e.g., KDKA 1020 and WBZ 1030). The marketplace spoke: "get this garbage out of here." And good riddance.
Before my retirement, I lived in the Tampa Bay area. At that time, 970WFLA had a digital signal on the air.
I found it most annoying when listening to the analog signal. The constant sideband hissssssss drove me up the wall.
At the time, I drove a new Cadillac which had good bandwidth on the AM section of the radio. That made matters even worse.
It's a simple fact; Analog and digital do not play well together. It's an especially bad combination on the AM band.
I found it most annoying when listening to the analog signal. The constant sideband hissssssss drove me up the wall.
At the time, I drove a new Cadillac which had good bandwidth on the AM section of the radio. That made matters even worse.
It's a simple fact; Analog and digital do not play well together. It's an especially bad combination on the AM band.
The 8pm id was WPHT, WPHT HD, and WOGL HD3.
I always believed the rumor that iBiquity added AM HD because they believed the FCC would not approve an FM only solution which set AM back any further.
Agreed. I was just disputing the claim that they are not mentioning HD in their TOH id. Seems odd if they turned it off 3 years ago. KYW, WCBS, and WINS no longer mention HD.
I just noticed today that WPHT is transmitting an HD Radio signal again.
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