Bad Audio On WRCA-1330

[JeremyAndrews]

I still don't get this "business" of radio. If an owner, e.g., Beasley, doesn't want to invest a dime in an AM station when they have FIVE FMs to occupy their attention, then why not just turn in the license for 1330 AM?

Granted, I speak with forked tongue, because where I reside, I'm right between the coverage edges of both 106.1 FM Bloomberg signals, so, if I wanted to hear Bloomberg in my area, I'd need 1330 AM. I don't have HD either in my car or at home. I haven't tuned in to 1330 AM since the audio complaint was reported herein. I'm betting Eli captured the essence of the audio chain issue very nicely. There's also the possibility of a bad satellite receiver or IP link 1330 uses to connect to Bloomberg.

Bloomberg pays them money for it. They can do the minimum with it which is basically making sure the station works, follows the FCC and the EAS functions correctly.

Key thing is they make money. Format didn't even really change. It was leased Ethnic before to various broadcasters, now Bloomberg is leasing the station 24/7.

 

[JeremyAndrews]

The Market Manager who is spending all their time and effort thinking about the 5 Major FM's they have to operate.

The Engineer who is charged with keeping five major FM's on the air.

How much time do you think they'll spend studying the audio of 1330AM?

Not much. But if something goes wrong, it's basically their job to fix it. That's the entire point

 

[davideduardo]

Pretty good signal for an FM translator. Almost like Beasley gets to have 6 FMs
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The usable fixed location signal is inside the red contour; in cars it is roughly the same as the red one. The purple and blue contours are useless.

 

[Wimmmex]

Not much. But if something goes wrong, it's basically their job to fix it. That's the entire point

The point is...it's their job to keep a signal on the air. Not much else.

They can do the minimum with it which is basically making sure the station works, follows the FCC and the EAS functions correctly.

And they are. They are following all the FCC and EAS requirements.

Format didn't even really change. It was leased Ethnic before to various broadcasters, now Bloomberg is leasing the station 24/7.

Except now it is in English. ;-)

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

This evening (January 9th), the audio quality of the WRCA-1330 over the air signal at my location (Norwood, Massachusetts) seems to have returned to normal, without the distortion

Maybe someone in a position to do something about it fixed the problem.

 

[nowradioguy]

This evening (January 9th), the audio quality of the WRCA-1330 over the air signal at my location (Norwood, Massachusetts) seems to have returned to normal, without the distortion

Maybe someone in a position to do something about it fixed the problem.

Does anyone here have access to the weather report from Hades to see if it has frozen over? 😏