Thanks, Scott, but do you mean that the stations carry brokered programming, or that one or more of their HD channels is brokered (like Talkline appears to be with WNEW 102.7 HD3?
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Thanks, Chris. Yes, I've seen in the past that HDRadio.com's not exactly current, but I think(!) that it does eventually catch up.
Also, I checked your neocities URL and, interestingly, its most-recent change to an HD channel is indeed WNEW 102.7 HD3 which apparently became Talkline just 2+ weeks ago (Dec9).
One or more of their HD subchannels is brokered - also true of WXBK and, until recently, WVIP.
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I think HDRadio.com only updates the station listings there if they’re reported. For the most part, the listings are inaccurate or incomplete. I’m in Dallas-Fort Worth (market #5) and they still have 102.1 listed as “The Edge”. 102.1 flipped to “Star” on 11/16/2016. They also have 89.3 KNON and 90.1 KERA listed as having HD and they’ve never had HD since I moved here in December of 2017. I noticed another market listed a station being in HD, but I’m 100% sure it’s never been in HD.
Anyways, I don’t even bother checking HDRadio.com anymore. I just visit the link that I provided for HD radio updates.
Anyone know a site I can see the coverage maps of the HD signals?
I’d say that a good rough estimate (recreational) would be the red circle using the Radio Locator maps. Obviously that could vary based on terrain, etc. but it should give you a pretty general idea.
What is probably more likely is that Audacy will (eventually) move Channel Q permanently to 102.7 HD2, and shut off 92.3 HD3 to give 92.3 HD2 more bandwidth for better audio quality. 102.7 HD3 can operate with less bandwidth if it is just spoken word.
If only HD radio signals were the equivalent of FM signals. Why make new technology with limited signals? AM was much stronger and be heard in more places than FM and HD is less stronger than FM.
Broadcasters have been asking the F.C.C. for authorization to boost the power of HD signals by a considerable level.
That could help make their coverage area more comparable to analog FM.
Do you have an HD radio? Have you actually listened to what signal coverage is like at current power levels and on current radios? Or are you just guessing without any direct knowledge?
To clarify - many broadcasters have already been running those higher power levels, very successfully. What the current rulemaking would do is to make those power levels standard instead of requiring them to be renewed under STA.
I do have one in my car. I notice HD signals die in Wayne, NJ.
Actually, no. While a few AM stations have full market signals and some reach adjacent markets, nearly all full signal FMs cover their whole market.
For example, in Cleveland, Ohio, one AM mostly covers the whole market day and night. There are at least a dozen FMs that have usable signals over essentially all of the metro.
While a few markets have more than one big-signal AM stations, most have just one or two and a number have none.
Oh thank you for clarifying.
Why KNX? I sometimes wonder if Audacy really thinks KNX on 97.1 is the key long term? Or until they figure out what else they want to do with 97.1. Last I saw knx isn’t in top 10 is any desirable demos, or close. From what I’m hearing myself inside the building billings haven’t increased (he could’ve been just talking out of his behind), and they don’t do more with their HD2 for news, specials, or any podcasts
No one else, even at Audacy thinks that’s a little weird?
KAMP would be more appropriate for Channel Q.
(And yes, I'm gay, so I'm allowed to make that joke.)
ive always felt Audacy is keeping an eye on Channel Q’s audience and how to build upon that and bring that to FM one day, in L.A.
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