AM 1110 Off The Air?

[Josh Owens]

Evidently they thought that if they simulcast, people would just stay with 1110 and would never get used to listening to 107.9.

They may have had closing down 1110, if indeed it does happen, as a "Plan B" all along.

That being said (and maybe this has been asked elsewhere, I'd say it has), just how long has the real estate actually been up for sale or considered up for sale?

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

But some advertisers benefiting from WBT continuing to simulcast on AM would be better than the redirect loop, which is generating zero advertising income for the station.

What advertisers would benefit from the simulcast? None. Th FM Covers everything that matters

Well thats bloody stupid I think.. Alot more people can hear them on 1110,especially at night!!

That means absolutely nothing to sales

Link to the Bakersville NC SDR Here:
W4GUZ .5-30 MHz SDR Bakersville, North Carolina

I've heard many AM stations in the Western Carolinas on the SDR in Bakersville .. However not when there is so much static on the whole band due to lightning in the area. ⚡ Nice to watch the visual spectrum spike contantly with every flash ..⚡

I was however able to see a strong carrier signal for 1110 on the visual spectrum display, but with no audio. Then I heard what actually sounded like oldies music behind the lightning static and weak signal on 730. ⚡ That didn't seem quite right.

On an unrelated note, I saw such a strong signal for SW station WWCR on 9350 kHz which was playing oldies music from the 1960s earlier this evening, hundreds of miles away, but was one of the strongest signals on the dial. Happy ARRL Field Day time with lots of SSB transmissions around 7 kHz as well.

SW heard a few hundred miles away is well, nothing special......... try 6-7k miles away clearly, every day

 

[kevtronics]

What advertisers would benefit from the simulcast? None. Th FM Covers everything that matters

That must be why KNX has zero advertisers now that they've moved back to AM only.