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WCBS-FM Could Do It Too

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peppertree

Maybe now or in a few years, WCBS-FM could bring back a Saturday night nostalgia show. I am thinking of the seventies sound of WCBS-FM.

Yeh, they have their thing on HD. Will HD take off, or be a failure as AM stereo seems to be.

I am only dreaming.<P ID="signature">______________
[email protected]</P>
 
AM-Stereo is not a failure. The stations that fail to recognise and promote it, are. AM-Stereo is alive and well on WWKB in Buffalo WREF in Ridgefield, CT, and WICC in Bridgeport, CT., and they all sound great. C-QUAM capable radios are easy to come by, I own three of them. I tried to make this argument on another New York radio board we all know. I was shot down mercilessly. Fools.

NO IBOC!!! I repeat: NO IBOC!!!!! (now if someone would actually listen to reason....)

Wishful thinking...

-A

> Maybe now or in a few years, WCBS-FM could bring back a
> Saturday night nostalgia show. I am thinking of the
> seventies sound of WCBS-FM.
>
> Yeh, they have their thing on HD. Will HD take off, or be a
> failure as AM stereo seems to be.
>
> I am only dreaming.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
"...How can you be deaf, with ears like that??"</P>
 
> AM-Stereo is not a failure. The stations that fail to
> recognise and promote it, are. AM-Stereo is alive and well
> on WWKB in Buffalo WREF in Ridgefield, CT, and WICC in
> Bridgeport, CT., and they all sound great. C-QUAM capable
> radios are easy to come by, I own three of them. I tried to
> make this argument on another New York radio board we all
> know. I was shot down mercilessly. Fools.
>
> NO IBOC!!! I repeat: NO IBOC!!!!! (now if someone would
> actually listen to reason....)

Which one sounds better marketing-wise; Stereo or Digital? That's why this is done for. I'm a tad sad we didn't use the other worldwide standards, but it's too late now.
 
Though this post was about a revival oldies show on 101.1 FM, I will take your bait.

I do not doubt that the system you mention is workable, feasible and potentially profitable. The problem is that no one in the public knows what it is or recognizes AM stereo as being any more feasible than picture telephones (which are also there but not used). You can have a wonderful system or product, but if no one buys it, it is not an economic success. I hope that great things happen with AM stereo and that the providers of it, make a lot of money with it. I am totally a Capitalist.



> > AM-Stereo is not a failure. The stations that fail to
> > recognise and promote it, are. AM-Stereo is alive and well
>
> > on WWKB in Buffalo WREF in Ridgefield, CT, and WICC in
> > Bridgeport, CT., and they all sound great. C-QUAM capable
> > radios are easy to come by, I own three of them. I tried
> to
> > make this argument on another New York radio board we all
> > know. I was shot down mercilessly. Fools.
> >
> > NO IBOC!!! I repeat: NO IBOC!!!!! (now if someone would
> > actually listen to reason....)
>
> Which one sounds better marketing-wise; Stereo or Digital?
> That's why this is done for. I'm a tad sad we didn't use
> the other worldwide standards, but it's too late now.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
[email protected]</P>
 
> With WABC doing four hours of oldies on Saturday nights...

It only took them 5(?) years to notice the shares that NJ101.5
pulls on weekends when they dump talk and play 70s/80s tunes??
Groundbreaking!
 
> AM-Stereo is not a failure. The stations that fail to
> recognise and promote it, are. AM-Stereo is alive and well
> on WWKB in Buffalo WREF in Ridgefield, CT, and WICC in
> Bridgeport, CT., and they all sound great. C-QUAM capable
> radios are easy to come by, I own three of them. I tried to
> make this argument on another New York radio board we all
> know. I was shot down mercilessly. Fools.
>
> NO IBOC!!! I repeat: NO IBOC!!!!! (now if someone would
> actually listen to reason....)
>
> Wishful thinking...
>
> -A
>
> > Maybe now or in a few years, WCBS-FM could bring back a
> > Saturday night nostalgia show. I am thinking of the
> > seventies sound of WCBS-FM.
> >
> > Yeh, they have their thing on HD. Will HD take off, or be
> a
> > failure as AM stereo seems to be.
> >
> > I am only dreaming.
> >
>
ive been looking since 1985.. i still havent found an AM stereo..<P ID="signature">______________
note to the NAB..satellite radio..its worth paying for!!</P>
 
> > AM-Stereo is not a failure. The stations that fail to
> > recognise and promote it, are. AM-Stereo is alive and well
>
> > on WWKB in Buffalo WREF in Ridgefield, CT, and WICC in
> > Bridgeport, CT., and they all sound great. C-QUAM capable
> > radios are easy to come by, I own three of them. I tried
> to
> > make this argument on another New York radio board we all
> > know. I was shot down mercilessly. Fools.
> >
> > NO IBOC!!! I repeat: NO IBOC!!!!! (now if someone would
> > actually listen to reason....)
> >
> > Wishful thinking...
> >
> > -A
> >
> > > Maybe now or in a few years, WCBS-FM could bring back a
> > > Saturday night nostalgia show. I am thinking of the
> > > seventies sound of WCBS-FM.
> > >
> > > Yeh, they have their thing on HD. Will HD take off, or
> be
> > a
> > > failure as AM stereo seems to be.
> > >
> > > I am only dreaming.
> > >
> >
> ive been looking since 1985.. i still havent found an AM
> stereo..
>


I've never seen one in my life eithier....but I've got a tape of WLS in 1986 running AM stereo and it sounds amazing.
 
> AM-Stereo is not a failure. The stations that fail to
> recognise and promote it, are. AM-Stereo is alive and well
> on WWKB in Buffalo WREF in Ridgefield, CT, and WICC in
> Bridgeport, CT., and they all sound great.

WWKB broadcasts mono audio over an AM Stereo carrier. Stereo light on, but no separation.

WJIB 740 AM Cambridge/Boston, MA (Adult Standards) sounds great in AM Stereo, though on their low night power you have to be close by for good reception.

WLYN 1360 AM Lynn, MA (Ethnic, ten miles north of Boston) is still AM Stereo on their day power only.
 
> ive been looking since 1985.. i still havent found an AM stereo..

In the 80's and early 90's I bought a few Sony AM Stereo Walkmans when they were new, and a Radio Shack AM Stereo auxiliary tuner for my home stereo.

I worked at an AM Stereo oldies station at that time in the mid-80's, WMEX here in Boston.

The old Walkmans have long ago broken, but over the past few years I have replaced them and bought two AM Stereo home receivers and car stereos from the 80's on eBay.
 
> > ive been looking since 1985.. i still havent found an AM
> stereo..
>
> In the 80's and early 90's I bought a few Sony AM Stereo
> Walkmans when they were new, and Radio Shack AM Stereo
> auxiliary tuner for my home stereo.
>
> I worked at an AM Stereo oldies station at that time in the
> mid-80's, WMEX here in Boston.
>
> The old Walkmans have long ago broken, but over the past few
> years I have replaced them and bought two AM Stereo home
> receivers and car stereos from the 80's on eBay.
>
so what you are saying is we cant buy NEW am stereos...i am yet to see one new at a store..and until i got XM i was looking..<P ID="signature">______________
note to the NAB..satellite radio..its worth paying for!!</P>
 
> so what you are saying is we cant buy NEW am stereos...i am
> yet to see one new at a store..and until i got XM i was
> looking..

Yes, unfortunately they're pretty much off the market here. They may still be making them in some other countries such as Japan, but the digital tuning frequency spacing may be different and may not work in America.
 
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