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wpcm is owned by 101.1 wztk ,wztk could go hd with wpcm on hd2

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wpcm is owned by 101.1 wztk ,wztk could go hd with wpcm on hd2
I like the wpcm music but would sound so much better on hd2 over wztk 101.1 hd2.
for what its worth
Bobby
 
They certainly could do that or even make WPCM itself AM-HD but I doubt either scenario will happen.

Curtis Media Group has not implemented HD Radio at any of its stations. Lots of cost outlay for little if any return on investment at this stage.

AM-HD in particular has many technological issues, and there just aren't a great many receivers out there. I've heard AM-HD in the Jacksonville market on WBWL and WFXJ and the fidelity is only marginally better than analog AM and still a long ways from FM...if you can even pick it up and you'd have to be not too far away from Tower Drive for a reliable signal.

They could get an FM translator, which the FCC is now allowing for some AMs with nighttime signal issues. Again, that would only provide their home base of Burlington with FM stereo oldies and beach tunes.
 
They won't go HD until there was a foreseeable profit. There's not a foreseeable profit in HD right now.
They can sound great on HD radios, but that's like sounding great on Victrolas, there just aren't that many around, so what's the point? [If a signal falls in the HD woods, could it possibly make revenue?] I wonder what the numbers are for both those, now that I think about it. It might be close.

Last I heard, Burlington was full up on the FM dial, since 97.9 and the last round of low-powereds.
 
So .008% of the market can enjoy some HD Radio programming?

Am I alone on this one, does anyone even own an HD Radio? Or even know someone that does?
 
i have 2, one in each car.

my brother has 2, one in 2 of his cars.


we both would enjoy oldies 93 more if the imaging were not so repetitive. and the music could be better, too. i guess that would come first. haha.

we also both miss 105.7's kiss2-funk. 98.7 simon's subterranean is too deep for me, but my brother enjoys it. i'd like if 94.1 got HD, and put oldies on hd-2.

are there any translator frequencies open? if wztk put wpcm (or wsjs) on HD, and then simulcasted that on an FM translator, all of a sudden they'd have a "real" FM presence. look at "the river" in asheville.
 
??? Where do you live Amos? It hasn't been Oldies 93 for years rather "The Wolf" and 94.1 is K-Love but does stream oldies on the web?
 
I have an Accurian table top HD radio as well as an HD car radio I've not yet installed. I enjoy WRDU's HD2 classic country channel (I'm in Durham), though the imaging could be lots better. I'd listen to WMAG's smooth jazz HD2, but the signal is so unreliable here. I rarely get HD streams for any of the Entercom Greensboro'S FM stations (I've never received even a hint of WSMW's HD signal). The Accurian makes a great analog FM radio, the AM is lacking though.
 
BIG APE said:
??? Where do you live Amos? It hasn't been Oldies 93 for years rather "The Wolf" and 94.1 is K-Love but does stream oldies on the web?
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we're talking HD radio, ape. i live in forsyth co. WPAW HD-2 is oldies, as "oldies 93."
 
Until the FCC mandates receivers include HD, the technology will never catch on. The seem to always mandate for TV - UHF tuners, now digital TV - but radio (AM stereo, HD) has never been mandated.

If they were to do HD, it would seem to make more sense to put the money on the FM signals rather than AM simply because of the coverage areas would be much greater. Why, they could even put WSJS's programming on an HD channel of the FM and improve that coverage.

Now that I think about it - wouldn't it make real good sense to move to HD with existing products that already have an advertising base? Just charge a little extra for the HD - help pay for the technology - and begin to build an advertiser base there. With today's digital audio systems, it would be simple to run separate commercials on AM and the HD channel. So, make it a deal you can't refuse for a year or two - make a few extra bucks, and be ready if it ever catches on.
 
This is kind of like when FM radio was getting off the ground. The AM broadcasters all said it would not be a problem until every car rolling off the line in Detroit had an FM radio. HD is in a very young state and do not feel it will be a factor until there is an HP radio on the counter at Walgreen's for 5.99.
 
Today many AM stations are missing the chance for their bigger FM sibling to add a "HD" signal, i'm aware the
cost is expensive right now, but hopefully sooner or later many of them will consider taking a low-powered AM
and simulcast it on FM and online, it will benefit especially in smaller markets, and with a much better quality
of audio and coverage.
 
"if it ever catches on"...."sooner or later"....
PEOPLE, please.....the financial timeline is NOW.
next month is next year is next millennium.
otherwise, click on Craig's List.
 
Yeah, it would be nice if all your favorite AM stations and faraway FMers were on some HD channel, but then there would be problems with that. It would be presented wrong, too many commercials, bad signal in your area, it would always be something.
Find a way to make it profitable for the stations and sell them on that. Until then, it's all just pipe dreams. It might happen one day, but you can't expect businesses errr stations to lose money for ten years to make 10 people mildly happy, unless they could exponentially grow the numbers every week.
 
XTalker said:
Until the FCC mandates receivers include HD, the technology will never catch on. The seem to always mandate for TV - UHF tuners, now digital TV - but radio (AM stereo, HD) has never been mandated.

If they were to do HD, it would seem to make more sense to put the money on the FM signals rather than AM simply because of the coverage areas would be much greater. Why, they could even put WSJS's programming on an HD channel of the FM and improve that coverage.

Now that I think about it - wouldn't it make real good sense to move to HD with existing products that already have an advertising base? Just charge a little extra for the HD - help pay for the technology - and begin to build an advertiser base there. With today's digital audio systems, it would be simple to run separate commercials on AM and the HD channel. So, make it a deal you can't refuse for a year or two - make a few extra bucks, and be ready if it ever catches on.
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HD will never work as long as the signals are lousy. Same as digital TV--perfect signal or no signal. At least with DTV, they had the ability to make the signals as strong as possible, but in some cases even that doesn't work. Whereas with regular FM and analog TV, you can have a lousy signal and still listen.
 
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