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WWIQ Lineup Changes

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Tommy Roberts Jr

Philly becomes part of the Savage Nation on Monday night at 9pm!

John Batchelor was born and raised in Montco, now he is coming back to the Philadelphia airwaves on the New IQ 106.9. Tune in Monday night at 11pm.
 
tommy3477 said:
Philly becomes part of the Savage Nation on Monday night at 9pm!

John Batchelor was born and raised in Montco, now he is coming back to the Philadelphia airwaves on the New IQ 106.9. Tune in Monday night at 11pm.
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Doesn't seem like the actions of a station being sold anytime soon. This station needs to stay on the air to provide Philly with the other viewpoint.
 
Sadly, Savage is just another mean complainer that has nothing positive to say about the world. Why subject your body to constant stress, and hateful chatter? Instead choose positive talk, LIFT FM.
 
Josh

I happen to agree with you on Savage. However, it is funny to see your non-stop lobbying against IQ. You even bring up things as factual that has no basis in fact. Keep going though. I find it to be a funny diversion from my day.
 
qwerty809 said:
How is the WWIQ signal reach compared to 'PHT?
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The main difference is the difference between AM and FM. With 50,000 watts WPHT has a bigger fringe reach daytime... you can hear WPHT on a good radio from New York to Baltimore, and from Cape May to Harrisburg. At night, on some nights, you can hear WPHT over much of the east coast. But it's AM. It's noisy, even in the city in some places. And while that skywave is awesome some nights in Chicago, it also causes self interference in lots of places as close as Chester and Montgomery county. WPHT's antenna is in Jersey, and as the city has built up, the path to places like West Chester have decreased in conductivity. WWIQ is a full B located near downtown. It's fine 40 to 60 miles from Philly. There are a few problems up the Schuylkill river valley. I've noticed issues out towards Pottstown and Reading, but WWIQ is a fully competitive FM signal. WPHT is a fully competitive AM signal... but it's AM.
 
The main difference is the difference between AM and FM.
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That is the truth. On my ancient Oldsmobile with the AC Delco "dial" radio and a carbureted engine, AM still works fine in most areas but on my newer Explorer with electronic fuel injection, AM is so noisy it's virtually impossible to hear unless I'm within about 5 miles of the transmitter.

Something is definitely wrong with this scenario.
 
AM HD is sort of a joke. It works, but not very well. AM HD stops working when there is phase distortion or noise, so you have to be very close to the transmitter and not under power lines for reliable AM HD. AM HD won't solve the problem.
 
I agree AM HD radio is a big joke if you are driving, however if you are stationary it does work fine but is it worth the deteration of the AM band with that nasty IBOC signal. I know at KYW they use the HD signal in the studios to monitor the station only because it's synced with the analog and there is no delay. (the FM HD signal is about 30 to 40 seconds delayed), But I think it's crazy to have AM HD when you already have an FM signal, IBOC trashes the AM band. I know management would disagree because AM radio says goodbye to listeners every day and I guess it's their way of keeping AM radio competitive but who the listeners of AM radio? Very difficult to sell.
 
athegymtday said:
I know at KYW they use the HD signal in the studios to monitor the station only because it's synced with the analog and there is no delay.
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WHAAAT? AM IBOC Analog is 8 second delayed because the HD audio requires 8 seconds to process. (It may actually clock at 7.6) So if the on the on air monitor in the studio is the 'off air monitor' in either analog or HD they would be hearing the broadcast 8 seconds later. The analog is 8 seconds delayed so if the listener in a car radio looses HD, because of signal deterioration, it would sync back to the analog WHICH IS 8 SECONDS Delayed. And Am IBOC goes in and out veery time youm pass a telephone pole

They, in the studio, invariably are listening to the 'Off the board' monitor.
 
Sam,
I toured KYW with the broadcast pioneers back on July 25th and it was the station manager that told everyone that the signal being monitored throughout the facility was the AM HD signal, that might not be true for the actual board. I found that station managers aren't that technically savy. You are most likely correct. To View the KYW tour click on the link. http://broadcastpioneers.com/bp10/7-25-12.html
 
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