Radio 2010

[NHRadio]

Do you EVER say anything else other than Boston radio sucks and/or you miss WILD??? We get it. You hate Boston radio...need an Urban AC...junk....garbage...enough already.

Radio
In 2008
92.9 (WBOS) GARBAGE
93.7 Worse than GARBAGE
94.5 Today's Hit Music/Rythmic Leaning (WJMN) AVG
96.9 Talk (WTTK) GARBAGE
98.5 Below AVG
99.5 Better than that old Bull Riding S--t Junk ,that was here
100.7 Classic Rock JUNK
101.7 JUNK
102.5 There That Bull Riding S--t Music JUNK
103.3 Avg
104.1 Station Suck , But The Pats are here = AVG
105.7 JUNK
106.7 AVG
107.9 AVG

590 JUNK
680 JUNK
850 OUTSTANDING , THE SPORTS LEGEND !
1030 AVG
1200 JUNK
1430 JUNK
1510 TRASH

 

[JIBGUY]

Re: OK, I HAVE to know why...

I'm said it before, but Boston must have the worst set of allocations of any major city. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and a few others (Denver is pretty close) have a great setup that gives a ton of frequencies.

Example: Boston has a 106.7. So do all of the above. All of the above also have a 107.5 city-grade signal, and some have 107.1 and 107.9 rimshots. Instead, we have a 107.9 city-grade signal and a 107.3 rimshot. This cancels out the possibility of one rimshot in the 107's. Looking further, Boston does not have a single city-grade signal in the 101's, while the above can claim 101.1 both 101.9. Even with the close markets nearby; you can give 107.1, 105.5, 104.7, etc. to Providence.

Actually, I think the worst set of allocations is at Washington DC when you look at the AM dial....
1) - At night, half the DC licensed stations don't reach the other side of town.....
2) - There are many adjacent-suburb cities that have stations that can't reach across town either.
3) - DC has NO Class I-A clear channel station. Only one at 50kw (1500, directional) that gets killed by 1510 in Nashville. A city that large (DC) should have at least 3 power-houses like Boston has.

 

[DanStrassberg]

Re: OK, I HAVE to know why...

Actually, I think the worst set of allocations is at Washington DC when you look at the AM dial....
1) - At night, half the DC licensed stations don't reach the other side of town.....
2) - There are many adjacent-suburb cities that have stations that can't reach across town either.
3) - DC has NO Class I-A clear channel station. Only one at 50kw (1500, directional) that gets killed by 1510 in Nashville. A city that large (DC) should have at least 3 power-houses like Boston has.

DC's best signal is 630--now 10 kW-D/5 kW-N. 980 has been 50 kW-D/5 kW-N for at least a decade. I think the night pattern is the legacy pattern that dates back to NARBA or earlier. There are more suburban AMs in the DC area than in most larger metros. For example 1050 in (IIRC) Silver Spring MD (now owned by Bonneville and with either an app or a CP to increase D power. This station is now WFED broadcasting news that targets federal employees--given the market, a very clever use of the signal). Just 20 kHz down the dial at 1030 is a 50 kW daytimer licensed to Indian Head MD about 35 miles south of DC. This station is directional (all day) to protect WBZ during critical hours but throws a pretty strong signal to the north into DC. Just one example of the MANY 20-kHz spacings in that market. The Boston metro has many 30-kHz spacings but only a few 20s: WCRN/WEEI is the most obvious. WNTN/WNSH is another but because of WNSH's execrable signal is no problem. WJIB/WVNE is another non-problem.