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DavidDesens

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Hello everyone. I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin and am new to the Nashville board. I just discovered 650 AM WSM via Sirius channel 111. Sirius is rebroadcasting WSM AM but with Sirius promos injected instead of WSM commercials. I'm not really sure how long they've been doing this though. But I gotta admit, I really am enjoying WSM's programming, even though it is in mono (on Sirius). Funny thing, even though it is in mono, the audio quality (IMO) sounds better than some of the other Sirius music channels. Could that mean that Sirius' music files are not true WAV. files?

Anyways, even though I love counrty music, I'm still a big fan of progressive rock radio. That's the kind of radio work environment I grew up in. Within guidelines, we could play pretty much whatever we wanted to (well at least in the 70's). I was taught how important a music seque was and how to assemble a decent 3 or 4 song music set. I really wish more of that type of radio still existed today. Okay, I'm old, sorry. Looking over past posts I don't see many regarding WRLT. Does anyone have any comments regarding their programming. Have they been around awhile? I notice they don't stream, so I can't listen.
 
Looking over past posts I don't see many
regarding WRLT. Does anyone have any comments regarding
their programming. Have they been around awhile? I notice
they don't stream, so I can't listen.

WRLT has been around for quite a while (I did a few weekend shifts
when they had awful studio facilties in a Brentwood office building in 1990).
WRLT was streaming until the rules prohibiting local spots on the stream,
and their website has a great section on the stations history and facilities.
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but wait...there's more!</P>
 
> other Sirius music channels. Could that mean that Sirius'
> music files are not true WAV. files?

Sirius uses compression (as does XM); WAV files are not compressed. I suppose it's possible some Sirius channels use a higher bit rate than others?

> Anyways, even though I love counrty music, I'm still a big
> fan of progressive rock radio. That's the kind of radio work
> environment I grew up in. Within guidelines, we could play

I grew up in Milwaukee and still visit regularly. There's never been a station in Milwaukee anything like WRLT. WXRT (93.1) in Chicago is pretty close. WMMM (105.5) in Madison is somewhat looser but not too far off either.

WRLT does suffer from signal issues. They're a Class A station like WFMR 106.9 or whatever the calls are on 98.3 these days. But that's more of a handicap in this market as it's more spread out, and the big stations are 100,000 watts vs. 50,000 in Milwaukee.

(If HD Radio takes off, WRLT will probably disappear at my location under the digital sidebands of a Kentucky country station...)
 
They are calling themselves "The New" WRLT, and have an udpated website!...........Doug "NashRadio"
 
> They are calling themselves "The New" WRLT, and have an
> udpated website!...........Doug "NashRadio"
>
They have also moved their studios over to the old brick company just north of Charlotte. Personally I think their signal has degraded lately and wonder if the move had anything to do with it?

Nock
 
> > They are calling themselves "The New" WRLT, and have an
> > udpated website!...........Doug "NashRadio"
> >
> They have also moved their studios over to the old brick
> company just north of Charlotte. Personally I think their
> signal has degraded lately and wonder if the move had
> anything to do with it?
>
> Nock
>
studio location shouldn't have anything to do with the signal...
unless the STL is a problem<P ID="signature">______________
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> Looking over past posts I don't see many
> regarding WRLT. Does anyone have any comments regarding
> their programming. Have they been around awhile? I notice
> they don't stream, so I can't listen.
>
> WRLT has been around for quite a while (I did a few weekend
> shifts
> when they had awful studio facilties in a Brentwood office
> building in 1990).
> WRLT was streaming until the rules prohibiting local spots
> on the stream,
> and their website has a great section on the stations
> history and facilities.


WRLT was a Nashville Sounds baseball affiliate in the late 80's and were also a light rock format. The AAA music format was intially WWRB "Rebel 100" late 80's, then the light rock, followed by current Lightning 100.1. At one time Lightning 100.1 was simulcast on four other frequecies: 93.7, 94.1 and 94.3 FM, and 1580 AM. The latter two are Springfield TN signals.

93.7 and 94.1 changed to "Thunder 94" around the mid-90's, format Alternative. That changed to The Phoenix and played folk/Americana music, circa 2000. Now that frequency hosts Christian music The Fish.
 
I believe that AM frequency is 1560

I grew up in Springfield and if memory serves...---------------Doug "NashRAdio"
 
Re: I believe that AM frequency is 1560

> I grew up in Springfield and if memory
> serves...---------------Doug "NashRAdio"
>
Actually, the frequency was 1590. 1560 is WMRO Gallatin (formerly WWGM Nashville).<P ID="signature">______________
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