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does anyone know if there are any alabama station already broadcasting in HD?

i know bluewater has the thing from dmarc on their websites showing what has played, but i am not sure if that indicates if they also have HD capabilities or not.<P ID="signature">______________
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> does anyone know if there are any alabama station already
> broadcasting in HD?
>
> i know bluewater has the thing from dmarc on their websites
> showing what has played, but i am not sure if that indicates
> if they also have HD capabilities or not.
>
We have 2 HD signals here in Huntsvegas, WTAK 106.1 was the first to go digital, followed by 102.1 WDRM, both have added RDS onto their analog as well

the whole list:
WBHJ 95.7 Birmingham: ON
WDJC 93.7 Birmingham: ON
WDXB 102.5 Birmingham: ON
WENN 105.5 Birmingham: ON
WJLD 1400 Birmingham: ON
WMJJ 96.5 Birmingham: ON
WNCB 97.3 Birmingham: ON
WQEN 103.7 Birmingham: ON
WXJC 92.5 Birmingham: ON
WYDE 101.1 Birmingham: ON
WRWA 88.7 Dothan: COMING
WLAY 100.3 Muscle Shoals / Florence: Coming
WDRM 102.1 Huntsville: ON
WTAK 106.1 Huntsville: ON
WBLX 92.9 Mobile: ON
WYOK 104.1 Mobile: ON
WJLQ 100.7 Pensacola FL / Mobile: ON
WTSU 89.9 Montgomery: COMING
WUAL 91.5 Tuscaloosa: COMING

none of them are multicasting yet

I hear WDRM's Digital hash across the band on cheap radios sometimes, but i'm also relatively close to their tower, like 8 miles or so, it's weird on 106.0 where I get the hash from 105.9 in Nashville and the hash from TAK
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Not like its going to matter. No one can listen to it! There is no way to generate revenue from it either at this point and wont ever be until car manufacturers add these HD receivers to new cars.

> > does anyone know if there are any alabama station already
> > broadcasting in HD?
> >
> > i know bluewater has the thing from dmarc on their
> websites
> > showing what has played, but i am not sure if that
> indicates
> > if they also have HD capabilities or not.
> >
> We have 2 HD signals here in Huntsvegas, WTAK 106.1 was the
> first to go digital, followed by 102.1 WDRM, both have added
> RDS onto their analog as well
>
> the whole list:
> WBHJ 95.7 Birmingham: ON
> WDJC 93.7 Birmingham: ON
> WDXB 102.5 Birmingham: ON
> WENN 105.5 Birmingham: ON
> WJLD 1400 Birmingham: ON
> WMJJ 96.5 Birmingham: ON
> WNCB 97.3 Birmingham: ON
> WQEN 103.7 Birmingham: ON
> WXJC 92.5 Birmingham: ON
> WYDE 101.1 Birmingham: ON
> WRWA 88.7 Dothan: COMING
> WLAY 100.3 Muscle Shoals / Florence: Coming
> WDRM 102.1 Huntsville: ON
> WTAK 106.1 Huntsville: ON
> WBLX 92.9 Mobile: ON
> WYOK 104.1 Mobile: ON
> WJLQ 100.7 Pensacola FL / Mobile: ON
> WTSU 89.9 Montgomery: COMING
> WUAL 91.5 Tuscaloosa: COMING
>
> none of them are multicasting yet
>
> I hear WDRM's Digital hash across the band on cheap radios
> sometimes, but i'm also relatively close to their tower,
> like 8 miles or so, it's weird on 106.0 where I get the hash
> from 105.9 in Nashville and the hash from TAK
>
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good point b5

> Not like its going to matter. No one can listen to it!
> There is no way to generate revenue from it either at this
> point and wont ever be until car manufacturers add these HD
> receivers to new cars.
>
> > > does anyone know if there are any alabama station
> already
> > > broadcasting in HD?
> > >
> > > i know bluewater has the thing from dmarc on their
> > websites
> > > showing what has played, but i am not sure if that
> > indicates
> > > if they also have HD capabilities or not.
> > >
> > We have 2 HD signals here in Huntsvegas, WTAK 106.1 was
> the
> > first to go digital, followed by 102.1 WDRM, both have
> added
> > RDS onto their analog as well
> >
> > the whole list:
> > WBHJ 95.7 Birmingham: ON
> > WDJC 93.7 Birmingham: ON
> > WDXB 102.5 Birmingham: ON
> > WENN 105.5 Birmingham: ON
> > WJLD 1400 Birmingham: ON
> > WMJJ 96.5 Birmingham: ON
> > WNCB 97.3 Birmingham: ON
> > WQEN 103.7 Birmingham: ON
> > WXJC 92.5 Birmingham: ON
> > WYDE 101.1 Birmingham: ON
> > WRWA 88.7 Dothan: COMING
> > WLAY 100.3 Muscle Shoals / Florence: Coming
> > WDRM 102.1 Huntsville: ON
> > WTAK 106.1 Huntsville: ON
> > WBLX 92.9 Mobile: ON
> > WYOK 104.1 Mobile: ON
> > WJLQ 100.7 Pensacola FL / Mobile: ON
> > WTSU 89.9 Montgomery: COMING
> > WUAL 91.5 Tuscaloosa: COMING
> >
> > none of them are multicasting yet
> >
> > I hear WDRM's Digital hash across the band on cheap radios
>
> > sometimes, but i'm also relatively close to their tower,
> > like 8 miles or so, it's weird on 106.0 where I get the
> hash
> > from 105.9 in Nashville and the hash from TAK
> >
> <P ID="signature">______________
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.jaydavenport.net>Jay Davenport</a>


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> Not like its going to matter. No one can listen to it!
> There is no way to generate revenue from it either at this
> point and wont ever be until car manufacturers add these HD
> receivers to new cars.

Think about filling your HD space this way: (just consider it)
Lease out one of the channels to a local group who wants to program a channel (someone who MIGHT have been interested in LPFM in your market for instance). Charge them, say $1,00 a month. Trade another $1,000 a month in ROS spots promoting their channel. Then, challenge them to do whatever they can to promote and sell HD radio receivers. The more receivers they work to sell, the more profitable your OTHER HD channels will be in the future, and in the meantime, you've got $12,000 a year for the next few years to play with for your OWN HD promotions, funded by the lease of the channel by the group. :)

And, as an added benefit, you've stuck it to CC and the other chains who are developing a plan to program those channels for you for their own benefit!
 
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