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DAVE HARRELL, DENNY BATEMAN AT WGUL, 1980S
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Back in 1988, when I put WQYK-AM on the air, we simulcasted WQYK-FM in C-QUAM AM stereo.
I built a C-QUAM receiver for the studio.
Before I reduced the AM high frequency response to 10kHz, many of the FM jocks preferred to listen to the AM signal over the FM signal.
They said that it sounded more powerful and had better separation than the FM signal.
I built a C-QUAM receiver for the studio.
Before I reduced the AM high frequency response to 10kHz, many of the FM jocks preferred to listen to the AM signal over the FM signal.
They said that it sounded more powerful and had better separation than the FM signal.
Chrysler also had a fantastic top-of-the-line AM stereo car radio. I had one in a Dodge Dynasty LE. That radio had the best stereo I've ever heard.
WQYK AM was regarded as a real supporter of AM stereo. I recall an article that appeared in the National Radio Club monthly magazine advising of an experiment that WQYK had obtained permission from the FCC to perform. As I recall, it was a special grid or something around the base of the antenna to improve the quality and signal of the station.
It's a real shame that AM stereo didn't prevail. It was AM's best chance to achieve greater programming diversity and attract a wider audience.
WQYK AM was regarded as a real supporter of AM stereo. I recall an article that appeared in the National Radio Club monthly magazine advising of an experiment that WQYK had obtained permission from the FCC to perform. As I recall, it was a special grid or something around the base of the antenna to improve the quality and signal of the station.
It's a real shame that AM stereo didn't prevail. It was AM's best chance to achieve greater programming diversity and attract a wider audience.
With regards to 1320 & 1450... Frankly I thought they sounded better a year ago when they were more of a MOR station with a lot of big band & standards music (more like MOYL) Six Sinatra songs @ 6 AM & PM. Currently there is way too much talk being piped in from somewhere else than the Northgate area studios... and the music to me is just a lot of non hits spread out too far..
I agree that the music selections on 1320 and 1450 have changed in the last year, not for the better, with a lot less recognizable standards and many more unknown songs or covers of old songs by current artists. They also repeat the same selections a lot. Not a good mix.
Whether it's adult standards or hip-hop, the public needs to be able to recognize the songs and they should not repeat very often. The programmers for the 1320/1450 format need to go back to basics and play a wide variety of songs from the 40s right through the 80s (or whatever). More like the MOYL but not quite as 40s-bound.
Or to put it another way, they would do well to emulate WGUL's playlist, back before the talk took over.
Whether it's adult standards or hip-hop, the public needs to be able to recognize the songs and they should not repeat very often. The programmers for the 1320/1450 format need to go back to basics and play a wide variety of songs from the 40s right through the 80s (or whatever). More like the MOYL but not quite as 40s-bound.
Or to put it another way, they would do well to emulate WGUL's playlist, back before the talk took over.
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