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Smooth Jazz is Back in Chicago!

Yes...we are encoded with the Arbitron PPMs....there's no need to have the call letters plastered all over the station...the diary method is long gone. Thanks for the feedback on the web site...that is a cool site you sent me.

Stay tuned everyone....good things are coming..
 
I gave it a listen on my way back from Michigan last Sunday-- I tuned in around Lansing on the Tri-State. The signal was there, but unfortunately it sounded awful, due to the fact that my Kenwood only tunes to 87.9. Back in the days when I had an analog tuner, there would have been no problem. I suppose there are still a lot of clock radios and "walkman" type portables in use that have analog tuners.

Because of the tuning problem, the station is just not listenable in my car. Unfortunately I don't think I'm going to be able to go out and buy a new receiver just for this one signal. I do hope it is successful though. Perhaps eventually they will be able to pick up one of the suburban stations for an affordable price. I would rather listen to a weak Class A with a little noise in the background than something that sounds bad all the time because it is 150 kHz off frequency.
 
I wonder how well this station will do. Most of today's radios simply cannot get the signal because their tuners only go to 87.9.
That will be a big challenge for them, I would think.
 
skywatchbob said:
I wonder how well this station will do. Most of today's radios simply cannot get the signal because their tuners only go to 87.9.
That will be a big challenge for them, I would think.
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audioguy said:
I gave it a listen on my way back from Michigan last Sunday-- I tuned in around Lansing on the Tri-State. The signal was there, but unfortunately it sounded awful, due to the fact that my Kenwood only tunes to 87.9. Back in the days when I had an analog tuner, there would have been no problem. I suppose there are still a lot of clock radios and "walkman" type portables in use that have analog tuners.

Because of the tuning problem, the station is just not listenable in my car. Unfortunately I don't think I'm going to be able to go out and buy a new receiver just for this one signal. I do hope it is successful though. Perhaps eventually they will be able to pick up one of the suburban stations for an affordable price. I would rather listen to a weak Class A with a little noise in the background than something that sounds bad all the time because it is 150 kHz off frequency.
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I guess I'm not an average listener: both of my vehicles tune down to 87.7, one has RBDS(RDS) and it reads WLFM. My Sony 7.1 Component Receiver tunes down to 87.50. My Sony ICF-SW7600GR Portable tunes down to 76.00 Mhz, and even my Sony Clock Radio tunes down to 87.5, and my Walkmans and Sandisk MP3 Player tune down to 87.5. And I have a number of analog tuners as well.

The alternative to listen (at least at home) would be to tune in with an Analog TV since the sound is Analog FM, unfortunately WLFM-LP has changed the deviation to 75 kHz (like regular FM stations use) from 25 kHz (what TV stations use) and the Stereo Pilot Tone is different for TV's (15.734 kHz) than Radio's (19kHz) so the sound may be distorted and might not be receivable in Stereo on a Stereo TV. And a Live Internet stream may be available at some point, as well (not the Clear Channel Smooth Jazz Online Stream, that's a different stream)

If they were "cuming" around a million listeners as WNUA, and they do well, one could only hope that Smooth Jazz 87.7 could eventually acquire some suburban signals...
 
stormy01 said:
skywatchbob said:
I wonder how well this station will do. Most of today's radios simply cannot get the signal because their tuners only go to 87.9.
That will be a big challenge for them, I would think.
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audioguy said:
I gave it a listen on my way back from Michigan last Sunday-- I tuned in around Lansing on the Tri-State. The signal was there, but unfortunately it sounded awful, due to the fact that my Kenwood only tunes to 87.9. Back in the days when I had an analog tuner, there would have been no problem. I suppose there are still a lot of clock radios and "walkman" type portables in use that have analog tuners.

Because of the tuning problem, the station is just not listenable in my car. Unfortunately I don't think I'm going to be able to go out and buy a new receiver just for this one signal. I do hope it is successful though. Perhaps eventually they will be able to pick up one of the suburban stations for an affordable price. I would rather listen to a weak Class A with a little noise in the background than something that sounds bad all the time because it is 150 kHz off frequency.
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I guess I'm not an average listener: both of my vehicles tune down to 87.7, one has RBDS(RDS) and it reads WLFM. My Sony 7.1 Component Receiver tunes down to 87.50. My Sony ICF-SW7600GR Portable tunes down to 76.00 Mhz, and even my Sony Clock Radio tunes down to 87.5, and my Walkmans and Sandisk MP3 Player tune down to 87.5. And I have a number of analog tuners as well.

The alternative to listen (at least at home) would be to tune in with an Analog TV since the sound is Analog FM, unfortunately WLFM-LP has changed the deviation to 75 kHz (like regular FM stations use) from 25 kHz (what TV stations use) and the Stereo Pilot Tone is different for TV's (15.734 kHz) than Radio's (19kHz) so the sound may be distorted and might not be receivable in Stereo on a Stereo TV. And a Live Internet stream may be available at some point, as well (not the Clear Channel Smooth Jazz Online Stream, that's a different stream)

If they were "cuming" around a million listeners as WNUA, and they do well, one could only hope that Smooth Jazz 87.7 could eventually acquire some suburban signals...
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I get them perfectly on my CC Radio plus.
 
If it's good they'll do well, especially if they cover jazz from the beginning through current time.

Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Billie Holiday
 
Silkie said:
If it's good they'll do well, especially if they cover jazz from the beginning through current time.

Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Billie Holiday
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That's a good idea to sneak a few classics in here and there, but, after all, WLFM is a Smooth Jazz station!

What about WDCB 90.9? http://www.wdcb.org/ WDCB is online in case you're out of their reception area...
 
stormy01 said:
Silkie said:
If it's good they'll do well, especially if they cover jazz from the beginning through current time.

Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Billie Holiday
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That's a good idea to sneak a few classics in here and there, but, after all, WLFM is a Smooth Jazz station!

What about WDCB 90.9? http://www.wdcb.org/ WDCB is online in case you're out of their reception area...
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And you consider Billie Holiday?
 
Silkie said:
stormy01 said:
Silkie said:
If it's good they'll do well, especially if they cover jazz from the beginning through current time.
Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Billie Holiday
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That's a good idea to sneak a few classics in here and there, but, after all, WLFM is a Smooth Jazz station!
What about WDCB 90.9? http://www.wdcb.org/ WDCB is online in case you're out of their reception area...
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And you consider Billie Holiday?
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A great Jazz Singer. I have no say-so what is being broadcast on WLFM.
Everyone be sure that they send their suggestions to: [email protected]
patwkelley who has posted here is the person who has more influence than lil' ole me...apparently he's been busy getting WLFM going and
(we hope) taking our suggestions into account....now, what about that website, http://www.wlfm877.com/?
 
patwkelley said:
Yes...we are encoded with the Arbitron PPMs....there's no need to have the call letters plastered all over the station...the diary method is long gone. Thanks for the feedback on the web site...that is a cool site you sent me.

Stay tuned everyone....good things are coming..
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I'll buy the PPM encoding argument, but how do you give word of mouth? "I listen to that station below 88 that plays smooth jazz"...that's classy sounding. "Plastering" the calls all over WNUA didn't seem to hurt them too badly. Word of mouth is an important part of the mix...why not make it easy to point listeners toward your product? Legal ID's are all that's required on commercial & non-com stations. If you're line of thought was valid, then all stations would ID once an hour & never mention their calls again. Not many stations do it that way.
 
radioman148 said:
We'll know very soon.
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WITI is broadcasting info. on where to get your converter boxes, so the Milwaukee HDTV blogger may be unfortnately correct.
One more month of interference to WLFM-LP and Smooth Jazz in the N/NW suburbs.

BTW CBS is coming in great (80%+ signal) now that they're on RF Channel 12.
 
Keep the blogs coming....and send us email with suggestions...we are looking at them. I've been in So. Calif the last few days and have spent a lot of time listening to The Wave in LA and KIFM in San Diego...both SJ stations. Interesting music mix....I wrote a bunch of songs down. Be patient Chicago...we are very excited about this project.
 
First I would like to say Thank You for putting the format back on the air in Chicago! I had some family
members who always listened to WNUA, and were very happy when I told them the format was back on
at 87.7.

I do have to agree with the poster's who are saying that you need to get some ID's on the station, it would
improve the flow of the station and stop the 5-10 seconds of dead air during the optional local breaks. It
would also be beneficial for word of mouth. Some of my relatives and co-workers were not even aware
that the FM band went below 88.1.

Overall I think this was a very smart move, and I don't want to be critical, because I think it was great how
fast you returned the format to the airwaves. Best of luck too you with the station, I hope it turns out to be
a success. I would also get a great laugh if you happened to beat 95.5 in the PPM's ;D
 
Hey Pat,
Glad to hear SJ is back in Chicago! Was bummed out big time when NUA left SJ. Luckily I scanned the radio to find this. For others, my FM in an old car I have only goes down to 87.9 so some old radios won't work well....too bad they can't bump it up to 87.9
Please bring back Sounds of Brazil and Musical Star Streams. I stayed up late sometimes just to listen to Star Streams on NUA. It would be a pleasure to hear some of his selections during the course of the day... :) :)
 
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