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WVIP HD Redundancy

B

Barry

WVIP, on 93.5 FM, broadcasting from the Bronx, now sends out the same programming on HD1 and HD2. The latter has a delay of about a minute.
They used to transmit sister AM station WVOX on the HD3, and then switched it to the HD2. That made sense, as the signal of WVOX AM 1460 is rather weak. It was a change of pace to be able to listen to musical standards at night, using the HD2 to receive WVOX clearly.
As WVIP is virtually all brokered, perhaps their goal is to also eventually lease the time on the HD2 signal.
 
93.9 WNYC-FM carries the programming of AM 820 WNYC on their HD2 stream, which means their HD1 and HD2 streams are also redundant whenever their AM and FM signals are simulcasting.
 
At least WNYC AM and WNYC FM have a number of different programs.
As far as I can tell, WVIP HD1 and HD2 carry the same programming 24/7. They used to have completely different content when the HD2 simulcasted WVOX.
 
satech said:
93.9 WNYC-FM carries the programming of AM 820 WNYC on their HD2 stream, which means their HD1 and HD2 streams are also redundant whenever their AM and FM signals are simulcasting.
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Correct configuration for WNYC-FM-93.9:

93.9 HD-1 WNYC-FM - news/talk/NPR - (occasionally simulcasts with WNYC-AM-820)
93.9 HD-2 simulcast of WQXR-FM-105.9 - classical music
93.9 HD-3 simulcast of WNYC-AM-820 - news/talk/NPR - (occasionally simulcasts with WNYC-FM-93.9)

WVIP-FM-93.5 (licensed to New Rochelle, NY) has been having severe problems over the last 4-6 weeks with their HD broadcasts on both HD1 & HD2. Sometimes the HD1 broadcast of WVIP-FM and/or HD2 simulcast of WVOX-AM-1460 will disappear; sometimes the HD2 signal transmits "silently"; sometimes the HD1 transmits "silently", making it impossible to even listen to the main signal if listening with an HD radio that has no analog switching mode.
 
Maybe it's just me but ever since 93.5 WVIP-FM moved to the Bronx their signal is not a strong as it used to be in Bergen County.......The signal used to be clear just about everywhere but now they are a little choppy in spots.........I have a feeling the same thing is going to happen to 103.9 WFAS-FM when they move to the same site in the near future.....I guess they had to salvage Bergen & Rockland Counties so they can get more coverage in NYC and points south.
 
Sometime within the last day, WVOX was restored to the HD2 signal. So apparently there were technical difficulties that had kept it off for a while.
HD radio equipment seems to be quite trouble prone. Nearly every local station using it seems to have had HD2 or HD3 signals go down for days or even weeks.
 
A bigger question is why would anyone even listen to this station. WVIP 93.5 offers absolutley no programming of value. Unless you like time brokered Carribean music shows.
 
Towerclimber31 said:
A bigger question is why would anyone even listen to this station. WVIP 93.5 offers absolutley no programming of value. Unless you like time brokered Carribean music shows.
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People from the Caribbean may be enthusiastic radio listeners, as there are numerous West Indian radio broadcasts from licensed and unlicensed stations. So WVIP probably does fill a need, as they have have carried leased Caribbean programming for many years.
My personal interest in WVIP, as indicated in my original post, is that its HD2 is a simulcast of WVOX AM. It is perhaps the only local station playing musical standards at night (the Music of Your Life program). 'VOX has a puny signal at night, but the HD2 simulcast can be be received over a considerably larger area, free of the interference heard on the AM frequency. Of course few have HD radios, but that's another story.
BTW, WVOX should get some recognition here for being one of the few suburban stations in this area with lots of live and local talk programming, airing during the day..
 
Towerclimber31 said:
A bigger question is why would anyone even listen to this station. WVIP 93.5 offers absolutley no programming of value. Unless you like time brokered Carribean music shows.
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WLIB 1190 used to play all Caribbean Music until Air America took them over. Now they're running Gospel Music. WWRL 1600 also used to play some Caribbean Music besides the old school R&B.

There is a need for the station.
 
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