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WNYC AM to test All-digital AM. For 1 Day.

Ex-RadioTV

Ex-RadioTV

Last month, all-digital WFAS, White Plains, NY returned its license to the FCC.
Now this:
Today, New York Public Radio, licensee of WNYC AM applied to the FCC for an experimental authorization to test the all-digital MA3 format, on Sunday December 8th.
The test will be run that one day, and perhaps extend an hour into the nighttime period. WNYC AM an operates at 820 kHz with 10kW-D, 1kW-N, DA-2 from the WMCA tower site in Kearny, NJ.
Reps from the NAB and Xperi will be on hand to monitor the operation, evaluate the MA3 format in an urban environment, and see how it may interact with co-channel WSHE in Frederick, MD.
But hey, read the filing for yourself:

NYPR’s Experimental Authorization Request
 
Fans of This American Life, TED Talks and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me who don't have a receiver capable of MA3 reception will be disappointed. But I suppose these shows are also available on FM in New York, right?
 
CTListener said:
Fans of This American Life, TED Talks and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me who don't have a receiver capable of MA3 reception will be disappointed. But I suppose these shows are also available on FM in New York, right?
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RadioMaxwell said:
And wherever you get your podcasts
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And virtually around the clock every weekend, somewhere in the public radio universe. Check the schedules and stream them from whichever distant station is airing/streaming them that hour.
 
CTListener said:
Fans of This American Life, TED Talks and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me who don't have a receiver capable of MA3 reception will be disappointed. But I suppose these shows are also available on FM in New York, right?
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For anyone with an HD Radio receiver, WNYC 820 is already simulcast on WNYC-FM HD3. And the AM programming is already a simulcast of the main WNYC-FM for much of the day, although they do split it off for separate programming during certain time blocks.

In any case, while I'm sure it may be an interesting test from a technical standpoint -- perhaps on behalf of broader HD Radio research being done by NPR -- I don't know what the point of switching 820 to MA3 permanently would be. The station is already available in the market digitally via FM HD3 and streaming. The AM is almost like one of those cable TV channels still being offered in SD for some reason, when the HD version is just a channel click away.
 
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