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Huntsville 107.5 dance music

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strages

So 107.5 was playing oldies which is why I had it as a preset in my van's radio but I noticed it has switched to dance music as of Friday. No station ID, no commercials, no DJ. RDS says Planet Vibe Radio but I can't find any info online about it at all.
 
strages said:
So 107.5 was playing oldies which is why I had it as a preset in my van's radio but I noticed it has switched to dance music as of Friday. No station ID, no commercials, no DJ. RDS says Planet Vibe Radio but I can't find any info online about it at all.
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Closest thing I can find is via Gemini. I'm trying to find reliable non AI information

there is a dedicated syndicated mix show called Planet Vibe hosted by Jay Michaels. It focuses on dance, house, and electronic music remixes, often airing on stations with "Vibe" branding (such as 103.3 The Vibe in Florida, which feeds an internet sub-channel called Planet Vibe Radio). 93.5 revolution radio

I can't find a full schedule for 99.1/107.5 in Huntsville on the website so it might be a new show they've got on that's not listed
 
I checked it out yesterday & definitely dance/electronica, though my RDS wouldn't show anything so I didn't see the Plant Vibe Radio displayed. You're right too, no imaging whatsoever. Nothing. They did this for a long time when they started oldies music. No imaging. They finally started having some imaging saying "Star 99 classics on 107.5," just to turn around and flip it to dance?? The management of this translator has been all over the place from the get go. They did Christmas music during the holidays a few times, symulcasted 98.1 The Beat on it for a while, then oldies with no imaging, then added imaging right before changing to dance... it's like some guys bought a radio station and are just playing around with it for giggles. Definitely not what professional broadcasters do. Also, I find it noteworthy that both 99.1 HD2 & HD3 (parent signals for 98.1 and 107.5 respectively) both sound absolutely horrible. I get that on HD subchannels the quality is sometimes lower, but they sound so bad they're almost unlistenable. Also odd that there is still no digital notification filed for WAHR either so it doesn't show that they are even in digital HD anywhere in the FCC database that I can find, but they've been digital for years now. I guess we'll give it about 6 to 12 months and then see where the format wheel lands next on this one.
 
I may be mistaken, but I thought digital notification was only necessary if the station was running higher power than the 1% baseline for HD.

I've been holding off on updating my website for this dance format because it sounds so weirdly out of place and temporary, but since it's sticking around, I'll change it over.
 
tomservo said:
I may be mistaken, but I thought digital notification was only necessary if the station was running higher power than the 1% baseline for HD.

I've been holding off on updating my website for this dance format because it sounds so weirdly out of place and temporary, but since it's sticking around, I'll change it over.
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You are correct for the requirement for digital notification. I still just find it odd that as a professional broadcaster, they don't want to show themselves as digital anywhere, even if it isn't required. Maybe it's just me lol. Their HD subchannels sound so muffled, low bit rate, low modulation anyway maybe they intentionally don't want to draw attention to them & just want the translators to stand as independently as possible.

I also completely agree that the dance format just sounds so out of place, especially with no imaging, and when I say no imaging that also includes no legal ID. Not even on the parent signal. I listened for over an hour yesterday to see if I could catch anything at all & absolutely nothing. I thought it was a stunt too at first but it's been going on too long for that I think.
 
RollTide said:
You are correct for the requirement for digital notification. I still just find it odd that as a professional broadcaster, they don't want to show themselves as digital anywhere, even if it isn't required. Maybe it's just me lol. Their HD subchannels sound so muffled, low bit rate, low modulation anyway maybe they intentionally don't want to draw attention to them & just want the translators to stand as independently as possible.

I also completely agree that the dance format just sounds so out of place, especially with no imaging, and when I say no imaging that also includes no legal ID. Not even on the parent signal. I listened for over an hour yesterday to see if I could catch anything at all & absolutely nothing. I thought it was a stunt too at first but it's been going on too long for that I think.
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A translator does not need an audible ID. They can ID using FSK.. frequenct shift keying, inaudible to the human ear.. most new transmitters are capable of that and hsould be doig it, but doesnt answer why the main channel isnt IDing.. but if theyre smart then can and should just cram it into 2 seconds and be done with it
 


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