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950 WKDN and IBOC

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It sounds like Family Radio finally turned the IBOC off.......HooRay!. I guess they did not want to pay for it or realized how bad it really is. Now it is CBS's turn to turn them all off in Philadelphia.
Why can't they all turn their C-Quam Am Stereo encoders back on if they still have the equipment?
 
Family Radio probably doesn't want to pay the I-BOC royalty for using HD. With other AM stations that might have upgraded their AM OPTIMODs, those newer units do not have stereo inputs. Also, in many cases it costs money to send a two-channel stereo feed to the transmitter, whether it's using a T-1, ISDN line, STL or TELCO. Too many owners are not willing to pay for those kind of upgrades for the five listeners that care about C-Quam. I am an AM Stereo fan myself.
 
Once the license fee has been paid to iBiquity, the station (regardless of owner) has the right to use the technology or not. The license transfers with the sale.

T-1 equipment, as well as ISDN already have the ability to do stereo at no (or little additional) cost. Composite STL equipment can do stereo blindfolded. There aren't too many analog equalized circuits around anymore. And good luck finding anyone at telco that can fix them. "I can't loop up the CSU." "That's because there is no CSU." "Well, sir, I'm afraid we can't help you." "You mean to tell me the circuit I pay for each month doesn't exist, and therefore you can't maintain it?"
 
Radio Wreck said:
Today's cars don't have AM stereo.
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I had one in my 1997 Ford Explorer. I remember KYW using stereo at one point. The stereo jingle sounded good but, not as good as now on KYW-HD, WIP-FM HD2, or online.
 
As of a few days ago, 950 WKDN has turned off their IBOC. Distant 940 WADV and 960 WHYL are now coming in clearly on my car radio. Unfortunately, as of yet, 950 has not turned the C-Quam AM Stereo back on (WPEN was transmitting in AM Stereo right up until they began using IBOC).
 
I guess I forgot what a difference that made to AM listening because WADV Lebanon & WHYL Carlisle as someone noted are coming in nicely on the car radio in the Bucks-Mont area. Now if I could get Country Gold WIOO 1000 under the static of 990...
 
Oldies 950 was not in stereo for most (if not all) of its existence. If you go back and read the old threads about the station you'll see that the consensus was that one of the major reasons it didn't get ratings was due to the noise and bad sound quality because the IBOC was turned on.
 
Correct, it was IBOC in stereo. WPEN hasn't used the CQUAM exciter in a long time. IBOC on AM has never worked well. It was introduced because politically the FCC wasn't going to let FM IBOC proceed without an AM solution. Some solution that junks up the band, costs coverage area and creates more noise and hash.

No question radio is going digital, but IBOC is a cluster you know what and won't be the way it goes.
 
Radio Wreck said:
Oldies 950 was not in stereo for most (if not all) of its existence. If you go back and read the old threads about the station you'll see that the consensus was that one of the major reasons it didn't get ratings was due to the noise and bad sound quality because the IBOC was turned on.
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IBOC was very far down on the list of reasons as to why Oldies 950 failed (if on the list at all).
 
wel i wouldn't think IBOC would be the cause, no.
there signal isn't the best at night in Bensalem (but I kno they only have to cover there city of lisence (which is Philadelphia.)
Why did WPEN fail as Real Oldies?
was it bad ratings? or they couldn't pay the bills with that format.
Isn't WPEN's backup transmitter C-QUAM? though if they were runnign it at night, my Maduci wouldn't be able to pull stereo out of it I dont think.
 
John Holcomb II said:
Why did WPEN fail as Real Oldies?
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In no particular order...
Limited signal in a major market
Limited interest in music on AM
Aged out demos
Low ratings
Low billing
 
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