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Does WWJZ 640 have its IBOC on?

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smoothjazz

I'm not as familiar with the sound of AM IBOC, but it certainly seems like WWJZ has its IBOC turned on, because within the past couple weeks I have noticed a lot of interference trying to listen to WFAN in and around Burlington County. In some spots it is really bad, rendering WFAN unlistenable. I still can't believe how the FCC allowed this (maybe I should). I guess the "average" radio listener isn't going to notice IBOC interference, but WFAN has appeared in the Philly arbs before. And the FM IBOC Philly FM's are putting out is equally annoying, rendering reception of New York FM's pretty much useless south of Trenton, even on good car radios. <P ID="signature">______________
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> I'm not as familiar with the sound of AM IBOC, but it
> certainly seems like WWJZ has its IBOC turned on, because
> within the past couple weeks I have noticed a lot of
> interference trying to listen to WFAN in and around
> Burlington County. In some spots it is really bad,
> rendering WFAN unlistenable. I still can't believe how the
> FCC allowed this (maybe I should). I guess the "average"
> radio listener isn't going to notice IBOC interference, but
> WFAN has appeared in the Philly arbs before. And the FM
> IBOC Philly FM's are putting out is equally annoying,
> rendering reception of New York FM's pretty much useless
> south of Trenton, even on good car radios.
>
Sure sounds like it, there's now an annoying hash noise from 620 to 660 cutting into WFAN in Montgomery County. Reminds me of when 640 signed on at nights and blocked out what used to be clear reception of WSM at night here on 650. At least IBOC is just daytime, right?
 
I noticed a change in audio quality a few weeks ago. Radio Disney 640 had the best AM sound around, now it and WPEN are the worst.
 
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