microbob said:It sounds louder but with phone line audio quality. I also second your thoghts keys2, on another locally hosted sports station. There is an opportunity for a station in the market to hurt them right now given how poorly 1530 and 1360 are doing.
keys2 said:ESPN 1530.....50,000 watts and sounding like a couple. As if this station isn't unlistenable enough with the annoying Mo Egger on seemingly all the time, and the ultra hyper Lance McAlister filling in the cracks, the audio seems to have deteriorated considerably. While the low modulation seemed fixed by this afternoon, there seems to be almost no audio processing. It sounds flat and lifeless. Has sounded like this for quite some time, IMHO. I would love to see a real sports station with some good local hosts in this market. Will never happen I realize.
More Ken Broo please. And while I'm at it, Mo Egger doing sports reports on WLW in the morning is unbearable.
jry said:microbob said:It sounds louder but with phone line audio quality. I also second your thoghts keys2, on another locally hosted sports station. There is an opportunity for a station in the market to hurt them right now given how poorly 1530 and 1360 are doing.
With LW there, i highly doubt it. It would be hard to change the listening habits of people listening to three different stations.
Right. Its pick and shovel work. You must commit to thousands of dollars in billboards. Having a name talent with a loyal following makes it a bit easier but, holy cow!billf82 said:jry said:microbob said:It sounds louder but with phone line audio quality. I also second your thoghts keys2, on another locally hosted sports station. There is an opportunity for a station in the market to hurt them right now given how poorly 1530 and 1360 are doing.
With LW there, i highly doubt it. It would be hard to change the listening habits of people listening to three different stations.
I had a thread on here a few weeks ago (Sports Radio in Cincinnati) that ended up going off-topic and turned into a discussion about translators, nighttime signals, and such.
And jry aren't you trying to change listener habits in part by having 1160 do a Bengals postgame call-in show immediately after each game (along with the weekday sports show Wildman does)?
gabigley1 said:Are any AM stations presently running IBOC in Cincinnati? Here in Columbus, CC has turned off IBOC
on both 610 and 1230. Nine months ago, we had three AM stations in Columbus running IBOC.
There was also 820 AM. This may be a permanent move by CC Columbus. I personally don't care
for IBOC on the AM band.
What about the Cleveland AM stations? Are any of them still running IBOC?
I heard at one time that 55KRC's antenna system wasn't broadband enough to pass all the IBOC hiss...I'm developing a newfound appreciation for narrow band antenna systems.microbob said:I'm not able to pick up a strong enough signal from 1360 WSAI but last time a was in range they were still running IBOC. 55KRC never did run IBOC.
I'd be careful about quoting Arbitron numbers, here or anywhere. You're probably wrong on that, anyways.MTHBSTR said:Mr. Yinger do you believe those thousands of dollars in billboards have been worth it? I know Arbitron no longer releases numbers for non-subscribers, but I have access to them. WQRT's cume was well under 30,000 and most of that was in mornings. The Deters billboards might have worked, but the new guy has likely lost all of that audience. Two different shows, and Dean is just not very good, I'm sorry to say. His interview yesterday with Kevin Pollak was uncomfortable to listen to. You could tell Pollak just wanted to get out of there. A morning show interview with a nationally known comedian should be enjoyable and funny. This was neither. It's a good thing TC is there to give the show some personality. I try to give a guy a chance, but this doesn't seem to be a wise choice.
MTHBSTR said:Mr. Yinger do you believe those thousands of dollars in billboards have been worth it? I know Arbitron no longer releases numbers for non-subscribers, but I have access to them. WQRT's cume was well under 30,000 and most of that was in mornings. The Deters billboards might have worked, but the new guy has likely lost all of that audience. Two different shows, and Dean is just not very good, I'm sorry to say. His interview yesterday with Kevin Pollak was uncomfortable to listen to. You could tell Pollak just wanted to get out of there. A morning show interview with a nationally known comedian should be enjoyable and funny. This was neither. It's a good thing TC is there to give the show some personality. I try to give a guy a chance, but this doesn't seem to be a wise choice.