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KRTH HD2

I wonder if KRTH still has its original, fogged glass cabineted analog air chain from its oldies period -- the modified Optimod 8100A/XT2, Dominators, Compellors, Prisms, Aural Exciter/Big Bottom, 222A, etc. I wish they would plug it back in, dust off their famous oldies library (a lot of it was custom transfers right off various masters, and sweetened by their own audio people), and then stream it online as 256 kbit/s AAC-LC in addition to putting it back as the HD2.
 
asugeorge1 said:
I was hoping they would bring back the K-EARTH classics format they used to air before the KNX 1070 simulcast. Why air the same format on two HD sub channels? Makes no sense.
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I thought this was supposed to be the whole point of HD - to put on niche formats with smaller audiences so radio could still serve as many listeners as possible. Putting the real oldies on KRTH-2 and New Wave on KROQ-2 seem to be no-brainers to me.

I never understood why The Sound never put a true AAA format on their HD-2 stream, which would have complemented the station. The two stations could actually even (gasp!) cross-promote, with some of the more popular AAA artists crossing over to the big station. Instead it's 10 years later and you have Sound DJs down at the end of the dial trying to convince you that the local public radio station is somehow them and begging for donations to keep the little-station-that-may-or-may-not on the air.
 
Agreed. When KNX was appearing on 1070, 97.1, and 101.1 HD2 simultaneously, I couldn't help feeling just a bit stunned, and immediately thought back to the days when the FCC put the kibosh on even AM/FM simulcasts in the interest of not wasting limited frequency space. Then again, this is the same FCC that decided to allow the AM stereo standard to be decided by market forces and IBOC implementation in new receivers to be left up to manufacturers. Remember when it used to do things like hold competitions for a new standard, pick one winner expeditiously, and FORCE everybody to implement it? Like NTSC?
 
yeoldeschool said:
Agreed. When KNX was appearing on 1070, 97.1, and 101.1 HD2 simultaneously, I couldn't help feeling just a bit stunned, and immediately thought back to the days when the FCC put the kibosh on even AM/FM simulcasts in the interest of not wasting limited frequency space. Then again, this is the same FCC that decided to allow the AM stereo standard to be decided by market forces and IBOC implementation in new receivers to be left up to manufacturers. Remember when it used to do things like hold competitions for a new standard, pick one winner expeditiously, and FORCE everybody to implement it? Like NTSC?
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AM stereo did not work that way due to one person: Leonard Kahn. His lawsuits set AM stereo back almost 4 years... until it was way too late. The FCC has never required AM radios do any specific thing... never required FM, never required FM stereo, never required AM stereo.... and so on.
 
KRTH HD-2 was active from maybe 2007-2016. Around 2016, the oldies format was dropped and it became Radio Disney. I’m not sure what’s airing on there now. But I use KKGO-HD2, KLUV HD-2, and Sirius XM, to hear music that can no longer be heard on FM. I also have an account with Apple Music.
 
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