But sports on an AM when a good localized format is being done on FM is a no-go ratings wise. But Good Karma has a national deal with ESPN and gets sports marketing national money, so the case is not a ratings-based issue.
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I think it would be better to have Pat "singing" Fats Domino. I don't want to think of the alternative meaning.
I have seen a whole warehouse complex built over a transmitter site for a 50 kw directional AM with no degradation of signal whatever. The biggest risk in the "build up" of surrounding areas comes from things like power lines and steel frame buildings that can affect the pattern of directional stations.
When the landlord raised his rent, he said, “I’m walkin!”
I wouldn’t be too sure of that. Copper radial theft was an issue 40 years ago when I was there in the 1980s.
Do you mean you worked in the NYC market in the '80s, or you specifically worked on High Island for CBS or NBC (or Emmis after 1988)? How were people without authorization getting on the island? I only know of two ways on or off, via the bridge from City Island (with gate and access control) or by boat. And High Island used to be manned 24-7. (Though that's undoubtedly a relic of history.)
In Ecuador years ago, we laid ground wires by hand with a loop through a cinderblock every 30 meters or so. So, to steal the copper, one would have to dig up each radial by hand and break open the cement block of which there were two or three on each radial.
Of course, this was doable as labor for this kind of farm-like labor was about U$S 15 a month for six 8 to 10 hour days a week.
Yes, I worked for one of the above, when the island was co-owned by NBC and CBS. At that time there was a caretaker living on the island. The island is fenced but the ground wires run off the island into the water. Thieves figured out how to get to the copper. And when the system was repaired in the 80s it was done by boat.
Last time I visited the island 6 or 7 years ago, the caretaker was gone, and his cabin was used for equipment storage.
Just more evidence, as if we needed it, that no one in the industry was ready to write a check for $50 million.
Ownership of radio stations isn't restricted to people in the industry, and in fact there are two industry companies that are forbidden by the government from adding another station in NYC.
My take on the story is he had a buyer, but not in time for August 31.
In theory, 710 and 1010 with thier power considerated thanks to their direction pattern should also be good in NYC too. I sure someone has actually done measurements in the last few years. Would Manhattan with the buildings be "worst" place for AM?
Here in central NJ, WOR is by far the strongest NYC AM signal, because of their secondary lobe aimed at Philadelphia. WBBR is also very strong during the day, but almost totally disappears when they switch to their directional pattern at night.
WFAN and WCBS (I refuse to call them WHSQ) are less strong than WABC, simply because they're farther away. Enough so that they suffer from skywave/groundwave cancellation at night.
WINS and WEPN are both pretty good during the day, but at night get interference from their Canadian neighbors.
WADO is now 50 kW during the daytime as well, but with their highly directional pattern, they don't do any better out here than when they were 5 kW.
WMCA also planned upgrading to 50 kW, but it mostly just would've heated up the fish in the ocean.
The bitrate compression is pretty noticeable on TJ 98.7. I thought it was just the usual digital HD Radio artifacts when I heard it in my car, but I'm also hearing the same telltale swishy sounding highs on a mono analog-FM Boston Recepter radio in my home.
I wonder if they're playing MP2/MP3 format music files or if the bitrate compression is occurring in the radio.cloud system they're using. Or worse yet, if it's more than one cascading bitrate compression artifact piling on top of one another.
I wonder if they're playing MP2/MP3 format music files or if the bitrate compression is occurring in the radio.cloud system they're using. Or worse yet, if it's more than one cascading bitrate compression artifact piling on top of one another.
It's a prestige thing. Management wants to tell sponsors -- or buyers of time blocks -- they're heard on a 50,000 watt flamethrower. It certain sounds more impressive than being "just" 5kw.
When they had issues a couple of weeks ago, and the analog was mono, that was fixed, but the HD bitrate fell from the highest to the baseline. It’s the same base as the iHeart stations (I.e. WLTW, WKTU). Not sure if that’s just easier to avoid any more audio issues.
I know the log is National and the format is likely temporary, but I’m really loving 98.7’s take on the hot AC format. It has a different sound from 102.7, leaning slightly alternative while 102.7 leans slightly rhythmic, which isn’t a take on the HAC format that we’ve had in the tri-state in a while.
Any media buyer or client I’ve ever known would laugh in the face of someone trying to sell them on “a 50,000 watt flamethrower” here in 2024. Hell, long before that. It’s meaningless; audience delivery matters. Don’t try to sell some 1960s crap about “flamethrowers” which no one actually talks nor cares about. Talk about the actual ears the station is delivering that align with the product demos.
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