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Memphis Radio engineers to do/fix list

M

mikl73

lets pretend you were the engineer and all stations in Memphis fell as your responsibility
what would your to do list look like....

Budget & Management approval not required in this game


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my list:

Fix audio chain on WUMR
new stl,exiter, and processing
new control board (? always sounded like there is a problem with relays or someting)

WEVL
new digital STL 4Ch to plan for HD radio
to clean up signal over the long hop they have

WMPW,WHRK,KJMS
correct the processing so that everything isn't mashed into digital mud

WMC
turn the spatual processing down just a tiny bit so music doesn't clear the center completely so often

WMFS,WMBZ,WRBO,WHRK,WMPW,KJMS
Re-encode the music with better ripping and encoding software

WMFS - adjust the processing a small amount to favor the format better


WMPW,WRBO,WMBZ
fix mic processing or buy new mics
whatever is needed to fix the distortion and add better low responce

KXHT
new phone hybrid / compressor or adjust so inbound audio does not distort like it nearly always does

WHBQ-fm
Fix the processing/EQ so the 5-6k band isn't overdriving
add back the high end 10-13k which sounds very dull right now
add some type of low end processing to enhance the low end or adjust existing
processing as the very last lower end is rolled off a bit (has always been on 107.5) maybe the stl or exciter doesnt give a good full responce at all frequencies


WKNA
develope and deploy a new program audio delivery method
Ch10 SAP sounds awful even for talk (use this for backup) or HD subchannel
dual hop digital stl is possible (could hop off WRBO tx site maybe) not sure exact distance to WKNA tx from WRBO tx seems likely to be almost close enough

WMC-am
Fix the Transmitter whatever has been the issue recently

WHBQ-am,WOWW,WGSF - tower maintance check for pattern compliance and correct
any issues found
 
> lets pretend you were the engineer and all stations in
> Memphis fell as your responsibility
> what would your to do list look like....
>
> Budget & Management approval not required in this game

WXMX: Please, PLEASE fix the STL issue.

The analog STL is co-channel with someone else's. When there is dry talk on 98.1, you can hear some co-channel interference. Geez... am I the only guy who notices this? Bush League!

And, this should be easy.

DE
 
There are no Memphis stations processed exceptionally well. I attribute that to the "format preset" buttons. No one stands out, and I wonder why FM 100's PD isn't on thier CE for "louder and cleaner than all the rest" However, if they still are running an Optimod XT there's no way to do that. I would love a chance to pick an analog audio processing chain and see what I could do up against all of the digital presets in town.

I have heard 98's STL issues. They should go digital.

What leads you to suspect the 56 array is not right?

On another note, I was noticing how clean WREC's signal was today during Hannity when I was listening to the opening music.

The non-comms are simply a budget issue.

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> There are no Memphis stations processed exceptionally well.
> I attribute that to the "format preset" buttons. No one
> stands out, and I wonder why FM 100's PD isn't on thier CE
> for "louder and cleaner than all the rest" However, if they
> still are running an Optimod XT there's no way to do that. I
> would love a chance to pick an analog audio processing chain
> and see what I could do up against all of the digital
> presets in town.
>
> I have heard 98's STL issues. They should go digital.
>
> What leads you to suspect the 56 array is not right?
>
> On another note, I was noticing how clean WREC's signal was
> today during Hannity when I was listening to the opening
> music.
>
> The non-comms are simply a budget issue.
>

Speaking of the non-comms, is WYPL using that big 100KW transmitter out in the Arkansas cow pasture? I can see the little one in Midtown from my front porch and I know it's on....
 
>
> Speaking of the non-comms, is WYPL using that big 100KW
> transmitter out in the Arkansas cow pasture? I can see the
> little one in Midtown from my front porch and I know it's
> on....
>

They're supposed to be...but if you look at the coverage patterns, most of the new coverage is just that...cow pasture.

That was a huge waste of taxpayer money.. I think the midtown tower is used as an intermediate STL site. The transmitter is 28 miles from downtown.
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> >
> > Speaking of the non-comms, is WYPL using that big 100KW
> > transmitter out in the Arkansas cow pasture? I can see the
>
> > little one in Midtown from my front porch and I know it's
> > on....
> >
>
> They're supposed to be...but if you look at the coverage
> patterns, most of the new coverage is just that...cow
> pasture.
>
> That was a huge waste of taxpayer money.. I think the
> midtown tower is used as an intermediate STL site. The
> transmitter is 28 miles from downtown.
>

I dunno, the midtown site really screws up the lower portion of the FM band where I'm sitting. I remember last summer they would be switching back and forth between the two...if I could get 90.3 out of Oxford, then midtown was off. When it's on it's sometimes hard to pick up WEVL or even WUMR! It's been on for months straight now. If the transmitter was 28 miles away, it wouldn't be screwing up the low end of the FM band (or even parts of the AM and SW bands on my Grundig), would it??
 
>
> I dunno, the midtown site really screws up the lower portion
> of the FM band where I'm sitting. I remember last summer
> they would be switching back and forth between the two...if
> I could get 90.3 out of Oxford, then midtown was off. When
> it's on it's sometimes hard to pick up WEVL or even WUMR!
> It's been on for months straight now. If the transmitter was
> 28 miles away, it wouldn't be screwing up the low end of the
> FM band (or even parts of the AM and SW bands on my
> Grundig), would it??
>

You are right. Interesting. I wonder if they are having issues with the Frenchman's Bayou site?


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> > lets pretend you were the engineer and all stations in
> > Memphis fell as your responsibility
> > what would your to do list look like....
> >
> > Budget & Management approval not required in this game
>
> WXMX: Please, PLEASE fix the STL issue.
>
> The analog STL is co-channel with someone else's. When
> there is dry talk on 98.1, you can hear some co-channel
> interference. Geez... am I the only guy who notices this?
> Bush League!
>
> And, this should be easy.
>
> DE
>

I missed that one and its been making them sound bad for a good while.. seems like crosstalk maybe from one of the other stations in the building
 
> I missed that one and its been making them sound bad for a
> good while.. seems like crosstalk maybe from one of the
> other stations in the building

It's definitely an STL issue. They share a ~ 950 MHz frequency with someone, though I have forgotten who it was.

It wasn't an issue when they were using the Arkansas site; the directional dishes pointed in different directions. And, those dishes are REEEEEEAAALY directional. When they moved, the problem popped up.

So, yes... it has been that way for years.

DE
 
> There are no Memphis stations processed exceptionally well.
> I attribute that to the "format preset" buttons. No one
> stands out, and I wonder why FM 100's PD isn't on thier CE
> for "louder and cleaner than all the rest" However, if they
> still are running an Optimod XT there's no way to do that. I
> would love a chance to pick an analog audio processing chain
> and see what I could do up against all of the digital
> presets in town.
>
Best sounding station I ever worked for ran an Optimod 8100 with the 6 band limiter...and that's it.
 
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