For quite some time yesterday, in Cleveland, 102.5 FM had a dead carrier on. By the early evening, it was off. I have 102.5 on my car presets as it was the FM translator for downtown Cleveland for WHK.
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Dead Carrier on 11/15/23
- Thread starter johnbasalla
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I'm listening to 102.5 FM now and they seem to be playing commercials and not simulcasting WHK/1420. Kinda strange, not sure what's going on. A few of the commercials are referencing Columbus.
Heard some bizarre audio on translators that were"testing", not simulcasting their required AM station.
Yep. While driving to work, I heard nothing but commercials, but I was listening for less than 5 minutes. Two of the commercials were voiced by Charlie Kirk, whose radio talk show airs on WHK.
102.5 FM is now simulcasting AM1420 again. I wonder why they had to stop in the first place?
Speaking of dead carriers, LPTV Channel 20 WQDI has been running a dead carrier across all of their channels or weeks.
I tuned them in a couple hours ago. Audio is very quiet.
Maybe someone should tip off their affiliates about this, and say, "Hey! Are you aware that you're paying HC2 for carriage on a station that has had a dead carrier for close to a year?" Or better yet, file a complaint with the FCC?
Apparently HC2 doesn't even care. They should just sell off WQDI-LD if that's the case. Sell it (or donate it) to the owners of WIVM-LD so that we can finally watch their station in the Cleveland area as WIVX-LD isn't cutting it.
And if you want a good laugh, visit HC2's website and scroll down to the "our values" column at the bottom of the page. "State of the art station network?" LOL!
When they say" state of the art" they're referring to art as drawn by a 3 year old on a sugar high.
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