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Looking around for a table-type HD radio (Hybrid Digital radio)

radiofan2023 said:
I also have had Mediacom and never had radio stations as part of the lineup.
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FM radio service via cable actually was a minor controversy in the Bay Area 21 years ago.

Comcast ended FM service on some of its systems:
www.sfgate.com

Comcast cuts back on FM service / Listeners in 31 North and East Bay communities object to cable company's decision

Comcast cuts back on FM service / Listeners in 31 North and East Bay communities object to...
www.sfgate.com www.sfgate.com

After that blowed up good, Comcast put the FM service on a digital tier:
www.sfgate.com

Comcast to restore 30 FM radio stations / Some would pay $5 fee for receiver for digital system

After months of complaints from Comcast customers angry at losing free FM radio service,...
www.sfgate.com www.sfgate.com

I don't know if they're still offering it. I never needed it in Oakland where my house was actually at a higher elevation than the Sutro Tower.

Edit: Ignore the "Client Challenge" bit; the links will take you to the right articles.
 
radiofan2023 said:
What kind of radio plugs into a cable outlet?
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Many late 80s and later receivers, component tuners, and some better table radios have a 75Ω F connector for the FM antenna input. Older tuners and receivers with a 300Ω FM antenna input would need a balun, such as one of those cheap "TV matching transformers".


I had a Sylvania TV/VCR combo that had a FM tuner built in. I do remember it getting the local stations on FM when connected to my Comcast cable, back before they went digital and the basic channels didn't require a cable box. At the time, I didn't connect the dots on whether I was receiving FM signals injected by Comcast or if it was just picking up the big local stations from the tower farm about 5 miles away.
 
Mark Roberts said:
FM radio service via cable actually was a minor controversy in the Bay Area 21 years ago.

Comcast ended FM service on some of its systems:
www.sfgate.com

Comcast cuts back on FM service / Listeners in 31 North and East Bay communities object to cable company's decision

Comcast cuts back on FM service / Listeners in 31 North and East Bay communities object to...
www.sfgate.com www.sfgate.com

After that blowed up good, Comcast put the FM service on a digital tier:
www.sfgate.com

Comcast to restore 30 FM radio stations / Some would pay $5 fee for receiver for digital system

After months of complaints from Comcast customers angry at losing free FM radio service,...
www.sfgate.com www.sfgate.com

I don't know if they're still offering it. I never needed it in Oakland where my house was actually at a higher elevation than the Sutro Tower.

Edit: Ignore the "Client Challenge" bit; the links will take you to the right articles.
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When I lived in SF around 14 years ago, I had cable, but I don’t remember if it was Comcast or not. I mainly just watched Giants games on it, but I know there weren’t any FM stations as part of whichever cable service it was.
 
fybush said:
Having actually worked for what's now Spectrum, and knowing people in tech there, I find it very, very doubtful that any Spectrum system anywhere is actually still carrying analog FM. That's 20 MHz of spectrum that's actually used these days for return paths for cable modems. And they're certainly not adding new LPFM stations or the "cable-only" K-Love stations with fake calls you put in your list.

If you have hard evidence to the contrary, I would like to see it.
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Spectrum is used at the UW Madison campus and this is the list which I have with cable radio on UWM campus and near by buildings.
 
IKHNetworks said:
Here's one slide of many slides
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This looks more like an on campus cable TV service called ResNet and not something provided by Spectrum. Its common for colleges to have their own cable TV distribution system similar to what you see in hotels. This allows them to distribute service in analog or clear QAM on campus so that you can plug and play without needing to rent a cable box for each TV. They can also provide campus exclusive channels and services like cable radio. I'm surprised any colleges are still running a cable radio service in 2026. Kids in college nowadays grew up in a world with wifi and smartphones, they stream everything and most don't own a standalone FM radio.
 


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