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COMEDY 1700 AUDIO ISSUES

J

Jay Walker

Recently we've been listening to the new Comedy 1700. The programming is unique and is enjoyable. BUT the lack of attention to the technical part of the operation is a major turn off. The dead air is tolerable, However, the gross distortion/clipping on some of the play out cards is a killer. Then when the next event plays and the level is 10db below the previous event the slow fade up by the AGC is painful to hear.

Whenever we are driving around town and are looking for something entertaining besides music we tune in. The clipping on one side of the scale and the extreme low level on the other really detracts from the listening experience.

The format is a good idea and is reasonably entertaining, but the technical problems tend to drastically reduce the time spent listening.

If someone was monitoring the station I'm certain these issues can be resolved with a days worth of work. It's apparent that the station is unattended...
 
Other issues I've noticed are the lack of ID's...
I understand the station is in "limbo" as it is parked waiting for a buyer.
But you would think a 10,000 watt day, 1,000 watt night time signal in Collin county would be worth at least a $10 an hour board op to monitor the signal at least part of the day...
 
We have had an issue with 1700 bleeding over on certain brands of two line speaker phones in the area. One local business was not amused by the content of the station when they put people on hold. A RF filter took care of the problem but I'm not sure if it was a copper line problem or a transmitter issue. It has been a issue at times since the signal signed on.
 
TexasGopher said:
We have had an issue with 1700 bleeding over on certain brands of two line speaker phones in the area. One local business was not amused by the content of the station when they put people on hold. A RF filter took care of the problem but I'm not sure if it was a copper line problem or a transmitter issue. It has been a issue at times since the signal signed on.
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I would bet the RFI issue with the telephones was more than likely due to inadequate filtering on the telephone instrument. Sadly many new electronic devices pursuit of "cheaper" costs have resulted in "cheap" performance.
 
Might try giving George Gimarc at gimarc com a hollar. He's supposed to be one of the people in charge of "Comedy Radio".
 
Megapsycle said:
Might try giving George Gimarc at gimarc com a hollar. He's supposed to be one of the people in charge of "Comedy Radio".
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I'd bet it's a local lack of attention issue. Sad because as a niche format it's fun to listen to instead of the usual talk radio fair...
 
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