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When will WLS AM/FM be on iHeartRadio? Better Audio?
- Thread starter wpb1999
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Would Clear Channel be willing to make that deal with Cumulus?
JakeMooreRadio said:
If they could make money off it they would.
JakeMooreRadio said:
They already did. The Cumulus stations will be on IHR by early next year.
I hope the Cumulus stations get better audio. Clear Channel streams sound incredible at pretty low bitrates. I think they use AAC+ at 64k, but I could be wrong. Cumulus uses 48k for their FMs, and I've heard better 48k streams (I don't listen to their AMs so I'm not sure what they stream at).
I wouldn't be in such a hurry for this. In fact, someday you'll look back upon that original post with a little embarrassment.
IHeartRadio is a very clumsy app. For one thing, it's CONSTANTLY asking to sync with my Facebook account - whether I have one or not. Every single move I make, it requests this. No way to get out of that. Very, very annoying. And the audio isn't all that great either. Probably a little better than WLS' present set up, but I don't think that selling their soles to the devil is worth it.
It likely also means that WLS AM/FM will be yanked off of aggregators, such as Tune In Radio. And, don't be surprised if Clear Channel someday starts charging you for some streams on IHR. It's already set up that they could do this.
So, it's a lose-lose. Whenever the creeps at Cumulus meet up with the creeps at Clear Channel, you know that Average Joe Listener will be the ultimate loser.
IHeartRadio is a very clumsy app. For one thing, it's CONSTANTLY asking to sync with my Facebook account - whether I have one or not. Every single move I make, it requests this. No way to get out of that. Very, very annoying. And the audio isn't all that great either. Probably a little better than WLS' present set up, but I don't think that selling their soles to the devil is worth it.
It likely also means that WLS AM/FM will be yanked off of aggregators, such as Tune In Radio. And, don't be surprised if Clear Channel someday starts charging you for some streams on IHR. It's already set up that they could do this.
So, it's a lose-lose. Whenever the creeps at Cumulus meet up with the creeps at Clear Channel, you know that Average Joe Listener will be the ultimate loser.
It's all about the money, so you're right BRNout we will be paying for this sooner than later.
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