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How many HD stations can you now get in Providence?

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Skynet74

Some people over at the New York board are arguing about HD. It just made me wonder how many HD stations can a person receive if they are in the Providence area. Can someone with an HD radio count them up for me? Thanks.
 
A.M.: 550, 920.
F.M.: 93.3-1, 93.3-2, 94.1-1, 94.1-2. (I am not near the radio until tomorrow but it used to receive 92.3-1, 105.1-1 as well as 101.5-1 & 101.5-2 but 101.5 wasn't running it as of a few days ago).

I wish the A.M. HD stations would stop transmitting it. As for the F.M. multiplex channels, if you find regular radio boring, formats such as JokeJoke (101.5-2, if it ever comes back on) will make you catatonic. 93.3-2 is Smooth Jazz & 94.1-2 is hard rock.

No longer transmitting in HD:
630, 1290, 106.3. As for 102.7, I don't THINK it's transmitting in HD but I can't receive it in E.P..

I hope this helps.
 
N1WVQ said:
A.M.: 550, 920.
F.M.: 93.3-1, 93.3-2, 94.1-1, 94.1-2. (I am not near the radio until tomorrow but it used to receive 92.3-1, 105.1-1 as well as 101.5-1 & 101.5-2 but 101.5 wasn't running it as of a few days ago).

I wish the A.M. HD stations would stop transmitting it. As for the F.M. multiplex channels, if you find regular radio boring, formats such as JokeJoke (101.5-2, if it ever comes back on) will make you catatonic. 93.3-2 is Smooth Jazz & 94.1-2 is hard rock.

No longer transmitting in HD:
630, 1290, 106.3. As for 102.7, I don't THINK it's transmitting in HD but I can't receive it in E.P..

I hope this helps.
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105.1's has been off for a while. 101.5's HD2 changed formats to classic rock a few months back, but has been off for a couple weeks. I think 94.1's HD2 is more of an alternative format than hard rock. Though not a Providence station, 89.3 WUMD is also once again running HD, with no second channel.
 
N1WVQ said:
A.M.: 550, 920.
F.M.: 93.3-1, 93.3-2, 94.1-1, 94.1-2. (I am not near the radio until tomorrow but it used to receive 92.3-1, 105.1-1 as well as 101.5-1 & 101.5-2 but 101.5 wasn't running it as of a few days ago).
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So if a person were to buy an HD radio in this city (which I'm not. I'm just curious). They would gain a grand total of TWO new stations?

Oh Boy. ::)
 
Skynet74 said:
N1WVQ said:
THREE if 101.5-2 comes back on! That's a 50% increase! :p
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HAhahaha ;D
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They ought to go all-oldies on the 101.5 HD2. Considering the original audience for Oldies B101 has pretty much disappeared and the HD1 has gone all Classic Rock/Hits, it couldn't hurt to go all oldies on the HD2. It might start selling some a couple of HD Radios for once.
 
Not to get into a Sirius XM Debate, but if some of you get excited over receiving two or three new channels, you would end up having a freaking orgasm with a Sirius/XM radio in your hand. Over 100 crystal clear channels with every kind of format that you could even think of.
 
Skynet74 said:
Not to get into a Sirius XM Debate, but if some of you get excited over receiving two or three new channels, you would end up having a freaking orgasm with a Sirius/XM radio in your hand. Over 100 crystal clear channels with every kind of format that you could even think of.
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Well, sort of crystal clear. I've been very annoyed at the low bitrate that the channels are encoded at for years now. Its quality is less than a 96k MP3 equivalent (they actually encode using an AACplus codec I believe). Anyway, I am an audiophile and I get annoyed very easily... the high end rolls off somewhere around 12kHz I think. FM radio generally has better sounding audio than satellite, especially HD which has full dynamic range. Oh well.
 
Sirius less than a 96k MP3? Really? I never thought it was that low. I've never had a problem with the sound. I am pretty picky with sound as well. Makes me feel like an idiot for encoding My Stern Shows at 320k. What am I wasting space for nothing? Oh well... screw it. It gives me peace of mind knowing that I am saving at the best quality MP3 I can.
 
92.3-1 was also on today. I tried 550 & the radio couldn't lock on using its internal antenna. The HD light kept flashing. I couldn't receive 1030 on it either. The radio is in East Providence.
 
Skynet74 said:
Not to get into a Sirius XM Debate, but if some of you get excited over receiving two or three new channels, you would end up having a freaking orgasm with a Sirius/XM radio in your hand. Over 100 crystal clear channels with every kind of format that you could even think of.
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I love Sirius/XM. Tons of channels, no ads, crystal clear, and most of its tight and well produced.
 
Nationwide less than 16% of AM stations are even licensed for IBOC (HD Radio). About 1/2 of those were ever active. Many are turning it off due to interference problems with not just other stations but also with themselves!

FM - a little better but not really all that much interest by folks in purchasing.

iPods, etc. may have pre-empted the whole HD scene beyond the satellite services....I mean satellite SERVICE, it being now down to really only one.
 
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