1380 Radio Disney- WWMI

[Ai4i]

WLCY was such a GREAT Top 40 station during 1380's hey-day era...

Growing up right in the middle of their main nocturnal lobe, in the WQAM/WFUN market, we remember a night or overnight guy, something like Johnnie(sp?) Reb(sp?) on "138".

 

[dwtpa97]

You're thinking of Johnny Rebel (real name: Herb Hunt). There is a short audio clip of Johnny Rebel on RadioYears.com.

 

[TerryKay]

1380 never turn their IBLOCK off at night.

Scott F: I have a few images of the old towers at:

http://sites.google.com/site/floridadxn/photos-images

 

[hdradioeng]

WSDV needs the IBOC generator put back in, it failed and since there were no calls other then an engineer it hasn't exactly been a priority. Plus it sounds damn good without it! but I am biased lol

 

[drt]

WSDV needs the IBOC generator put back in, it failed and since there were no calls other then an engineer it hasn't exactly been a priority. Plus it sounds damn good without it! but I am biased lol

I noticed today, while driving around downtown St. Pete that WSDV's IBOC was off, when it's on, I get the sidebands on 1440 and to a lesser extent on 1460. On my radios the sound processing on WSDV always sounds good, with or without the IBOC.

 

[badjef]

WSDV needs the IBOC generator put back in, it failed and since there were no calls other then an engineer it hasn't exactly been a priority. Plus it sounds damn good without it! but I am biased lol

My observations support that priority.
970 hd is behind the anologue on iBoc
97.9 hd2 is still approx. 35 seconds behind the AM.
620 is about 2 seconds behind the analogue.
The 2nd two have been that way for over a year.

I made a phone call to the engineer several weeks ago of the situation.

The problem is that when you are listening in areas such as Sa-ra-so-ta! where the signal is weaker, it is constantly switching. But I have also noticed it while on I-275 through Pinellas County.

Maybe that it is where the shift to N/T's to FM have become popular in other markets. If iBoc "makes it sound like FM", might as well put it on FM and be done with it.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!

 

[rfrus]

The 35 second delay on 97.9-2 is part of the HD encoding and cant be helped. HD 3 & 4 channels like on WMNF and WBVM have an even longer delay.

 

[Ai4i]

The 35 second delay on 97.9-2 is part of the HD encoding and cant be helped. HD 3 & 4 channels like on WMNF and WBVM have an even longer delay.

Thirty Five seconds?
More than half a minute?
Two hundred and sixty times around the world?
Thirteen and a half round trips to the moon?
No way.

 

[rfrus]

I'm afraid so, there is a lot of data buffering involved. I have six FM HD stations, trust me, I know.

 

[Louis_009]

speaking of WWMI AM-1380 what about AM-1550 WAMA-AM thier singal is alot weaker needs to do something to thier singal pattern.

 

[badjef]

I'm afraid so, there is a lot of data buffering involved. I have six FM HD stations, trust me, I know.

So, when they were looking for a digital system, that was acceptable to the station managers, engineers, and FCC commissioners at the time?

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!

 

[rfrus]

The buffering is required for Forward Error Correction.

 

[badjef]

The buffering is required for Forward Error Correction.

Any technology is first and foremost supposed to work.

It is also usually accompanied by lower maintenance and cost, more efficient.
Is it still using the 88-108? Or is it using another part of the spectrum?

I don't see that being addressed.

Is AM iBoc using a different transmitter as FM is?

Is the "Forward Error Correction" what is making the AMs delay?

Maybe this is better addressed in the HD group.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!

 

[TerryKay]

1550 WAMA gets pounded pretty nicely by a Rebelde transmitter from near Habana, at least in Pinellas, after sunset. There are actually multiple Rebelde's on 1550 (two out of syncs heard in St. Augustine last week), the primary purpose being to block WRHC, Coral Gables. I suspect if WAMA could improve its night signal, the Castro Brothers and their puppet Arnaldo Coro Antich would simply up the power on the westernmost Rebelde 'mitter for yucks.

 

[Louis_009]

Im from north florida area I can hear WAMA-1550 tiny bit around the 1pm hour but most of all very staic its not very storng as AM-1470 WMGG. I can also get AM-1500 and AM-1520 from Tampa Bay during the day.

 

[Louis_009]

These I get on the AM dail
WDAE,WFLA,WWBA,WHBO,WMGG,WWMI, very good

so/so: AM-1500 AM-1520 AM-1250 and AM-1550.

Other than that I also get South Georgia AM stations as well from Thomasville Ga to Albany Ga.

For some reason WWL-AM 870 I cant get it in my bedroom but in another bedroom I can get WWL-AM during the daytime but its kind of weak unless u live in Panama City Florida I know WWL comes in very well when I drive to Panama City Florida.

 

[badjef]

The 35 second delay on 97.9-2 is part of the HD encoding and cant be helped. HD 3 & 4 channels like on WMNF and WBVM have an even longer delay.

If the "forward error correction" is part of the buffering, why isn't the shifting between analogue and hd-1, the delay of 35 seconds? Sometimes the shift in time appears seamless.

In other words, the 35 second delay is the audio from AM analogue to hd-2, but not from analog FM to hd-1.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!

 

[billalm]

It's really annoying during live sports on 620. Sometimes it's like instant reply, you hear the same "call" twice!

 

[badjef]

It's really annoying during live sports on 620. Sometimes it's like instant reply, you hear the same "call" twice!

620 has had the delay for quite some time.

970 has it every once in a while and then it goes away as if someone is correcting it. If that is the case, it adds to man hours to babysit a technology supposed to be designed to do the opposite.

It makes no sense.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!