True Oldies Channel Returns

[Barry]

It is now on WCBS FM HD3, and is still programmed by local personality Scott Shannon.
CBS Sports Radio, which had been on that channel, has been moved to WNSH HD3. There is no HD2 there at this time.

 

[mets18]

It is now on WCBS FM HD3, and is still programmed by local personality Scott Shannon.
CBS Sports Radio, which had been on that channel, has been moved to WNSH HD3. There is no HD2 there at this time.

Sounds like they are broadcasting one channel of a stereo signal in mono. I heard We Can Work It Out by the Beatles and I could hear no vocals.

 

[Barry]

Some of the songs are in mono. But the majority of the ones I've heard are in stereo.

 

[TheBigA]

It is now on WCBS FM HD3, and is still programmed by local personality Scott Shannon.

This is how smart personalities get an increase in salary without costing the company money.

 

[Barry]

I believe that Entercom, Shannon's employer at his day job has nothing to do with his True Oldies project, other than carrying it on this station, and perhaps a few others.
The show is distributed by United Stations Radio Network.

 

[TheBigA]

I believe that Entercom, Shannon's employer at his day job has nothing to do with his True Oldies project,

Yes I know. That's why I say their clearance on an HD channel benefits Scott Shannon without costing Entercom money.

 

[erwin33]

Is it the same playlist/rotation as the online version of the TOC? True Oldies Channel

 

[Barry]

Compared the 2 briefly. Different songs are playing.
That may be simply due to the fact that the online version has commercials and the HD3 does not, affecting the scheduling.

 

[AMRocks]

Yes I know. That's why I say their clearance on an HD channel benefits Scott Shannon without costing Entercom money.

Entercom isn't doing that for free. There's payment somehow

 

[TheBigA]

Entercom isn't doing that for free. There's payment somehow

There aren't any commercials, so I doubt it. It's a favor to Shannon.

 

[DXingRadio]

There aren't any commercials, so I doubt it. It's a favor to Shannon.

Hey boss can I program one of our HD channels?

"Our what?"

 

[erwin33]

The online version of TOC sound pretty good though. Like CBS FM in their real oldies era.

 

[mets18]

Some of the songs are in mono. But the majority of the ones I've heard are in stereo.

I agree. They appear to have fixed this. Doesn't sound bad for an HD3.

 

[Barry]

I haven't been able to find this commercial-free broadcast online. Perhaps Entercom will eventually add it. The version that has its own site has advertisements..

 

[CaliRadioFan]

It's on the IHeart app courtesy of KRBE-HD2 in Houston (Cumulus)

 

[RoddyFreeman]

Not sure what KRBE-HD2 has to do with it, but you can type Real Oldies Channel into the iHeart app or ask Alexa for it.

 

[RF101]

Shannon's True Oldies Channel also is carred on 250-watt daytimer WYRE in Annapolis, Maryland . Too bad the 810 AM audio is not equalized properly for music so it sounds like coming from a cavern...

 

[erwin33]

Don't see KRBE-HD2 on the Iheart app.

 

[erwin33]

The TOC is not The Real Oldies Channel from Iheart though.

 

[Barry]

Checked out the version carried by IHeart, as mentioned in a post above. It is apparently the same feed as on the TOC website, and has commercials.
The advantage of listening on the version broadcast by the HD3 in New York is that there are no ads.