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All Sinatra Coming to KKGO-HD3 Los Angeles
- Thread starter Joey1986
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Do many people even listen to hd radio regardless of format?
In the Boston DMA, I only listen to two AM's, WRKO and WBZ-A, both of which are fed to an iHrt sister FM's HD-2. WRKO goes to WXLX HD2 while news/talk WBZ-A goes to WXKS HD2....
It is a lot nicer to listen to them on the HD2 than on ancient modulation
As far as music goes, when the radio switches from FM to the HD1 feed it is like taking out ear plugs.... the sound is much better, you get the brightness of the cymbal hits that get lost in the FM...
When I bought my last new car it had to have HD and SXM.... I would not even consider a car without the "premium" radio
I will never buy a new car without HD or SXM again
It is a lot nicer to listen to them on the HD2 than on ancient modulation
As far as music goes, when the radio switches from FM to the HD1 feed it is like taking out ear plugs.... the sound is much better, you get the brightness of the cymbal hits that get lost in the FM...
When I bought my last new car it had to have HD and SXM.... I would not even consider a car without the "premium" radio
I will never buy a new car without HD or SXM again
I don't know about "many" but HD is all I listen to. No signal issues. Just prefer their formats.
I actually was hearing it on air already on Wednesday eve 7/21. The website Unforgettable FM appears to have started its streaming Friday.
Yes it's up and running, but as i said in a previous post, it can sound a whole lot better...
Not sure that would help 'Ole Blue Eyes musical interpretations.
WPLM We Play Lousy Music
Everyone is entitled to their own musical taste, but I'm surprised at the criticism of Frank Sinatra. Sinatra is to 50's Crooners what Heifetz was to the violin, Segovia to the guitar, Beatles to the 60's musical revolution, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen to social protest in music, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell to folk music, Jobim to Bossa Nova., and on and on. There's room for everybody!
You do a major disservice to 50's crooners.
What about Foghat to Rock N Roll?
Not talking about RnR's but as long as you mention them, I've got two of their tracks on my personal playlist. "Three Times Lucky" is one of my all time favs.
You should just stream KYNO 940 over your smartphone via the Simple Radio app.
I have to look at Saul going all-Sinatra on HD when several attempts at pure standards---good ones, beautifully programmed ones---failed, even on HD, as being like Don Quixote with an FCC license. But at least it will be clear what he's trying to do musically.
I was at a gathering of automotive journalists in Half Moon Bay early this week. They have a low-power FM at 100.9 with an AM at 1710. They call themselves KHMB (Half Moon Bay) in all but the legal ID. The actual call letters are KHMV (KHMB belongs to a station in Hamburg, Arkansas).
On Tuesday, around 9:40 a.m., I was treated to Tony Bennett's "Just In Time" (1956) cold-segued into the album version of "Miracles" by Jefferson Starship. So, not just the musical and generational clash, but some lyrical whiplash as we went from:
For love came just in time, you found me just in time
And changed my lonely life that lucky day
to:
I had a taste of the real world (just a drop of it)
When I went down on you, girl, oh
When I programmed adult contemporary in the 70s and very early 80s, I was aggressive musically, And I played "Miracles" (yes, the album version). But not with Tony Bennett. In fact, I was one of the guys who wasn't playing Tony Bennett, period. We were the first and second wave of post-standards ACs.
I love standards and well-programmed standards stations. But the audience I was aiming for and getting 45 years ago by playing "Miracles" and the other big AC hits of that time from artists like Wings, Elton John and Fleetwood Mac was roughly 40 years old.
Those people are 85 now.
I can't even imagine what the demos will be like for KKGO-HD3, other than Saul turns 95 this year and we know he'll be listening.
I was at a gathering of automotive journalists in Half Moon Bay early this week. They have a low-power FM at 100.9 with an AM at 1710. They call themselves KHMB (Half Moon Bay) in all but the legal ID. The actual call letters are KHMV (KHMB belongs to a station in Hamburg, Arkansas).
On Tuesday, around 9:40 a.m., I was treated to Tony Bennett's "Just In Time" (1956) cold-segued into the album version of "Miracles" by Jefferson Starship. So, not just the musical and generational clash, but some lyrical whiplash as we went from:
For love came just in time, you found me just in time
And changed my lonely life that lucky day
to:
I had a taste of the real world (just a drop of it)
When I went down on you, girl, oh
When I programmed adult contemporary in the 70s and very early 80s, I was aggressive musically, And I played "Miracles" (yes, the album version). But not with Tony Bennett. In fact, I was one of the guys who wasn't playing Tony Bennett, period. We were the first and second wave of post-standards ACs.
I love standards and well-programmed standards stations. But the audience I was aiming for and getting 45 years ago by playing "Miracles" and the other big AC hits of that time from artists like Wings, Elton John and Fleetwood Mac was roughly 40 years old.
Those people are 85 now.
I can't even imagine what the demos will be like for KKGO-HD3, other than Saul turns 95 this year and we know he'll be listening.
My take on it begins with Saul's friendship with Jerry Sharell. I can imagine Saul & Jerry dining at Dan Tana's one night, and Jerry talks about Sinatra. That catches Saul's ear, and the idea emerges of an all-Sinatra station.
Same here; all my radio listening is HD1 and HD2; can't remember the last time I listened to an FM signal w/o HD and I sure want it in my next car.
In WLA the 105.1 HD3 signal is not strong enough to consistently listen....
Why is K252FO being moved? Were there interference issues with KDAR?
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