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WIBC-FM in Mono?

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When WIBC flips to FM on Radio Now's old dial position(93.1), will they transmit in mono or stereo? Being a talk station, mono would make more sense.
 
Steve Miller said:
When WIBC flips to FM on Radio Now's old dial position(93.1), will they transmit in mono or stereo? Being a talk station, mono would make more sense.
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Their HD signal is in stereo...an occasional spot or promo has separation. My guess is Stereo...
 
They'd be smart to stay stereo. Even talk radio sounds good if the signal holds up.

(Side note: Radio World had a great circuit for automatically switching an Optimod from stereo to mono when the incoming audio goes to mono; if they had somebody to build it and implement it they'd have "instant board operator!!")
 
You know that an FM mono signal gets better coverage than stereo? Isn't that why WFT is in mono?
 
RDO said:
You know that an FM mono signal gets better coverage than stereo?
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yeah, I know it is, but if you have good programming (meaning good shows with good music beds or lively talent) in my opinion I like stereo better.

But if you want good overall COVERAGE, then yes mono is the way to go.
 
Juan Bodley said:
RDO said:
You know that an FM mono signal gets better coverage than stereo?
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yeah, I know it is, but if you have good programming (meaning good shows with good music beds or lively talent) in my opinion I like stereo better.

But if you want good overall COVERAGE, then yes mono is the way to go.
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This was truer in the early days of FM. Nowadays, most FM radios blend into mono long before the stereo light flickers off. Once it's blended into mono, the noise from a weak stereo signal is essentially gone. If there's a lot of multipath (not much of a problem in flat central Indiana), there's some benefit to mono, but overall, a killer signal like 93.1 wouldn't benefit much from non-stereo operation IMHO.
 
No stereo light. Bad idea! Research has found that most won't stop for you station if that light isn't on even if the program is mono.
 
WHIO-FM(previously WDPT "The Point"licensed to Piqua,OH) is doing the same thing simulcasting news/talk WHIO-AM in Dayton. It's true..a mono carrier travels further than stereo.
 
I second that! I worked on a mono 3K FM in the 70's that traveled about 50 miles (that's 50 flat Indiana miles ;D ) and after the stereo exciter was installed, it's about a 30-35 mile radius.

That said... I'd rather hear a clean stereo signal versus flat mono.
 
In the 70's when WNAP first went to the Post Road site in lafayette you could hear a clean stereo signal msot of the time. That was on radios of that day.
 
Wazzie said:
I second that! I worked on a mono 3K FM in the 70's that traveled about 50 miles (that's 50 flat Indiana miles ;D ) and after the stereo exciter was installed, it's about a 30-35 mile radius.

That said... I'd rather hear a clean stereo signal versus flat mono.
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Anybody in south central IN wanna test that theory? I'm sure I could arrange for a stereo light to be extinguished for a few seconds while someone is monitoring at a distance...
 
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