Mall at Steamtown

[Zenith Transoceanic]

Sadly, Paul died a few years back.

Oh. :-\
Thank you for the information, Vince.

 

[ka2xuk]

Can you actually pick up WARM in the Mall at Steamtown now?

No. I tried it when I set up that studio for Citadel a few years ago. The RF noise there is horrendous on the AM band. It even rendered WEJL unlistenable, even though the transmitter is only a block away from the mall. A shielded loop antenna, like those used with the Belar AM modulation monitors, might work.

WARM rarely did remotes from anywhere during the nearly eight years that I worked for Citadel. I did have alternative methods of getting WARM program audio to a remote venue during those times when WARM did such broadcasts:

1. SCA. I used a 67 kHz SCA subcarrier on WSJR for WARM programming. An SCA receiver would provide AM-quality audio for the PA system at the venue.

2. Backhaul feeds on the Comrex and ISDN systems. These sounded much better than the SCA and the ISDN feed was in stereo.

The only full-show remote that we ever did while I worked there was with Sam Liguori broadcasting his "Polka Weekend" show from the Plymouth Kielbasa Festival. I played the music and commercials from the studio, while Sam was under a tent on Main St. in Plymouth. We used a Marti link to the studio and the SCA for feeding the PA system and Sam's headphones. AM reception in the part of Plymouth where we were set up was extremely noisy.

Since WARM used (and still uses) a satellite-fed format for the oldies programming, we had a different system for remotes. The automation system was programmed to automatically record a 60-second remote "drop" and insert it into a stopset. I did that from several venues.

WARM never did any remotes from the Mall at Steamtown during my tenure. Magic 93, 97BHT, and 97.9X did just about all of the remotes from there in the Citadel days.

 

[cowboy72]

if they set warm up at the mall..whos going to do the live breaks, the ghost of harry west? and besides, you cant hear warm in kingston, whats the reasoning behind it? live remotes dont bring out listners anymore. as one post said, whos going to come out to watch, and hear 4 breaks an hour? again,,,good radio is in the past..great remotes, great programing, and great jocks. there all gone.

 

[NigelWick]

Cowboy and the others are right. Sorry to say, but the days of remotes are over. I think Daniels & Webster on Rock 107 were the last to do them with any regularity. You'll probably see/hear some from the Bloomsburg Fair next month. It is a nice little way to get the station some visibility and bond with the audience. Give them a coffee mug and a bumper sticker, and you have a friend for life. Satellite/voice track/automation have killed the radio star.

 

[Roger]

For must remotes they call it in on a cell phone.

 

[Prospector]

Cowboy and the others are right. Sorry to say, but the days of remotes are over. I think Daniels & Webster on Rock 107 were the last to do them with any regularity. You'll probably see/hear some from the Bloomsburg Fair next month. It is a nice little way to get the station some visibility and bond with the audience. Give them a coffee mug and a bumper sticker, and you have a friend for life. Satellite/voice track/automation have killed the radio star.

I know our station still does remotes. DiRienzo and I did a Friday remote every week this sumer and Rock 107 is doing weekly Eagles remotes. I love them, meet people who listen, get a chance to make an actual connection. I used to hate them but I've done a 180 on that. Biggest problem in these shrinking budget times is having stuff to giveaway to people. We still use a Marti or a Comerx for remotes.

 

[NigelWick]

The correction has been noted, and thank you for maintaining radio values.