Power 96.1 shuts their Facebook down

[gilly78201]

looks like they shut down their facebook page today. they only managed 800 likes, and all the comments left by people were all negative. wonder when they'll be back?

 

[Gringo Bandito]

They used to have 4 pages. These 3 are still up.

http://www.facebook.com/Power961
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Power-961/235810566540974
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Power-961/416183835105391

 

[Wildstyle K]

103.9 Arizona's Alternative Station did the same thing with their facebook when they had to flip to a new format recently. They changed the name on their page then after a while just opened a brand new page and only allowed positive comments on the new one (while abandoning the old page). I'm sure there are angry people to post every time a format changes. You don't even have to change a format to earn nasty comments. Just simply say something someone doesn't like and that will earn you some angry comments on whatever business page you have.

What stations should do upon changing formats is open a "VENT STATION PAGE" for people to utilize.

 

[Wildstyle K]

Speaking of nasty comments and angry people, I think one of the BIGGEST problems with boycotts, rants, protests, riots, and most similar things is the fact that very few people do research or even think before posting/saying ignorant and nasty things, only leaving themselves to look more foolish in the end. It's one thing to joke around, but if many of the things people say when they are genuinely upset are being seriously said, then that's sad. On top of that, people truly believe that doing this exact thing will somehow encourage a change in their favor. Well, I guess sometimes it works to do these things when it comes to boycotts and protests since those types of physically active rants affect the businesses people are upset with. In my opinion, however, a good verbal/written rant is only one that's thoughtfully presented with facts to back up opinion, one containing statements that make actual sense, and one where the poster of the rant ends up being proven right in the end. Calling names or acting ignorant with nothing to back it up other than personal anger, on the other hand, I'd vote as the worst rant. It's like a dog barking because it wants to come inside - a lot of noise that only causes many people to get upset or ignore it until it stops.

If people are going to rant seriously with the intent to make a serious difference, they should think first before saying anything. I can't blame people for being upset, but I lose sympathy when I see or hear things like "Oh great another Top 40 Star*94 station" followed by a few explicit words and homophobic references.

 

[electroboy73]

 

[agentUrge]

Speaking of nasty comments and angry people, I think one of the BIGGEST problems with boycotts, rants, protests, riots, and most similar things is the fact that very few people do research or even think before posting/saying ignorant and nasty things, only leaving themselves to look more foolish in the end.

Welcome to the internet.

 

[MRFLASHPORT]

Speaking of nasty comments and angry people, I think one of the BIGGEST problems with boycotts, rants, protests, riots, and most similar things is the fact that very few people do research or even think before posting/saying ignorant and nasty things, only leaving themselves to look more foolish in the end. It's one thing to joke around, but if many of the things people say when they are genuinely upset are being seriously said, then that's sad. On top of that, people truly believe that doing this exact thing will somehow encourage a change in their favor. Well, I guess sometimes it works to do these things when it comes to boycotts and protests since those types of physically active rants affect the businesses people are upset with. In my opinion, however, a good verbal/written rant is only one that's thoughtfully presented with facts to back up opinion, one containing statements that make actual sense, and one where the poster of the rant ends up being proven right in the end. Calling names or acting ignorant with nothing to back it up other than personal anger, on the other hand, I'd vote as the worst rant. It's like a dog barking because it wants to come inside - a lot of noise that only causes many people to get upset or ignore it until it stops.

If people are going to rant seriously with the intent to make a serious difference, they should think first before saying anything. I can't blame people for being upset, but I lose sympathy when I see or hear things like "Oh great another Top 40 Star*94 station" followed by a few explicit words and homophobic references.

What many don't get is that corporate media doesn't care. Stop listening, tune in NPR, college radio, LPFM (if you are lucky to have it in your area, we can't in Atlanta because RadioASSist Ministry aka Frequencies for Sale have sold them all to Cumulus, as they have done all over the country with their massive SCAM PLAN that started back in 2001), the Internet. Use your cellphone and stream radio from many of the great European non-commercial stations. You will also hear news that isn't distorted and processed by advertisers and corporate owners who lie. You will hear life as the rest of the world lives. It's like shortwave radio, only no static, fading, or hash from incompatible digital modulation forced by some shitpiece corporate scum like IBOC.

People will eventually figure this out. Mega corporate radio doesn't give a rat's ass about the communities they are licensed to serve. Anyone remember "RJ Fletcher" the character played by Kevin McCarthy in the movie "UHF"? Replace RJ Fletcher with the Dickeys, Clear Channel, Cox, Entercom...
Pretty much sums up how most corporate media is today, especially the attitude:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV58D1H8fw8&feature=channel&list=UL

 

[uncamark]

Speaking of nasty comments and angry people, I think one of the BIGGEST problems with boycotts, rants, protests, riots, and most similar things is the fact that very few people do research or even think before posting/saying ignorant and nasty things, only leaving themselves to look more foolish in the end. It's one thing to joke around, but if many of the things people say when they are genuinely upset are being seriously said, then that's sad. On top of that, people truly believe that doing this exact thing will somehow encourage a change in their favor. Well, I guess sometimes it works to do these things when it comes to boycotts and protests since those types of physically active rants affect the businesses people are upset with. In my opinion, however, a good verbal/written rant is only one that's thoughtfully presented with facts to back up opinion, one containing statements that make actual sense, and one where the poster of the rant ends up being proven right in the end. Calling names or acting ignorant with nothing to back it up other than personal anger, on the other hand, I'd vote as the worst rant. It's like a dog barking because it wants to come inside - a lot of noise that only causes many people to get upset or ignore it until it stops.

If people are going to rant seriously with the intent to make a serious difference, they should think first before saying anything. I can't blame people for being upset, but I lose sympathy when I see or hear things like "Oh great another Top 40 Star*94 station" followed by a few explicit words and homophobic references.

What many don't get is that corporate media doesn't care. Stop listening, tune in NPR, college radio, LPFM (if you are lucky to have it in your area, we can't in Atlanta because RadioASSist Ministry aka Frequencies for Sale have sold them all to Cumulus, as they have done all over the country with their massive SCAM PLAN that started back in 2001), the Internet. Use your cellphone and stream radio from many of the great European non-commercial stations. You will also hear news that isn't distorted and processed by advertisers and corporate owners who lie. You will hear life as the rest of the world lives. It's like shortwave radio, only no static, fading, or hash from incompatible digital modulation forced by some shitpiece corporate scum like IBOC.

People will eventually figure this out. Mega corporate radio doesn't give a rat's ass about the communities they are licensed to serve. Anyone remember "RJ Fletcher" the character played by Kevin McCarthy in the movie "UHF"? Replace RJ Fletcher with the Dickeys, Clear Channel, Cox, Entercom...
Pretty much sums up how most corporate media is today, especially the attitude:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV58D1H8fw8&feature=channel&list=UL

[Self-deleting overheated statement in the hope that the mods will delete this]

 

[ArtyBoy]

Use your cellphone and stream radio from many of the great European non-commercial stations. You will also hear news that isn't distorted and processed by advertisers and corporate owners who lie. You will hear life as the rest of the world lives.

Sounds interesting. Any stations you recommend?

 

[agentUrge]

Use your cellphone and stream radio from many of the great European non-commercial stations. You will also hear news that isn't distorted and processed by advertisers and corporate owners who lie. You will hear life as the rest of the world lives.

Sounds interesting. Any stations you recommend?

Use the TuneIn Radio app, for starters. Station recommendations really depend on what you're looking for, though.

 

[chrocket87]

Use your cellphone and stream radio from many of the great European non-commercial stations. You will also hear news that isn't distorted and processed by advertisers and corporate owners who lie. You will hear life as the rest of the world lives.

Sounds interesting. Any stations you recommend?

Use the TuneIn Radio app, for starters. Station recommendations really depend on what you're looking for, though.

3FM in the Netherlands is a cool CHR/Alternative hybrid. The DJs speak in Dutch, but the music is in English. It was fun to listen to when I explored Amsterdam this past June.

 

[MRFLASHPORT]

Use your cellphone and stream radio from many of the great European non-commercial stations. You will also hear news that isn't distorted and processed by advertisers and corporate owners who lie. You will hear life as the rest of the world lives.

Sounds interesting. Any stations you recommend?

I've been enjoying Kickradio.NL:
http://www.kickradio.nl/dnn/default.aspx

Much wider, broader playlist than any of the crap spit out by the corporate trashcans. And they have a really polished sound and good processing.

I've been using TuneIn radio on the Iphone and now Android and it is a great app. You can search not just for stations, but specific content.

FWIW, Sprint has their 4G LTE on in Atlanta, and unlike my Verizon Iphone which didn't support voice and data, the LTE does. Not to mention it is about 2X-3X faster than my home DSL connection. Latency is pretty good too.

It's nice to be able to listen to radio again, even if it's coming over 1700/1900MHz in digital form. ;D

 

[acheron1982]

So, I currently have verizon wireless and stream both tunein and IHeart Radio. Of course, I make sure I'm using a lower number stream to reduce buffering. So here is my question:

If I took interstate 20 from Atlanta to Dallas, would I buffer more using Sprint while streaming radio or Verizon? I've been told Verzion is better because they have better coverage but I can buffer with full signal and be buffer free with little signal. So again, which is better to stream? Obviously, Sprint has lower package prices but not as good service coverage.

 

[BarryATL]

I use AT&T and stream all the time in the car. I use the high bit rate settings and very seldom have issues. I drive from Buckhead to Dallas regularly (my mom and dad live there) with no issues with the exception of the one dead spot that has been there since 1997: The top of Six Flags Hill. Topping that hill is always a crap shoot as to whether a call will drop or there will be a momentary drop in data.

 

[jabba17]

So, I currently have verizon wireless and stream both tunein and IHeart Radio. Of course, I make sure I'm using a lower number stream to reduce buffering. So here is my question:

If I took interstate 20 from Atlanta to Dallas, would I buffer more using Sprint while streaming radio or Verizon? I've been told Verzion is better because they have better coverage but I can buffer with full signal and be buffer free with little signal. So again, which is better to stream? Obviously, Sprint has lower package prices but not as good service coverage.

Look at Sprint's map. Obviously YMMV but Sprint has pretty good 3G coverage (including free roaming) along most interstates outside of the Mountain West. Sprint has a roaming agreement with Verizon. http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?INTNAV=ATG:HE:Cov

 

[MRFLASHPORT]

So, I currently have verizon wireless and stream both tunein and IHeart Radio. Of course, I make sure I'm using a lower number stream to reduce buffering. So here is my question:

If I took interstate 20 from Atlanta to Dallas, would I buffer more using Sprint while streaming radio or Verizon? I've been told Verzion is better because they have better coverage but I can buffer with full signal and be buffer free with little signal. So again, which is better to stream? Obviously, Sprint has lower package prices but not as good service coverage.

my experience is limited to Cobb county, comparing Sprints 3G to Verizon 3G is night and day, Sprint 3G has less latency and speeds seem to be about twice as fast, despite the two companies operating the same kind of EVDO Rev A network. I guess Sprint has more capacity, which would make sense as they are a PCS band carrier with smaller cells.

Sprint's 4G LTE (not WiMax) is incredible, but I've never used VZW 4G, from what I have heard, it is just as fast.

 

[jabba17]

Sprint's 4G LTE (not WiMax) is incredible, but I've never used VZW 4G, from what I have heard, it is just as fast.

WiMax is good (I have the HTC EVO 3D, which incidentally has an active FM chip), but ever since Sprint started rolling out LTE I am finding more and more locations without WiMax service that used to have it, despite Sprint's claim to support it for at least 3 more years.

How does LTE compare to WiMax on Sprint, speed-wise?

Verizon's ace in the hole is when you really get out in the middle of nowhere, like up in the Appalachians. Nobody else comes close.

In my experience and comparing it with others, AT&T's coverage is no better than Sprint's.

 

[MRFLASHPORT]

Sprint's 4G LTE (not WiMax) is incredible, but I've never used VZW 4G, from what I have heard, it is just as fast.

WiMax is good (I have the HTC EVO 3D, which incidentally has an active FM chip), but ever since Sprint started rolling out LTE I am finding more and more locations without WiMax service that used to have it, despite Sprint's claim to support it for at least 3 more years.

How does LTE compare to WiMax on Sprint, speed-wise?

Verizon's ace in the hole is when you really get out in the middle of nowhere, like up in the Appalachians. Nobody else comes close.

In my experience and comparing it with others, AT&T's coverage is no better than Sprint's.

LTE blows WiMax out of the water. For one thing, the latency on WiMax is horrendous, as is the jitter. Latency on LTE is much more akin to wired broadband connections. This is great for streaming, especially video- where WiMax suffers, especially from jitter, which can make things like Netflix and YouTube HD stutter or unusable altogether.

Sprint is in the process of a nationwide LTE rollout, in addition, they are also sunsetting their "legacy networks", both WiMax and iDEN (aka Nextel) are being phased out, the iDEN cutoff date is June 16, 2013, not sure about WiMax but I know their long term 5 year plan is to consolidate their 850MHz (iDEN ESMR), 1900MHz (1X/EVDO) and 2.5GHz (WiMAX/LTE) down to two services: put LTE on the 850MHz band, with some sites running it on 2.5GHz for capacity, and maintain the 3G EVDO/1XRTT network on 1900MHz (eventually clearing this spectrum for LTE channels as EVDO is phased out in the next few years).

Sprint's investment in Clearwire was an exercise in futility. WiMax is a dead end technology, and will be history soon.

 

[jabba17]

Streaming Radio in Atlanta

Sprint is in the process of a nationwide LTE rollout, in addition, they are also sunsetting their "legacy networks", both WiMax and iDEN (aka Nextel) are being phased out, the iDEN cutoff date is June 16, 2013, not sure about WiMax but I know their long term 5 year plan is to consolidate their 850MHz (iDEN ESMR), 1900MHz (1X/EVDO) and 2.5GHz (WiMAX/LTE) down to two services: put LTE on the 850MHz band, with some sites running it on 2.5GHz for capacity, and maintain the 3G EVDO/1XRTT network on 1900MHz (eventually clearing this spectrum for LTE channels as EVDO is phased out in the next few years).

Sprint's investment in Clearwire was an exercise in futility. WiMax is a dead end technology, and will be history soon.

If WiMax and LTE are running on the same band that would explain why my WiMax availability (and speed, for that matter) has dropped off so much since Sprint started rolling out LTE. Can Sprint dynamically allocate bandwidth between the two services, or is it fixed? I am thankful, however, that Sprint really likes Atlanta for some reason. Atlanta seems to get all of Sprint's new services first.

Question: Does LTE have the same problem as WiMax of dropping streams when the phone toggles between 3G and 4G? I have found myself turning WiMax off when streaming at times because every time the phone changes between 3G and 4G, the stream gets dropped and sometimes takes a while to pick it back up.

 

[MRFLASHPORT]

Sprint cannot dynamically allocate LTE or CDMA (EVDO) across spectrum bands, they are hardware changes that have to be done at each site (changing out base stations, resectoring antennas, optimization stage, etc). Their plan as explained to me by a senior network public safety/government accounts liasion is that they will eventually be LTE as CDMA is phased out, and will be primarily 850MHz ESMR once the spectrum is totally cleared of iDEN (and other ESMR users, rebanding is still underway, years behind schedule), and PCS1900. They eventually want to rid themselves of the 2.5GHz spectrum and recoup some of their losses when they ate much of Clearwire's debt. 2.5GHz is not an optimum band for a cellular WAN, propagation is poor, in building penetration is much worse than PCS1900 or AWS1700, and it's a band not found on most handsets.

CDMA/EVDO is also on borrowed time. It's at it's limit technology wise, and is not used widely outside of North America, the Carribean and a few Asian countries. LTE is the standard that the GSM alliance chose as a migration path. GSM/UMTS is what the rest of the world is on. The US Carriers are finally getting the idea that segmented network topology is limiting their growth and capacity. As smartphone use increases, and user base increases, LTE is the only way to deliver what people want...for now.

LTE is a different RF band and network core, so yes, if you leave the LTE coverage area, your phone has to switch networks, the PCS EVDO network will have to accept registration from your handset, give it an IP address, and so on before streaming can commence.