In the car today I was tuned into WPRO AM for a few minutes when I realized that they are now also on 99.7 FM too. So I switched to the FM signal. All I can say is N-I-C-E! You don't realize how crappy AM radio sounds until you switch over to the same programming On FM. It's like listening to WPRO on a CD. Crisp and clear. I'm liking it.
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WPRO on 99.7 FM. I like it!
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Skynet74 said:
Putting a simulcast WPRO on WEAN is a great move and yes it does fill the void of Kent and South County as for WPRV I thought it was WPRA well whatever it is just going to be Staffless station with ads that the saleman says Ill give you 2 free airings that will end up on 790.
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argytunes
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Maybe there ARE commercial radio stations worth listening to? Particularly if they're simulcasted on the FM dial? :
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argytunes
The trend nationally for AM content to find its way over to FM was already well underway, and this WPRO-AM to 99.7 move just confirms it.
I wonder......Could this move give Clear Channel Providence the push it needs to finally pull the plug on Holland Cooke's "one music station too many" (93.3) to pave the way for WHJJ-FM, and perhaps making it possible for CC to dump 920 on the first buyer to come along with $$$ ?
I wonder......Could this move give Clear Channel Providence the push it needs to finally pull the plug on Holland Cooke's "one music station too many" (93.3) to pave the way for WHJJ-FM, and perhaps making it possible for CC to dump 920 on the first buyer to come along with $$$ ?
Dighton Rockhead said:
There is geniuus in those words you just posted. I just realized that you came up with the fastest and easiest way to make WPRO quake in their boots. Just put HJJ's signal on 93.3 FM. All of a sudden HJJ would be back in the game. Not only would they attract a whole new audience, but they also would have a better dial position than WPRO does on the FM side. Talk about coming up with the ultimate solution to kill off WPRO's excitement. THIS WOULD BE IT! One day WPRO has no competition. The next day WPRO says... OH SH*T!!!!
With WPRO now on 99.7, isn't Citadel cutting into WXLM's market in the New London market? I know that WXLM now has a new dial position, but people tend to forget just how good 99.7's signal is in most parts of New London County.
ScottBurns said:
Yeah there will be obvious overlapping in much the same way Providence and Boston overlap. But as long as the signal travels over the air and not over a cable wire, there isn't anything that either station can do about it. They are still two seperate markets. Listeners benefit in the end.
DG02816 said:
Clear Channel does nt own 99.7Citadel does.If Clear Channel wanted to get into the FM TAlk game WSNE as Coast would become toast.If by some chance they could dump WHJJ to the first sucker I mean potential buyer I think 93.3 becoming a talker would be a posibility and a good move.I don't think CC Providence is going to go to sleep on this one. This could become interesting to see over the next few months.Especially if WPRO is really getting a big boost in listenership as I have been hearing from more Conneticut calls and Micheal Savage being blown away by a call from Rhode Island in a long time as mentioned in an earlier post.
Let the FM TALK WARS begin in Rhode Island.
Options for Clear Channel Providence to mull over with the surplus 920 signal when WHJJ-93.3 becomes a reality (ala Holland Cooke's scenario):
1. The easiest, simplest way for quick cash is simply sell it off...probably to one of the smaller players in the market, or a new entrant.
2. No direct cash, but probably a nice tax write-off and plenty of good will would be to donate the station to (for example) Rhode Island College...finally giving the school a legitimate over-the-air signal.
3. Broker out the whole damn thing...in essence, turning 920 into a 24 hour a day 5000 watt billboard.
I'm hoping for either option 1 or 2. Besides, does the market really need another bottom-feeder AM to give 1320 WARL company? ;D
1. The easiest, simplest way for quick cash is simply sell it off...probably to one of the smaller players in the market, or a new entrant.
2. No direct cash, but probably a nice tax write-off and plenty of good will would be to donate the station to (for example) Rhode Island College...finally giving the school a legitimate over-the-air signal.
3. Broker out the whole damn thing...in essence, turning 920 into a 24 hour a day 5000 watt billboard.
I'm hoping for either option 1 or 2. Besides, does the market really need another bottom-feeder AM to give 1320 WARL company? ;D
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rapking
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I DONT LIKE TALK ON THE FM DIAL AND I DONT LIKE ONE STATION ON TWO or More RADIO SIGNALS ! THE MOST RADIO FORMATS ON THE RADIO DIAL , IS SO YESTERDAY , AND THATS WHY TODAYS RADIO DIAL SUCKS !
There is also the potential for LPFMs to take AM talk signals in situations where perhaps WHJJ could not make the move to FM..but the trend is clear that the AM band's days are numbered..you can broker these things to some degree, or make them ethnic stations--WHTB as an example in Fall River, or they can be religious or All Sports...
Anybody want to hazard a guess as to when WPRO will make a permanent move to FM and leave their AM home behind?
Anybody want to hazard a guess as to when WPRO will make a permanent move to FM and leave their AM home behind?
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argytunes
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This one is for rapking....
Not all AM radio stations are accessible because their broadcast pattern follows the curvature of the earth....while FM radio stations are line of sight!
Also...the clarity of the signal is usually much better on the FM band as opposed to AM.
And that's why simulcasting isn't such a bad idea...whether it's music or talk! ;D
argytunes
Not all AM radio stations are accessible because their broadcast pattern follows the curvature of the earth....while FM radio stations are line of sight!
Also...the clarity of the signal is usually much better on the FM band as opposed to AM.
And that's why simulcasting isn't such a bad idea...whether it's music or talk! ;D
argytunes
You know I find it amazing that neither news station in Rhode Island, 630 WPRO and 920 WHJJ have a signal that clearly covers this entire small state? Ok so WPRO now gets a better signal in southern Rhode Island. What about northearn Rhode Island? 630 is weak in far northern Rhode Island and can barely be heard at all at night in areas north and west of 295. WHJJ, they can't even reach the far northern and southern parts of the state clearly, and at night, same thing, only good south and east of 295.
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DG02816 said:
Ha ha ha... every once and a while WXIN getting a leftover AM comes up. Can anyone come up with why anyone would want to listen to WXIN on AM? Think about what Jeff Ryan has been saying about music on AM... and now look at the target audience of WXIN... what 18-24 year old is actually listening to music on AM?
The time for WXIN to have a full power AM or FM frequency has passed. For a while, it was a huge deal, but with Internet broadcasting technology, WXIN has a much larger audience now, and a real licensed station isn't so much of a priority anymore. The audience for WXIN online has grown enough where not only have they started a second stream on Live365, (called NIXM), but they also have a very popular web stream on ustream.tv. Yes, radio isn't going away, but at the same time, those that weren't allowed in are now finding ways around it to gather and capture audiences.
I think the next big challenge for radio will be smartphones and other small mobile devices that will have access to wireless data networks. The release of the iPhone has accelerated this. People are already plugging in their iPods and other music players in their cars and listening to them rather than radio. What happens when you can stream your favorite Internet station on your iPhone (or other device) as well? At that point, am I ever using the tuner in my car? The technology isn't quite there yet, but, its getting there real fast. I can easily see the presets going from the tuner to bookmarks on the device.
Besides... with the state budget defecit and RIC's money problems, do you honestly think WXIN/RIC could maintain an AM station? The tower would be falling down and sounding like WALE in less than a year!
riradio02842,
And through it all radio is looking for a way to be relevant and flubbing it every inch of the way. Locally the answer is stupid youtubes, text messaging, and elimination of local staffs replaced by voicetrackers who are so sterile they might as well not even be there. It is so obvious how ill equipped programmers around here are to deal with changing times and what their audiences are really like.
And through it all radio is looking for a way to be relevant and flubbing it every inch of the way. Locally the answer is stupid youtubes, text messaging, and elimination of local staffs replaced by voicetrackers who are so sterile they might as well not even be there. It is so obvious how ill equipped programmers around here are to deal with changing times and what their audiences are really like.
riradio02842 said:DG02816 said:
Ha ha ha... every once and a while WXIN getting a leftover AM comes up. Can anyone come up with why anyone would want to listen to WXIN on AM? Think about what Jeff Ryan has been saying about music on AM... and now look at the target audience of WXIN... what 18-24 year old is actually listening to music on AM?
The time for WXIN to have a full power AM or FM frequency has passed. For a while, it was a huge deal, but with Internet broadcasting technology, WXIN has a much larger audience now, and a real licensed station isn't so much of a priority anymore. The audience for WXIN online has grown enough where not only have they started a second stream on Live365, (called NIXM), but they also have a very popular web stream on ustream.tv. Yes, radio isn't going away, but at the same time, those that weren't allowed in are now finding ways around it to gather and capture audiences.
I think the next big challenge for radio will be smartphones and other small mobile devices that will have access to wireless data networks. The release of the iPhone has accelerated this. People are already plugging in their iPods and other music players in their cars and listening to them rather than radio. What happens when you can stream your favorite Internet station on your iPhone (or other device) as well? At that point, am I ever using the tuner in my car? The technology isn't quite there yet, but, its getting there real fast. I can easily see the presets going from the tuner to bookmarks on the device.
Besides... with the state budget defecit and RIC's money problems, do you honestly think WXIN/RIC could maintain an AM station? The tower would be falling down and sounding like WALE in less than a year!
Ouch.....as an alumnus of the great pin radio station there, I have to take exception to you. I think John Depetro, Dave Morris, Chris Tyler, Tony Mascaro, Tnoy (TJ Knapp) Banks, Mike Gonslaves (RIP), Bill George, Mike Montecalvo and all of the rest of the RIC radio alumnus would have to say to you that it actually would be a great thing for RIC to have even an LP FM station, never mind an full fledged AM station to broadcast to the state. Every and ANY exposure to the signal beyond the small extent around the campus would help those who are interested in a career in broadcasting (God help them). Everybody needs to get out of the narrow mindedness that inhabits this site and let those who love the craft relish it and have a platform to express it beyond the narrow broadband signal an internet station would allow (seeing as there is little to no publication of an internet signal, no one knows about NXIM except for the 15 people who have read this thread).
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