Definitely a strange name for a Conservative Talk format.
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Atlantic City/Cape May Equity Atlantic City To iHeart
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I hope iHeart's acquisition will mean they will start adding HD to those stations.
IHM doesn't have HD on Z100 yet they have it on B104 in Allentown which is also CHR. 🤔
WHTZ was in HD before, they ran Nickelodeon Radio on the HD2 for a while. But if there's no one to lease it to, or no translator to feed, why spend the money?
Z100 has HD, but only HD1 these days. They had a new music channel on HD2 in either the mid or late 2000's. They also had Nick Radio on HD2 for a few years.
Because they need to have the “stations between the stations”
Ohhh, the "stations between the stations." What a disaster. I remember thinking the HD technology was very cool and I loved that it was adding commercial-free options to my car radio...but I also remember thinking, "That catchphrase is a bomb. No one's gonna know what it even means!" Can't say that I was wrong. Cool tech, coulda been hella useful...but now it's basically an expensive way to feed translators.
In some cases yes on the "expensive" notion, yet the only option in others. Perhaps I should clarify that this would apply to those that operate legally and not ones who have had their parent/primary signal off the air for days, weeks and even months as has been reported on these pages time and time again... As far as the roll out, you get that one chance to make that impact of a good first impression and you're absolutely right, it was bungled! Hate to say it but in many cases AM stations probably have a larger audience than *most* HD radio subchannels...
This isn’t Houston where the translators originate programming 24/7 and run 2000 watts
NO translators run 2000 watts nor do they "originate programming" anywhere legally, so I'm guessing that was said tongue in cheek. That said, no one (other than perhaps you and people that visit boards like this) is migrating to listen to an HD subchannel in numbers enough to actually matter and therefore be profitable... I would entertain any discussion otherwise. This is one of the reasons why they are programmed so infrequently and often plagued with issues because no one is listening and/or minding the shop in a quality control capacity. However there are some that are well-programmed but those are usually the ones used to feed translators, the non-2000 watt kind
Not at all. Houston and a few other markets have a variety of overpowered translators or ones with no originating AM, FM or HD Channel.
A couple of HF-onlies have shown ratinngs, but those seem to be non-commercial and part of an NPR FM.
Or both in some markets.This is one of the reasons why they are programmed so infrequently and often plagued with issues because no one is listening and/or minding the shop in a quality control capacity. However there are some that are well-programmed but those are usually the ones used to feed translators, the non-2000 watt kind
"Legally" was the operative word... if it's so well known and permitted to continue for one reason or another in Houston (and others as you noted), that's a whole different matter entirely.
Whats mentioned as happening in houston with translators is in fact true and a well known fact and its been documented by folks i know.... and the FCC was directly asked why they've done nothing about the houston translator problem
Not one single licensed broadcaster has filed a complaint
Which indicates how little concern they have about those stations having any impact on ratings and billings.
What's Going to happen to WMID and WCMC
Rick Brancadora, owner of WIBG-FM & WWAC, is buying it for $50,000.
and this was told to me by an engineer in the market who spoke directly to the fcc
He does like the oldies so hopefully they’ll just rebrand to Wibbage Gold and keep the same format
Nope. It is staying WMID. Since it was sold under the name The Jersey Giant WMID, LLC, that seems pretty legit.
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