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Is WGTK broadcasting in stereo?

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I have an AM stereo in my Sebring. While coming home Saturday night around 8:20, the stereo light came on and off during the broadcast of Casey Kasem's "American Top 40". This lasted for about 20 minutes. Are they actually broadcasting in stereo, or was I getting some strange mix of signals? The sound did sound "richer" than normal.
 
You were probably getting that strange mix of signal. My Delco AM stereo lights up on occasion at night when something from skywave trips the receiver to see a stereo signal. The reason for the richer sound is when the stereo is activated the bandwidth opens up. IIRC, the Mopar AM stereo receivers in mono are somewhat narrow bandwidth (better than most AM receivers). But when stereo is activated the receiver goes wideband.

By the way, is WLOU still sending out a pilot for AM stereo?
 
radiorob2.0 said:
By the way, is WLOU still sending out a pilot for AM stereo?
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Yes, it is the only AM station in Louisville that lights up the "ST" indicator. The next closest AM station I receive is the Columbus 1390 station. At night, WLS 890 comes in along with KCJJ 1630 in Iowa. Sean Hannity sounded like he was sitting in my back seat. I wish more stations would broadcast in stereo. Tonight, I would have been able to listen to 650, 720, 750, 760, 770, 780, 830, and 880 to name a few.
 
WLOU's pilot is on, but the STL feed is mono. Which makes NO sense to me...why have the pilot on if you're not sending stereo program material to the transmitter, testing, or doing other maintenance or proofing? Oh, well, they've got dozens of other technical, administrative, sales and programming issues at both WLOU and WLLV...it's a mess!

(By the way, I still have my late dad's '86 Imperial with the Chrysler FM/AM Stereo System, and when it detects an AM Stereo signal, the bandwith opens up and...well, the sound is simply amazing! I DX the expanded AM band of 1605-1705 kHz sometimes just to hear the AM Stereo signals still there.)
 
The King Bee said:
(By the way, I still have my late dad's '86 Imperial with the Chrysler FM/AM Stereo System, and when it detects an AM Stereo signal, the bandwith opens up and...well, the sound is simply amazing! I DX the expanded AM band of 1605-1705 kHz sometimes just to hear the AM Stereo signals still there.)
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My car is a 2001 Sebring, but this is the second radio. The original radio developed a short in the volume control, so I went to the dealer and this one was still in their inventory. It listed for $270 but they sold it to me for $200. It has the AM/FM bands, cassette, and CD controller that operates the multidisc changer below. It fit into the dash perfectly (rounded corners and all) so I'm guessing its been produced in the last decade.

Does anyone know if Chrysler still makes an AM stereo for their cars or when they stopped? I've been pleased with Chrysler radios since I first heard an AM stereo signal in my grandmother's 1988 Aries K.
 
It happened again tonight around 8:50 during Scott Davenport's post-game comments of the Bellarmine basketball game. Go Knights! They won tonight!
 
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