Check it out. It's been like this for several weeks. I guess nobody from the station listens to the stream.
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WDRC-AM loud hum on stream
- Thread starter wadio
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Check it out. It's been like this for several weeks. I guess nobody from the station listens to the stream.
I don't hear the hum anymore. But I find it funny that the listing of all the talk shows on their website doesn't list what time they are actually on... lol
I cant believe people really think someone in charge might read a particular post in a particular sub forum on a very big website.. it happens now and then once in a blue moon but not very often. I never understood why posters "complain" here but wont take less time to email the station a quick note.
Maybe they SHOULD read these forums. They spend money on surveys when they might find useful opinions here for free.
lol.. that shows oyu how out of touch and delusional you are
"Useful opinions" most often encountered here include flipping to oldies, flipping to smooth jazz, flipping to "something else" after one bad 6+ book, eliminating well-known and well-liked songs from playlists in favor of personal favorites by obscure acts, firing program directors every five or six months, and going live and local in all day parts. Still waiting for the first station to take any of that advice.
You never know if you don't try.
whenever I've contacted a station i personally encountered with a problem and was pleasant, polite, to the point.. i almost always got a reply.
I have emailed companies whose AM daytimers were caught on well after dark and were very appreciative.
I've emailed companies whos AMS clearly didnt reduce power.
I've emailed stations who had copious amounts of dead air.
I'd say my replies from stations come to way better than a "barely passing grade" percentage
I figured those of you who care so much about WDRC would have emailed them by now, and that they would have jumped right on it and fixed the hum. Nope. I just checked.
So let's guess how long it will take for them to get the word and to resolve the problem.
I'll pick October 15th. Please place your bets!
So let's guess how long it will take for them to get the word and to resolve the problem.
I'll pick October 15th. Please place your bets!
i dont get the logic... you obviously care to some level, since you tuned into the stream... but youd rather spend 4x as much time now complaining and throwing them under the bus then it would take to email them
Proof people just want somethign to complain about and probably dont actually care
Let's take a step back, shall we? My original post made three points:
- There is a loud AC hum on WDRC's stream
- It's been that way for several weeks
- Apparently nobody at the station listens to the stream because, if they did, they would have fixed it
Those are all valid points. Then another poster followed up by pointing our that the station's website program listings are not up to date.
So, some possible follow-up comments related to those posts might have included:
- Yes, internet streams are becoming more important, especially for AM stations, and should be monitored and updated frequently by station personnel.
- No, AM radio signals are improving all the time and the band is gaining in popularity. Therefore the stream and the website are relatively unimportant and it's OK to check them only every few weeks or months.
But instead, the replies took aim at the messenger:
- I never understood why posters "complain" here but wont take less time to email the station a quick note
- that shows oyu how out of touch and delusional you are
- it's best to contact them off site and report it
- "Useful opinions" most often encountered here include flipping to oldies, flipping to smooth jazz, .... Still waiting for the first station to take any of that advice.
- i dont get the logic... you obviously care to some level, since you tuned into the stream... but youd rather spend 4x as much time now complaining and throwing them under the bus then it would take to email them. Proof people just want somethign to complain about and probably dont actually care
None of those replies has anything to do with the problem referenced in the original post and its followup. The inference is that:
- It's up to one poster on a message board (me) to contact WDRC and get them to fix the problem.
- But the poster (me) is a complainer, is out of touch, delusional and is a regular WDRC listener.
You'd have to ask people who actually know me if I'm delusional and out of touch, but I can tell you that my post was an "observation," not a "complaint," and I am NOT a regular WDRC listener. The programming on WDRC is mostly syndicated so I can find the same content on a slew of other stations. I generally pick the station closest to me as kind of a "vote," assuming that the streaming listenership is tracked and helps the station's ratings. It's like casting a vote at the polls -- there's a feeling that your one vote doesn't count but you do it anyway.
So this thread is an interesting case study about how easy it is to go completely off topic, and to ascribe thoughts and attitudes to a poster who those making the attacks don't even know.
BTW, not all stations ignore their websites. WPHT, for example, carries a lot of sporting events, and any adjustments to their regular schedule are reflected on the website which is always up to date.
Out of interest, I will continue to check in on WDRC's stream from time to time, but it is not up to me to complain to them. My post was an observation, using one station as an example.
- There is a loud AC hum on WDRC's stream
- It's been that way for several weeks
- Apparently nobody at the station listens to the stream because, if they did, they would have fixed it
Those are all valid points. Then another poster followed up by pointing our that the station's website program listings are not up to date.
So, some possible follow-up comments related to those posts might have included:
- Yes, internet streams are becoming more important, especially for AM stations, and should be monitored and updated frequently by station personnel.
- No, AM radio signals are improving all the time and the band is gaining in popularity. Therefore the stream and the website are relatively unimportant and it's OK to check them only every few weeks or months.
But instead, the replies took aim at the messenger:
- I never understood why posters "complain" here but wont take less time to email the station a quick note
- that shows oyu how out of touch and delusional you are
- it's best to contact them off site and report it
- "Useful opinions" most often encountered here include flipping to oldies, flipping to smooth jazz, .... Still waiting for the first station to take any of that advice.
- i dont get the logic... you obviously care to some level, since you tuned into the stream... but youd rather spend 4x as much time now complaining and throwing them under the bus then it would take to email them. Proof people just want somethign to complain about and probably dont actually care
None of those replies has anything to do with the problem referenced in the original post and its followup. The inference is that:
- It's up to one poster on a message board (me) to contact WDRC and get them to fix the problem.
- But the poster (me) is a complainer, is out of touch, delusional and is a regular WDRC listener.
You'd have to ask people who actually know me if I'm delusional and out of touch, but I can tell you that my post was an "observation," not a "complaint," and I am NOT a regular WDRC listener. The programming on WDRC is mostly syndicated so I can find the same content on a slew of other stations. I generally pick the station closest to me as kind of a "vote," assuming that the streaming listenership is tracked and helps the station's ratings. It's like casting a vote at the polls -- there's a feeling that your one vote doesn't count but you do it anyway.
So this thread is an interesting case study about how easy it is to go completely off topic, and to ascribe thoughts and attitudes to a poster who those making the attacks don't even know.
BTW, not all stations ignore their websites. WPHT, for example, carries a lot of sporting events, and any adjustments to their regular schedule are reflected on the website which is always up to date.
Out of interest, I will continue to check in on WDRC's stream from time to time, but it is not up to me to complain to them. My post was an observation, using one station as an example.
You're assuming they didn't notice it and/or don't care. Maybe they did notice it and do care, but decided that the issue isn't severe enough to warrant calling an engineer right away to fix it.
That's an absolutely reasonable response. It addresses the issue and suggests a possibility I hadn't considered. I have no problem with that.
If it's so important to you call an leave a voicemail for their engineer. His name is Scott Baron. 860-243-1115 is the phone number for Full-Power Radio's office in Bloomfield. I know that number without looking it up because I called it twice Sunday evening about problems with Kool Radio.
It's NOT IMPORTANT to me. Don't you guys get that??
I used to listen to a syndicated show on WDRC but now I access it on another station due to the hum. I'm fine with that.
The purpose of my post is simply to point out that many stations (NOT ONLY WDRC) don't pay much attention to their digital assets. Streaming might well be a major audience source in the not too distant future.
I will, however, check the stream again tomorrow, October 15th, the day I predicted they would finally re-connect the ground wire!
If you want to make my prediction come true, by all means please give Scott a call. 😉
I forgot to check the stream on October 15th, but I did today. The loud hum and accompanying audio distortion is still there. It's been well over a month now, probably more like 6 weeks.
Check it out. It's been like this for several weeks. I guess nobody from the station listens to the stream.
It's possible that nobody listens to the station including station personnel. Others have suggested that it might be too expensive to have an engineer fix what is probably a simple grounding issue.
Either way it's a sad commentary on the state of radio today. While AM stations are scrambling to move their content to better and more universally accessable platforms, here's a station that either doesn't know or doesn't care that their stream, which might be their best bet for a future audience, is currently unlistenable.
I remember threads long ago on WDRC-FM's audio issues -- over the air, that is -- that speculated that WDRC stood for We Don't Really Care. That was back in the station's Doolittle days. Now, two ownership groups later, little has changed but the means of transmission!
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