Local HD-2 Shuffle

[Ai4i]

94.9: Spanish music is out; WREH (Reach FM) is in.
103.5: Hallelujah is out; Spanish music is in.

 

[jmtillery]

I'm just curious do you happen to know or have an estimate of how many HD signals are currently "on-air" in the market and the respecitive formats. Also are there any in-market HD3 signals operating?

 

[cd637299]

I'm just curious do you happen to know or have an estimate of how many HD signals are currently "on-air" in the market and the respecitive formats. Also are there any in-market HD3 signals operating?

ai4i & myself are keeping tabs, but changes (like in the OP) are constant....makes one wonder who's lis'nin'.

Here is what I know: (only stations with HD are listed)

AM:
WMYM 990 R Disney (HD flashes but I cannot hear it in HD)
WSUA 1260 Caracol Radio (Spanish, HD 24 hours)

88.9 WDNA---a sort of pseudo-HD. Not really HD, but putting out "silence" on the sidebands
88.9 WQCS (Ft. Pierce) should have 3 HD channels, but they fight my local WDNA
90.1 WGCU Ft. Myers---I think 2 or 3 HD
90.7 WXEL--HD2 classical
91.3 WLRN---3 HD's? HD2 sounds like BBC
93.1 WFEZ---HD2 is Party 93.1 (dance)
93.9 WMIA---HD2 is smooth jazz
94.9 WMGE---see OP
96.5 WPOW---HD2 heavy rhythmic, HD3 WQAM 560
97.3 WFLC---HD2 Totally 80s
99.1 WEDR---HD2 hip-hop, diff. from HD1
99.9 WKIS---HD2 "Gretchen 99.9" rough C&W, HD3 NOAA Weather//162.55?
100.7 WHYI---HD2 alternate CHR, cannot define
101.5 WLYF---HD1 only
102.7 WMXJ---HD1 only when operating, currently no HD
103.5 WMIB---see OP
104.3 WEAT--HD2 "The Sound of the Strip" lounge music, HD3 WFAN 660 NYC
105.1 WHQT---HD2 classic R&B?
105.9 WBGG---HD2 WIOD 610 (recent change)
107.5 WAMR--HD1 only

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[Ai4i]

Just these additional thoughts:
I suspect that cd's receiver is getting falsed on 88.9 because ever since they dropped their HD-1,
I have had no indication of digital sidebands on either a JVC or a Radiosophy.
WXEL-2 carries Classical 24, but if and when a proposed transfer goes through, they will probably carry WKCP on HD-2.
WLRN-2 is running what they call XtraHD.
I believe they also carry it on WKWM-2 in the lower keys.
WKIS-3 is KHB-34 on 162.55.
WLYF-2 has been running Christmas music in December for the last few years but not in 12/2010.
KJKK-2's version of The...Strip in Dallas is much slicker than WEAT-2's.
Wikipedia shows WFAN to be on HD-3s in NYC, Washington DC, Tampa, Orlando, and WPB.

 

[cd637299]

It's hard to explain what 88.9 is doing to my otherwise-trusty Sony XDR-F1HD. It's possible that the proximity of WQCS is falsifying what I hear (I have an outdoor antenna, and if not for WDNA, WQCS would be a trusty semi-local).

I just hope that for DX season, 88.7 & 89.1 will be open for me. (It's already used by pirates here)

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