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Huntsville 107.5 dance music
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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.
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.
What is your website?
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.
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
I've never even heard of this outside the amateur radio world. But the question is what's the point? The listener may or may not have RDS and I assume they'd want to know what they're listening to
Correct. Translators to not have to have an audible legal ID. Most these days do not have them, but the parent signal still has to. I listened to it from about 10 minutes till through about 10 minutes past and didn't hear anything. I went back to the translator the rest of the time because the sound quality was much better.
Who the heck knows or cares what K262AI is or means? The average listener has no clue what that alphabet soup is or means and thinks a translator is something entirely different than what it really is in he radio world.
"KWYC Cheyenne, 90.3 FM.. a part of the christian satellite network, where gods words is heard" is what they are hearing while the thing in the picture is doing its thing, inaudibly.
bingo, listeners knows what theyre hearing!
Local station here says K268CS Las Vegas, KMXB HD3 Henderson, 101.5 FM KDAWN.
Every single hour. Listen long and they'll remember that just like they remember the O'Reilly commercial or Dollar Loan Center. Or in the UK the famous song the Carphone Warehouse used for years and years
If I were them, id hide "kmxbhd3henderson" in 2 seconds between commercials at 50 after ad just say "101.5 FM Kdawn" at top of hour.
Anything other than that at TOH is pointless vowel vomiting world salad in this case
You've got my curiosity up, does the main WAHR HD channel sound good, at least? I'm wondering if they just have something misconfigured and the two subchannels are starved of bitrate. At least they're smart enough to feed the translator via another method. Down here in Darwin's Waiting Room, WZEW still feeds their two HD subchannel translators directly-off air, which sounds about as bad as you'd expect low bitrate HD via analog FM to sound. They also still ID them on-air instead of silently, probably the only people around who still do that in the Mobile-Pensacola area.
One thing's for sure, they really ought not to neglect the HD side of things. The translators can only reach so much of the population and the HD is a nice fallback for people in the fringe areas.
Perhaps but my point is people will remember translator calls. They remember phone numbers from 30 years ago. And Jenny's phone number
no, no they wont remember translator calls. We announce ours once an hour because we dont have FSK set up yet.. and i bet you if i were to ask 10 listeners... "what are the call letters for just 96.7 FM and not the translator?"
They would first say "what the heck is a translator, is someone translating your station into spanish?" and then "KHAT"
No one... no one would say K244FN.
I meant "just 96.7FM and not the AM" thats what you get from an uncaffinated Paul too early in the AM