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HD Radio check
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necrat123
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N1WVQ said:
Jay, you forgot 89.3 WUMD. =)
A different look. Here is a list of every site BUILT for HD, compared to who is running it, in this market.
89.3 On, no HD2
92.3 Off
93.3 On, HD2
94.1 On, HD2
101.5 On, HD2
105.1 Off
106.3 Off
550 Off
630 Off
790 Off
920 On
So 5 out of 11 stations equipped for HD in the market, actually have the HD on.
All the Clear Channel FMs are on, all the Citadel FMs (except for 99.7, which isn't constructed for it) are off.
Necrat said:
Make that 5 out of 12. 1290-WRNI has operated in HD in the past, but it has since been turned off.
Mike, I must've forgotten WFHN as well but my radio can't pick up the HD signals of WUMD or WFHN. But the price was right: free! However, getting an antenna with an F connector on to the jack in the back of the radio is something else so I just leave the random wire on it. In Taunton it doesn't decode ANY HD!Necrat said:
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necrat123
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MarcB said:
Notice how I said "550 - Off" and I stated facilities that were built for it. 550 was built for HD, it can handle it.
Weither Salem runs it or not, is a moot point.
N1WVQ said:
Salem will make a huge bag of nickels by running the highly lucrative, brokered business format on 550.
1290 should re-activate their IBOC and start sounding crystal clear again.
93.3 HD 1 can be exponentially improved with the simple additions of "Big" John Bina mornings and "Cruizin" Bruce Palmer afternoons. Bye-bye double digit ratings for 105.1.
"I've been here before" by Hiroshima presaging 93.3 HD 2's imminent demolition of Smooth Jazz?
CC is playing smart cards with some of their HDs. 101.5 nails Classic Hits (HD 1) AND Classic Rock (HD 2) with one stone. 94.1 keeps it in the family with Active Rock (HD 1) AND Alternative (HD 2). Each station wisely includes two logical, similar but distinctly different choices for their respective formats. 95.5 maybe should play heads up radio. These HD's are quietly honing their programming and sneaking up very quickly...
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This is the funniest post in awhile!
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necrat123
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iyiyi said:
Apparently you're not up to speed on the whole WRNI versus WKLB/Ibiquity/HD Radio deal.
Search the web to find the details.
Needless to say, I doubt you will EVER see HD Radio/IBOC on any "Rhode Island Public Radio" station anytime soon.
reelyreal said:
OK! Now purchase an HD radio and turn it on. Scan the AM and FM for HD stations. Who is already there waiting for you with a solid HD infrastructure, supporting a number of viable formats with years of experience doing HD? Maybe CBS, Greater Media, NPR and (GULP) CC?
Methinks eye drops may be necessary here.
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iyiyi said:
Ah! There's the problem! Nobody's doing that. Until you start seeing HD Radio in every car's dashboard from the factory, I think you're going to struggle to name more than five people you know not affiliated with the radio industry who own HD receivers.
CC is sinking more and more resources into iheartradio with their big "Pandora Killer" announcement coming tomorrow. CBS is ramping up resources with mp3.com and with radio.com. The "HD Radio Alliance" is putting more resources into digital content because they see that as the future. You hear many more announcements about wi-fi capability coming to car dashboards than you do HD Radio.
reelyreal said:
Correct on the 1st paragraph. HD radio is currently in Beta. This a live sound check where format, signal, legal and other crucial issues are being discovered and ironed out. This slow rollout is good because when the audience begins to arrive, HD will sound tuned and sweet!
The resources described above augment the synergy with HD radio.
My dashboard provides jazz, classical, classic rock, Mojo, Smooth jazz, freeform, hard alternative... In crisp digital... for the bubble... Exclusively on HD 2s.
May I suggest eardrops also?
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iyiyi said:
Slow rollout?......That has got to be the understatement of the CENTURY......hands down ! ! !
Seems to me that wi-fi is continuing to gain on HD, and it won't be too long before you see the majority of new cars rolling off the assembly lines with factory-built wi-fi.
HD radio has become another one of those innovations that came along just a little too late......sorta like AM stereo.
N1WVQ said:
No problemo. 94.1 analog and 94.1 HD are separate entities. I think the main difficulty we are having in trying to understand HD boils down to context and perspective. The actual HD transmitter powers are: 550 -- ten watts; 630, 790 and 920 -- fifty watts. 1290 HD is 100 watts and the mighty 1030 is 500 watts. Again, this is total transmitted DIGITAL HD output for each station. 94.1 HD (500w erp) and 92.3 HD (370w erp) are at 1% analog carrier levels -- same as AM HDs at 1% analog power.
I believe 550 was quite the HD blowtorch for TEN watts! A 1630 DOT traffic station is 10 watts.
Also, for a tangible measure of comparison of what "10 db" is: 1030 transmitting from Hull at 100kw (we'll give them their DA gain) versus 1030 when doing 10kw from Brighton.
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