• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

Buffalo Hispanic/Latino radio coming to Buffalo-Toronto on HD3

SirRoxalot said:
WNED and WBFO are carried on cable in the Toronto area. There's significant reach there and they derive significant money from Canada's biggest city and the "Golden Horseshoe" at the western end of Lake Ontario.
Click to expand...

I have to ask. Do you mean the RF signal is carried over the coax cable that someone is supposed to screw onto the back of their home stereo receiver to receive the station on the FM tuner? I know some cable systems did this during the startup years and there was extremely low public awareness of it but I assumed it was deprecated decades ago, especially since cable is all fiber and digital now.

Or do you mean someone in Toronto has to tune to a particular TV channel that carries an audio-only feed of the radio station and listen to it on their TV?
 
There is no RF cable-FM in Toronto anymore.

The likely meant the digital audio channels on the cable TV STB

(Cable FM had more awareness in Canada since OTA-FM was format restricted at the time, and cable gave you FM sound for AM stations and out-of-market stations)
 
I suggest y'all direct your questions to "Buffalo-Toronto Public Media." They're the ones making the claim. My guess is that they'll tell you that all of the programming is available via streaming in areas of influence beyond the reach of the various RF signals.
 
"Buffalo-Toronto Public Media" aren't even the ones who made the claim that this radio station could reach Toronto. It just happens to be the name of the organization, and it's named that to continue soliciting donations for the PBS TV station.
 
Ian March said:
"Buffalo-Toronto Public Media" aren't even the ones who made the claim that this radio station could reach Toronto. It just happens to be the name of the organization, and it's named that to continue soliciting donations for the PBS TV station.
Click to expand...
There's no way, unless you change the laws of physics, that an HD3 from Buffalo makes it to Toronto on a consistent "listenable" basis.
 
Last edited:
RadioGuy1864 said:
There's no way, unless you change the laws of physics, that an HD3 from Buffalo makes it to Toronto on a consistent "listenable" basis.
Click to expand...

Keep in mind that CIRV on 88.9 has been running HD for several years now, which makes hearing WBFO nearly impossible in the GTA. And there are stations on 88.5 in Newmarket and now in Grimsby, making things even more congested.
 
In the words of the immortal Cartman, "Blame Canada." The CRTC effectively booted US signals out of Toronto decades ago by authorizing a plethora of low power stations on frequencies or adjacent frequencies of US border stations. That's their right, but it did block several FMs that were popular in Toronto back in the day.

If you want to listen, it looks like it's online or on an app now. WNYPB is the entity that rebranded PBS/NPR in Buffalo as "Buffalo-Toronto Public Media." Considering the size of the GTA, perhaps the OTA signal reaches some portion of it. Or not. They do solicit dollars from consumers and underwriters in the Golden Horseshoe area.
 
Ian March said:
And as much as I'd like to (I'm an NPR fan) I've never received *anything* on 88.7, analog or otherwise.
Click to expand...
Per the coverage maps on WNED's website, the northern edge of WBFO's signal doesn't even reach the GTA; heck, the signal BARELY gets into the Hamilton area on its western edge !
 
ckg279 said:
Per the coverage maps on WNED's website, the northern edge of WBFO's signal doesn't even reach the GTA; heck, the signal BARELY gets into the Hamilton area on its western edge !
Click to expand...
Agreed, Carl. Having worked in Hamilton, I would find WNED 94.5 would fade out as soon as I went down the Niagara Escarpment at Sand Plant hill (QEW), and WBFO would really drop out when exiting onto Burlington St. off the QEW.
 
Keep in mind that neither of the two organizations involved in this radio service are based in Toronto. Both are strictly WNY.
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom