Question about Stations broadcasting in HD.......

[Zander Kelly]

I know on the AM dial.........WSCR, WBBM, ESPN, and WLS all broadcast in HD.......what about WIND and WGN??? Everytime I turn those stations on I get nothing. Anyone??? Anyone???

 

[audioguy]

WSCR, WBBM, and ESPN currently broadcast in HD (at least most of the time). WIND, WGN, and WLS do not.

 

[avtosalon]

WGN and WLS used to broadcast in 'AM HD'. Management and/or ownership of those stations made the decision to drop HD because it is technically flawed.

Originally WLS had HD all day long, but later changed to HD during daylight only and 'AM Stereo' at night. Now HD is gone altogether on WLS.

I heard somewhere that WIND had HD when the station was owned by Univision until 2004. The HD stopped after Salem became the owner of WIND.

Univision's 1200 WRTO was HD but that ended after the station moved it's towers last year to a new location.

Other Chicago area 'AM HD' stations are 1300 WRDZ, 1390 WGRB, and 1690 WVON. Don't expect to hear the HD signal however unless you are located a few miles from the tower.

620 WTMJ from Milwaukee can be heard in HD occasionally from the north suburbs.

I hope that some day HD will be gone entirely from the AM band because it really screws-up reception of nearby stations on the dial as well the AM HD station's own signal.

 

[dave73]

I heard somewhere that WIND had HD when the station was owned by Univision until 2004. The HD stopped after Salem became the owner of WIND.

Univision's 1200 WRTO was HD but that ended after the station moved it's towers last year to a new location.

Yes, when Salem swapped then WZFS (now WPPN) for WIND, they had HD turned off because WIND's HD interfered with their then Milwaukee area station, WRRD (now WAUK). Once HD was turned off from WIND, I was able to hear AM 540 in Indiana during the day. Also, people in Milwaukee could hear 540 without the hash.

As for 1200 WRTO, David Eduardo would have more info on that station, but I do remember that WRTO lost their old broadcasting site before the new site was complete, & the towers at the old site were taken down. Yes the towers were complete, but testing out the new site however wasn't complete. I don't know if that's the case now. So if the station's signal isn't complete, then I believe they're waiting for everything to work the way it should, then have HD on the station again. Again, David Eduardo has more info on this station, but Univision is a big believer in HD Radio.