Listening to WNIR out of Akron/Kent lately, I have noticed that former Cleveland meteorologist Carey Coleman has been filling in on a semi-regular basis for John Denning. In fact, it seems that "Couch Burner" has been off the air more than usual lately. Before Carey, it was Bill Hall who would fill in and I think shortly after he took over the evening time slot, he was either fired or quit. Just wondering if anyone else has notice Carey on the air more?
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What Is Going On At WNIR
- Thread starter fayfare
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Who is on the air today in the midday slot? It seems that WNIR is having trouble finding talent nowadays to fill slots.
Yes I’ve been wondering if something is going on in his personal life. He seems irritated and stressed a lot. I had quit listening for a while during Covid because it became so redundant.
Bill Hall didn't last very long in the evening slot. He was a popular fill-in at the station.
Maybe the Klaus family doesn't care about ratings anymore and are just biding their time till someone comes in and offers them Big Money for the signal.
That to. Nobody wants to work for 3 boxes of cat litter and all the Twinkies you can eat in a month. Trade outs may work out for business' but not for employees.
Something happened when he filled in for couch when he had Covid. I know Bill was concerned that something would hurt his rating for the evenings. I thought it was crappy that he was helping out and they were gonna penalize him. After that he didn’t come back to night. I think something happened since they have lost so many recently.
I think people are underestimating how much the pandemic, inflation and economic slowdown have been devastating to stand-alone stations with zero economy of scale. They don’t have unfettered political advertising as a life preserver like local television does.
The Klaus family already divested channel 35, honestly, selling off WNIR isn’t out of the question.
The Klaus family already divested channel 35, honestly, selling off WNIR isn’t out of the question.
They are probably wanting an ungodly amount of money for it. Plus the fact they broadcast in mono.....don't know if they have a transmitter that can broadcast in stereo or not. Here a pic of the chief engineer and assistant pointing out that the gerbil is supposed to go on the bottom if they want maximum efficiency from the transmitter: 
I'm not an engineer, but I've heard that a mono signal will go a bit farther, or provide some level of stronger coverage, than a stereo signal. Since they are a talk station, what's the need to broadcast in stereo? Does it cost more to broadcast in stereo?
Not sure about farther, but a mono FM broadcast would certainly result in cleaner reception for listeners who are on the fridges of the signal, provided that there's no interference from other nearby stations. That's why some radios have a switch to force FM to mono.
I wonder if Rubber City Radio would be a potential buyer or are they maxed out?
VintageMac
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That's generally true but most car radios and some better tuners will blend the stereo signal to mono when it becomes weak so the end result should be similar. Years ago, many radios had a mono switch to help with those weak signals but now that is rare.
The technology for conventional FM stereo uses 9-10% of the 100% allowed modulation envelope for the stereo pilot and stereo signal which does diminish the overall volume. Modern audio processing has done quite a bit to overcome that, plus it seems to me that the FCC rarely penalizes for exceeding 100%, which makes a station louder.
Originally a 3kw FM, WNIR never engaged stereo to try to keep competitive with bigger signal outlets, and even after the jump to 6kw ERP, there is no marketplace advantage to being in stereo for a talk station.
Remember AM stereo? The original process worked for CQUAM equipped receivers. I think WHK and 1220 WGAR were local AMs that used it. Static and lightening bursts shifting from left to right. Too cool! The FCC never rescinded its approval, but no one uses it. No marketplace advantage. Loved HD AM, 1100 and 1260 used it, but it caused sideband interference, so it's also history.
Originally a 3kw FM, WNIR never engaged stereo to try to keep competitive with bigger signal outlets, and even after the jump to 6kw ERP, there is no marketplace advantage to being in stereo for a talk station.
Remember AM stereo? The original process worked for CQUAM equipped receivers. I think WHK and 1220 WGAR were local AMs that used it. Static and lightening bursts shifting from left to right. Too cool! The FCC never rescinded its approval, but no one uses it. No marketplace advantage. Loved HD AM, 1100 and 1260 used it, but it caused sideband interference, so it's also history.
WEOL, AM930 in Elyria was AM Stereo for awhile decades ago.
VintageMac
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I think WJR in Detroit had it as well.
I had a Pioneer AM Stereo/FM Stereo car radio. I thought the AM stereo sounded way better than the FM and WHK & WGAR & a few others sounded fantastic. One station engineer explained to me that technically AM Stereo was far better than FM. Most of it went over my head at that time and the rest has leaked out of my ears over the years. I think it died when Clear Channel started buying all those stations and in one fell swoop turned off the AM Stereo signals on them. I believe there are a few here and there around the country broadcasting in AM Stereo but I haven't seen an AM stereo radio for sale anywhere in a long, long time, used or new. You'd think you'd be able to find one on Ebay but nooooooooo,
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