HD streaming

[BigJimmy]

why don't many HD2, HD3, HD4 stations stream audio on--line.?
Because it would take listeners away from HD radios?

 

[KB1OKL]

This is a joke right?

 

[BigJimmy]

do any large retailers selll HD receivers? if so--- who? I looked at radio shack, Walmart, K mart, Target,
'Best Buys , Sears. They were not sellling them.

 

[rtc]

Actually they do.

Please check this site for stations in your area:

http://radiostationworld.com/Locations/United_States_of_America/usastates.asp

 

[KB1OKL]

Good luck finding an HD radio anywhere in any store, if you DO find anything left it is probably a closeout that has been in the store behind the ornamental 8 track player for 3 or 4 years.

 

[nd2023]

Best Buy sells the portable HD radio. Whether anyone buys them, who knows. A lot of them get returned because people think it's an MP3 player.
I've gone through 5 of them. Luckily, after the third one, I got the extended warranty so I don't have to pay for a new one when it breaks.

 

[diymedia]

I do believe that Clear Channel streams all of its HD2/3/4 channels via iHeartRadio.com. Then again, Clear Channel's been increasingly positioning itself as a content-delivery company as opposed to radio broadcaster.

 

[PantsOnFire]

Good luck finding an HD radio anywhere in any store, if you DO find anything left it is probably a closeout that has been in the store behind the ornamental 8 track player for 3 or 4 years.

Remember when Struble claimed that Radio Shack was one of their best partners, and that RS was just clearing out old HD radio inventory anticipating new HD radio models:

http://mediaconfidential.blogspot.com/2011/08/hd-radios-slow-death-continues.html

 

[BigJimmy]

can an fm translator operate in HD FM ? ( & add subchannnels too? )(HD2, HD3, etc.)

or are fm translators licensed only to simulcast an AM station. ? (fm analog)

 

[FightingIrish]

CBS streams all theirs via their radio.com phone app. Last I checked, they don't list their HD channels (i.e. ROQ of the 80s) on TuneIn, but anyone who knows the naming conventions of these streams can just go to the TuneIn site and save the custom stream there. That's what I did, since I had no use for the radio.com app.

Other companies also stream their HD2 channels. One example is The Drive in Chicago.

Clear Channel maintains a stable of music format channels, such as Alternative Project, for their IHeartRadio app (which is the streaming app I recommend to people the most, due to its simplicity, stability and versatility). For HD2 streams, the stations just plug 'em in.

However, there are some exceptions that don't stream. I believe KSHE in St. Louis has a custom HD2 channel that does not stream, and can only be found via an HD Radio tuner.

 

[FightingIrish]

can an fm translator operate in HD FM ? ( & add subchannnels too? )(HD2, HD3, etc.)

or are fm translators licensed only to simulcast an AM station. ? (fm analog)

As far as I know, FM translators cannot broadcast in HD Radio, but they can simulcast an HD subchannel of another station.

 

[fybush]

A handful of translators operate in HD. W212BA 90.3 in Geneva NY uses a Larcan translator that directly downconverts the RF from its host station, WEOS 89.7 (soon to be 89.5) Geneva. WEOS is in HD, and W212BA repeats that HD.

W275BH in Lawrence MA rebroadcasts WNNW 800, and it generates its own HD signal complete with subchannels that relay sister stations WCCM 1490 and WCEC 1110. Is anyone listening? Beats me, but it's there.