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Radio Soleil, and Other Subcarrier Stations

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Barry

We tend to devote very little discussion on radio boards to the many ethnic stations in New York that operate 24/7 on the subcarriers of major FM stations. After all, they require special radio receivers, and generally broadcast in languages other than English.
But Radio Soleil, which broadcasts on the subcarrier of WSKQ, has received lots of attention in the media over the past few days. Many of the thousands of people of Haitian background in the area have turned to this station for information on loved ones back home, and on the situation in general. Apparently considerable numbers have actually gone to the studios, desperate for some means of contacting relatives in Haiti, which has been largely bereft of electricity or phone service.
BTW, much of today Radio Soleil has been simulcasting Radio Signal, one of the only stations still on the air in Port au Prince.
Many of the numerous other ethnic stations on the subcarriers no doubt provide valuable links to information on the homelands of thousands of local residents.
Has anyone had experience listening to some of them? Naturally many, if not most now also stream online. I used to tune in to a subcarrier station which used to be the only local one playing Mexican music before Que Buena came on the air.
 
Barry said:
We tend to devote very little discussion on radio boards to the many ethnic stations in New York that operate 24/7 on the subcarriers of major FM stations. After all, they require special radio receivers, and generally broadcast in languages other than English.
But Radio Soleil, which broadcasts on the subcarrier of WSKQ, has received lots of attention in the media over the past few days. Many of the thousands of people of Haitian background in the area have turned to this station for information on loved ones back home, and on the situation in general. Apparently considerable numbers have actually gone to the studios, desperate for some means of contacting relatives in Haiti, which has been largely bereft of electricity or phone service.
BTW, much of today Radio Soleil has been simulcasting Radio Signal, one of the only stations still on the air in Port au Prince.
Many of the numerous other ethnic stations on the subcarriers no doubt provide valuable links to information on the homelands of thousands of local residents.
Has anyone had experience listening to some of them? Naturally many, if not most now also stream online. I used to tune in to a subcarrier station which used to be the only local one playing Mexican music before Que Buena came on the air.
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Why not put the subcarrier stations on HD2 or HD3?
I'm sure more Haitians tuned into the pirate stations than the subcarriers.
 
HD radio certainly provides a far better sounding signal than do the subcarrier side channels (SCA), such as the one used by Radio Soleil. But SCA radios are cheaper than HD receivers. And though both signals are weak, my experience is that HD is even more difficult to receive.
There are two ethnic stations leasing time on HD2 channels in New York. There is One Caribbean Radio, and HumDesi Radio which provides syndicated programming to people from India. It would be interesting to know how many are listening to these via HD radio.
 
Barry said:
HD radio certainly provides a far better sounding signal than do the subcarrier side channels (SCA), such as the one used by Radio Soleil. But SCA radios are cheaper than HD receivers. And though both signals are weak, my experience is that HD is even more difficult to receive.
There are two ethnic stations leasing time on HD2 channels in New York. There is One Caribbean Radio, and HumDesi Radio which provides syndicated programming to people from India. It would be interesting to know how many are listening to these via HD radio.
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0, because they aren't on the air yet
 
One Caribbean Radio has been broadcasting for several months on WSKQ HD2.
HumDesi Radio has been on WRKS HD2 for about a year.
 
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