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Did You Hear Oldies 1480

Congrats Alchemy!

Will the Smooth Jazz internet-only audiostream continue?

(Just curious.)


Keep rockin' Dusty!
 
FRR said:
I have no technical knowledge, but I do know for listeners in the eastern suburbs or out in Clermont and Brown counties, 1160 had a much better signal than 1480. From November until April it is virtually impossible to pick the station up before 9:00 AM and it has much interference after 4:00 PM. We could at least receive 1160 during normal daylight broadcast, even though we knew it went to low power at night. Many of us try to listen in the car and if we can't in the morning and can't in the evening, it certainly takes away listeners. Is it possible for a station to fix that problem without attempting to get permission to increase power? Are they allowed to "boast" or redirect the signal? I know you folks out there will know.
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In many cases you play the hand you are dealt. 1480 is a relatively fresh build and this may be all that they can do. Rodger is a wizard at processing and good processing can help push a signal (with AM) as the loudness, more modulation, means more signal in the field. You try to keep your average modulation up as high as possible.
Sometimes a guy buys an older AM with some signal problems and through rebuilding, he can regain some of the lost turf. In this situation, the station is not broadcasting further than they should, they are just running on "all 8's"
 
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