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102.5 WFMF

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JasonReed

After living in Baton Rouge during and after Katrina, I listened to WFMF there and I was completely blown away by their on-air audio processing. I mean, I have relatives in Baton Rouge and I'm familiar with WFMF and their sound, but have never paid full attention to it before. They are BOOMIN'!!! The on-air sound is loud and it's broadcasted in this "expanded stereo" similation. What kind of processing equipment are they workin' with?! Anyne know?! As far as I know, it's been like that since late in 1997 when Gulf Star owned them.<P ID="signature">______________
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> After living in Baton Rouge during and after Katrina, I
> listened to WFMF there and I was completely blown away by
> their on-air audio processing. I mean, I have relatives in
> Baton Rouge and I'm familiar with WFMF and their sound, but
> have never paid full attention to it before. They are
> BOOMIN'!!! The on-air sound is loud and it's broadcasted in
> this "expanded stereo" similation. What kind of processing
> equipment are they workin' with?! Anyne know?! As far as I
> know, it's been like that since late in 1997 when Gulf Star
> owned them.
> Probably running some type of spatial enhancer like a Orban 222A or maybe Omnia with the same type enhancer built in..or possibly a early Araine in the matrix mode...in front of the processor...
 
> After living in Baton Rouge during and after Katrina, I
> listened to WFMF there and I was completely blown away by
> their on-air audio processing. I mean, I have relatives in
> Baton Rouge and I'm familiar with WFMF and their sound, but
> have never paid full attention to it before. They are
> BOOMIN'!!! The on-air sound is loud and it's broadcasted in
> this "expanded stereo" similation. What kind of processing
> equipment are they workin' with?! Anyne know?! As far as I
> know, it's been like that since late in 1997 when Gulf Star
> owned them.
>

I love that booming sound! One of the best anywhere.<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: 102.5 WFMF -- processing question

> > After living in Baton Rouge during and after Katrina, I
> > listened to WFMF there and I was completely blown away by
> > their on-air audio processing. I mean, I have relatives
> in
> > Baton Rouge and I'm familiar with WFMF and their sound,
> but
> > have never paid full attention to it before. They are
> > BOOMIN'!!! The on-air sound is loud and it's broadcasted
> in
> > this "expanded stereo" similation. What kind of
> processing
> > equipment are they workin' with?! Anyne know?! As far as
> I
> > know, it's been like that since late in 1997 when Gulf
> Star
> > owned them.
> > Probably running some type of spatial enhancer like a
> Orban 222A or maybe Omnia with the same type enhancer built
> in..or possibly a early Araine in the matrix mode...in front
> of the processor...


Yeah, that is a very nice sound! It is maybe an Orban 222 cranked almost wide open. I am a fan of Orban, but Omnia is almost up there for me.

I've heard a station that has an Omnia processor in their on-air chain and that is a SWEET sound! HOT 104 in Mobile had an Omnia before Hurricane Ivan took their tower down two years ago. As far as I understand, the tower destroyed the shack, so they may not have the Omnia anymore.

When I last took a trip through the Mobile area, they didn't seem to have the same on-air sound as they did pre Ivan. Sad but true.... :eek:(

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