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Kentuckiana FM IBOC

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BobOnTheJob

Passing through Louisville yesterday, I was pleased to see that WAKY 103.5 and WAMZ 97.5 no longer have their IBOC transmitters operating. I was hearing 103.7 within sight of 103.5's tower & 97.3 was there within 10 miles of WAMZ. WHAS AM has dropped theirs as well...I like this trend.
 
I think folks are beginning to wake up and realize that IBOC wasn't the "great deal" that Ibiquity made it out to be. It was a very big expense for very little return.

Could you tell if the the public stations had theirs on? I haven't heard them in a while. And WHAS seems to turn theirs on when they feel like it.
 
Bengalsfan said:
I think folks are beginning to wake up and realize that IBOC wasn't the "great deal" that Ibiquity made it out to be. It was a very big expense for very little return.

Could you tell if the the public stations had theirs on? I haven't heard them in a while. And WHAS seems to turn theirs on when they feel like it.
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Stations on in HD as of right now-

89.3
90.5
91.9
93.1
98.9
100.5
103.1
106.9


Clear Channel has both 95.7 and 97.5 turned off but the other 3 are on.

Oddly, most of the Clear Channel stations are mis-identified on RDS-

WTFX = KCVD
WAMZ = KCGV
WZKF = KCXX
WLGX = WLUE
 
Bengalsfan said:
I think folks are beginning to wake up and realize that IBOC wasn't the "great deal" that Ibiquity made it out to be. It was a very big expense for very little return.

Could you tell if the the public stations had theirs on? I haven't heard them in a while. And WHAS seems to turn theirs on when they feel like it.
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Tune 1 channel above & below any given station...if you hear a steady hiss, the IBOC is on. If the hiss fluctuates & you hear stations in the distance on the adjacents, the IBOC is probably off. If you have an FM tuner with an S meter, tune to the adjaccents & watch the S meter. If it reads high & you hear hiss, IBOC is there. If the meter drops dramatically, no IBOC.

I can testify that 100.5 has it. Having just built a new site for 100.3 up here, it dies around the 29 mile marker on I-65, but if you go 30 miles west, the 100.3 signal goes another 20 miles south because the 100.5 IBOC is not strong enough to cause interference west of Salem. I wish there were a way to contain the IBOC signal totally within +/- 100khz.
 
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