WDJO nighttime signal, WCIN

[johnnyrichards]

Wassup?? I've actually been able to listen to it after sunset. WYLL still tries to ruin it, but it's definitely listenable out here in NW Hamilton county.

And:
Thank You Major for answering the question I was going to post about WCIN - so far I think I like BA more than Jones - it'll be interesting to see if we get any Randy Crawford.

 

[robmadden1]

1480 WCIN never sounded good hear in Delhi. I am able to pick it up on my stereo any time of the day now I used to not even beable to get it during the day time but my porable sony walkman could. That was the only way I could listen. I think they increased thier singal strength.

 

[major]

Oh Crap, I was going to post that I CAN'T STAND the new BA feed on WCIN. It SUCKS!!!

Too many vocals, too much Kenny G-String, Etc.

Darksoldier,
Eddie and i have lost weight, we get up off our fat a#### and turn it off all the time.

 

[hipporadio]

Wassup?? I've actually been able to listen to it after sunset. WYLL still tries to ruin it, but it's definitely listenable out here in NW Hamilton county.

And:
Thank You Major for answering the question I was going to post about WCIN - so far I think I like BA more than Jones - it'll be interesting to see if we get any Randy Crawford.

I just wrapped-up two weeks at the Ex-Stay on Chester in Sharonville... The WCIN signal was SOLID at night near I-75 & I-275. NO PROBS to listen [and I did a few times at 4:30AM] on a C Crane radio. As I drove Cincy, I found their signal dependable in most areas daytime, but "in trouble" in the southerly-KY burbs. MUCH better signal than 1230!

WDJO... GREAT - DAYTIME... Not listenable by non-radio-geek types at that location at night.

 

[Elephant]

It's no wonder you got WCIN that well in that location. The towers are just south of you at I-75 & Ronald Reagan. They direct a huge amount of signal to the north. WCIN is unlistenable at night downtown and up I-71 around Dana. Gets better the further north you go past Red Bank and up to Pfeiffer, but north of there it's bad. I can't even get it near their studios in Blue Ash at night. Not far from my place.

WDJO on the other hand points it all to the northeast, but the signal gets killed on I-71 anyway because of the skywave.

 

[almaniac27]

Speaking of nighttime AM signals, WSAI has been coming in much clearer lately. I've been listening to the baseball playoffs and I can actually hear the words! They also seem to have the HD turned on but the strength isn't that good so my radio keeps switching back between digital and analog, which is really annoying. Off topic I know, but HD Radio is stupid.

 

[KyDXIn]

Speaking of nighttime AM signals, WSAI has been coming in much clearer lately. I've been listening to the baseball playoffs and I can actually hear the words! They also seem to have the HD turned on but the strength isn't that good so my radio keeps switching back between digital and analog, which is really annoying. Off topic I know, but HD Radio is stupid.

Which HD radio do you have and are you pleased?

Thank you.

 

[gabigley1]

Speaking of nighttime AM signals, WSAI has been coming in much clearer lately. I've been listening to the baseball playoffs and I can actually hear the words!

After reading this I checked the FCC file on WSAI. They are now operating with a S.T.A. and that my explain why their
signal on 1360 is stronger these days during WSAI's nighttime operating hours.

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=10100

 

[almaniac27]

Speaking of nighttime AM signals, WSAI has been coming in much clearer lately. I've been listening to the baseball playoffs and I can actually hear the words! They also seem to have the HD turned on but the strength isn't that good so my radio keeps switching back between digital and analog, which is really annoying. Off topic I know, but HD Radio is stupid.

Which HD radio do you have and are you pleased?

Thank you.

I have a Sony XDR-S3HD. I got it mostly because WOXY.com started broadcasting on WVXU's HD2 and partly because I'm a radio nerd. As radio's go, it is a good one. AM reception is good with my indoor loop and FM is remarkably good with the supplied dipole antenna. The only thing I wish the radio could do would be an analog-only mode. Like I said before, if you are in an area with fringe signals, the radio will switch between analog and digital and back again, which can be annoying, especially if the HD and analog signals are not timed right, which happens a lot. Besides WOXY.com, the HD2 stations are pretty worthless. The HD Radio commercials I hear all the time say that the substations are "locally programmed". Some in Cincinnati may be, but not the Clear Channel ones. All of their HD2 stations are programmed by a third party, Formatlab or something, and they're basically robot stations with no DJs and no personality. Plus they're bad formats. WEBN's is all hair metal. All in all, the radio has been interesting for me, but only the radio nerd part of me. Most average people won't find an HD Radio worth the $250 the Sony cost. I bought a Grace Wi-Fi radio back in August and it cost around $100 less and there are thousands upon thousands of stations to choose from. The technology is still kind of primitive, but once they streamline it and enable internet radios to be used in cars using cell phone frequencies or whatnot, I predict HD Radio and satellite will go the way of the dodo. Or AM Stereo. ;D

 

[ncincy1]

From one "radio nerd" to another - I have an HD Radio (Radiosophy) and the 2 internet radios (Roku and Grace).
The poor reception issues of HD radio and the even more poor selection of cookie-cutter formats is both frustrating and dissapointing.
You can't even compare the 2 technologies - Wifi radio rules - more selection (10,000+).
I would not trade my Roku and Grace radios for HD Radio - EVER. When Wifi streaming audio becomes more mobile and technically feasible, especially in automobiles, watch out AM/FM

 

[KyDXIn]

Or AM Stereo. ;D

I loved AM Stereo. My grandmother had a 1988 Aries K car that had an AM Stereo. I was so amazed when it would click onto a stereo signal. Thanks to all with information on the HD vs. Wifi radio. I had thought about getting an HD radio, but it seems, why bother.

 

[almaniac27]

From one "radio nerd" to another - I have an HD Radio (Radiosophy) and the 2 internet radios (Roku and Grace).
The poor reception issues of HD radio and the even more poor selection of cookie-cutter formats is both frustrating and dissapointing.
You can't even compare the 2 technologies - Wifi radio rules - more selection (10,000+).
I would not trade my Roku and Grace radios for HD Radio - EVER. When Wifi streaming audio becomes more mobile and technically feasible, especially in automobiles, watch out AM/FM

Hey ncincy, I sent a PM to you a while ago because based on some of your comments about the tower that might or might not be for 95.7 I thought that you might live pretty close by. I don't know if the PM got sent, so if you could check your inbox that would be great.

 

[hipporadio]

...Most average people won't find an HD Radio worth the $250 the Sony cost. I bought a Grace Wi-Fi radio back in August and it cost around $100 less and there are thousands upon thousands of stations to choose from. The technology is still kind of primitive, but once they streamline it and enable internet radios to be used in cars using cell phone frequencies or whatnot, I predict HD Radio and satellite will go the way of the dodo. Or AM Stereo. ;D

I recently purchased the C Crane “CC WiFi” – NICE PRODUCT! It works... Many in that genre create user indigestion just to get them up and going. Out-of-the-box, the C Crane unit delivered... CONGRATS, Mr. Chuck! I’ll endorse it over defective and destructive “HD Radio” any day!

I loved AM Stereo. My grandmother had a 1988 Aries K car that had an AM Stereo. I was so amazed when it would click onto a stereo signal. Thanks to all with information on the HD vs. Wifi radio. I had thought about getting an HD radio, but it seems, why bother.

Well DON’T BOTHER... You’ll merely reward the folks that have created most of radio’s current problem.

Near-shocking, but I have purchased an AM Stereo-capable radio within the last six months—the handmade Meduci AMX-2000 from the bench of one AM radio lovin’ Jeff Deck. It looks like a science-fair project, but plays like a dream. No “ornaments” whatsoever on this utility box-encased jewel... You’ll twist a non-gear-reduced knob reminiscent of a six-transistor 1960s AM portable to find your favorite station... There isn’t even a power switch on the front panel. I plugged a Terk AM loop into its antenna input [no ferrite bar inside], fed a pair of computer speakers, and HOLY COW... The 60s/70s were back—AWESOME RECEPTION and WIDEBAND AUDIO on the “doomed” AM band It features the seldom-used final-generation Motorola C-QUAM chipset, so I toted it to Myrtle Beach, SC—home to Oldies 910 WNMB—one of the lone-surviving AM stations with an AM Stereo exciter in front of the rig. Let’s just say, there are no shortage of over-processed FM stations in the hands of “yutes” that can’t reasonably-handle their glittering Omnias that sound worse than the AM audio rendered by the Meduci tuner! It may fall a bit short of a pristine FM presentation, butit's sound quality is pleasing and competitive.

 

[almaniac27]

...Most average people won't find an HD Radio worth the $250 the Sony cost. I bought a Grace Wi-Fi radio back in August and it cost around $100 less and there are thousands upon thousands of stations to choose from. The technology is still kind of primitive, but once they streamline it and enable internet radios to be used in cars using cell phone frequencies or whatnot, I predict HD Radio and satellite will go the way of the dodo. Or AM Stereo. ;D

I recently purchased the C Crane “CC WiFi” – NICE PRODUCT! It works... Many in that genre create user indigestion just to get them up and going. Out-of-the-box, the C Crane unit delivered... CONGRATS, Mr. Chuck! I’ll endorse it over defective and destructive “HD Radio” any day!

I loved AM Stereo. My grandmother had a 1988 Aries K car that had an AM Stereo. I was so amazed when it would click onto a stereo signal. Thanks to all with information on the HD vs. Wifi radio. I had thought about getting an HD radio, but it seems, why bother.

Well DON’T BOTHER... You’ll merely reward the folks that have created most of radio’s current problem.

Near-shocking, but I have purchased an AM Stereo-capable radio within the last six months—the handmade Meduci AMX-2000 from the bench of one AM radio lovin’ Jeff Deck. It looks like a science-fair project, but plays like a dream. No “ornaments” whatsoever on this utility box-encased jewel... You’ll twist a non-gear-reduced knob reminiscent of a six-transistor 1960s AM portable to find your favorite station... There isn’t even a power switch on the front panel. I plugged a Terk AM loop into its antenna input [no ferrite bar inside], fed a pair of computer speakers, and HOLY COW... The 60s/70s were back—AWESOME RECEPTION and WIDEBAND AUDIO on the “doomed” AM band It features the seldom-used final-generation Motorola C-QUAM chipset, so I toted it to Myrtle Beach, SC—home to Oldies 910 WNMB—one of the lone-surviving AM stations with an AM Stereo exciter in front of the rig. Let’s just say, there are no shortage of over-processed FM stations in the hands of “yutes” that can’t reasonably-handle their glittering Omnias that sound worse than the AM audio rendered by the Meduci tuner! It may fall a bit short of a pristine FM presentation, butit's sound quality is pleasing and competitive.

That sounds really cool. How much did this radio cost? Although my Grace radio allows me to listen to tons of AM stations without fading or IBOC interference, I still enjoy DXing every now and then. I checked on craigslist and ebay but I couldn't find anyone selling an AM Stereo capable receiver.