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98.3 FRANK-FM WLNH Laconia, N.H. HD?

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Just wondering if 98.3 Frank-FM turned on an HD transmitter in the last month of so. They totally wipe out 98-5 The Sports Hub, Boston north of I-93 and I-89 in Concord, N.H. now. IT sounds like a lot of sideband hash.
 
Sort of a throwback to the early 70s when 98.3 really cranked their processing up....effectively drowning out 98.5 (them WRKO-FM) in the greater Concord area.....
Conrad Kane could be heard from 97.9 to 98.7!!!:(
 
Both 98.3 WLNH and 98.7 WBYY recently installed HD. This has had a major impact on 98.5’s signal. I was in Durham today and it was unlistenable because of 98.7’s. The only other big Boston FM signal that had a problem was 96.9 because of 96.7 WQSO’s HD.
 
Bummer. . .I hadn't been up there in over a month. I don't have an HD radio anymore, so I couldn't tell for sure, but the static/hash on 98.5 sure sounded like HD sidebands from 98.3 (and 98.7). Do they have an HD-2, HD-3 up and running yet with a format?
 
There's an app for 98.5...and these days people squeezed out by the likes of 98.3's HD signals are most likely using it. (Their morning show is syndicated in northern New England and Springfield MA)

Below: signal range for WPKQ 103.7 which carries Toucher and Rich
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Springfield affiliate is Lazer 99.3 WLZX
Northampton
In addition there's WLZX 1600 which also has an FM translator at, ironically, 98.5.
W253CD 98.5 E Longmeadow...
Though a quick look at their site says
Dave Coombs mornings on Lazer 99.3,
Toucher and Rich on Lazer 98.5

The 98.5 translator gets out quite a bit

W253CD-FM Radio Station Coverage Map

radio-locator.com radio-locator.com
 
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