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94.5 The Vibe signal

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I was in Vegas this past week and noticed that 94.5's reception was much better on the Strip than compared to 2 years ago. I could hear it clearly along the entire length of the Strip despite a 94.7 translator that was also there. It even boomed in on the crappy clock radio in my hotel. Coming in from the north on I-15, I noticed a 5 mile stretch where the main and booster signals interfere, it sounds like multipath but the station was still listenable. The interference is in a low population area. Before, I remember the signal died somewhere between downtown and the Strip, and reappeared south of Vegas until the California border.

I noticed several stores had their radio tuned to 94.5 and heard it blasting out of cars. I wish there were more commercials on The Vibe. It would be great if the clubs advertised on 94.5, and also if they advertised their presence on billboards and buses. The station has a more "pure dance" lean, with barely any pop remixes.
 
Yeah it WOULD be great if they added more commercials. Oh! And it'd be awesome if, every 15 minutes, a fist came out of the deck and punched you in the face.

...that was sarcasm. More commercials = never good.
 
iknowpeople said:
Yeah it WOULD be great if they added more commercials. Oh! And it'd be awesome if, every 15 minutes, a fist came out of the deck and punched you in the face.

...that was sarcasm. More commercials = never good.
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That depends what perspective you are looking at. If you are a commercial radio station it's not such a good thing not to be running commercials.
 
If they could get rid of the 94.7 transmitter broadcasting mexican music then I can listen to 94.5 clearly along the Las Vegas strip.
 
If you like the station, you better hope you start hearing more commercials. A new FM station without an increasing number of commercials is a dead station walking.
 
94.5, the VIBE KVBE is licensed to Moapa, about half way to the border out toward Mesquite. They have an on channel booster in Sunrise Manor, which is actually up north of the speedway not far from Nellis AFB. 94.7 is actually two seperate Translators, one licensed in Sloan, south of the city and the other in Las Vegas. Since both boosters and translators are secondary services, they would have an interesting time deciding who was interfering with whom. Interference out in Moapa would be to primary service, but the low power translators at 10 Watts and 250 Watts, are not likely to bother the Moapa signal in Moapa, which is not the target audience of KVBE anyway!
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Is 94.5 still running from their aux site along with the booster? Or did they switch back to their main site + the booster? I don't think they can do anything about the translators on 94.7. I don't think they can legally buy them unless they get a AM station to translate. The translators are outside of 94.5 60dbu contour.

Any news on the other two stations coming back on the air from that same transmitter site? Thanks
 
I was in Vegas for NAB and I really enjoyed listening to 94.5 The Vibe. Though the signal had quite a few dead spots as I drove around the valley, I guess it had good enough coverage that I didn't change the channel.

I did notice what Nick pointed out... no commercials! I listened twice a day (Before and after NAB each day) and I never once heard a commercial! Not one single commercial. I listened for over an hour straight in the evenings, I heard legal IDs, I heard Liners, But no commercials. I was really enjoying it, but who knows how their paying the bills.
 
I think the ads and various promotions will almost take care of themselves once the signal problems are addressed and a proper launching of various promotional tags are in place. ie: Billboards, buses, cabs, etc..

The prime time weekend spots are solid and content is very consistent and club radio friendly. Although, I'm not sure how some of the playlists are read as many of the tracks being used are by "not as well known djs" and producers from around the world that do not have official release permission. Wishing them all the luck, M


PS. I am one of the djs on the Saturday Nite lineup. Been with the station since before day one.
 
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