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Tremendous job! It sounds great. You need to find a real AM to put it on.
Again great work!
Tremendous job! It sounds great. You need to find a real AM to put it on.
Again great work!
Steve... Your little LPAM is delightful! Honestly--it's up there with the best on the net. I love the music, variety, and flow--NO "sleepers" AT ALL... A non-stop party--REALLY (Let's get a guy like you a real AM station--you deserve one)! Now how come I don't get these "warm fuzzies" from most of what remains in commercial oldies radio? Jingles and old spots are very cool... And I'm going ga-ga over the processing... I can even enjoy that wonderful old "wall of sound" on the relativley low 24k stream (BTW, WinAmp works great for listening for those who would like to keep RealPlayer off their hard drive).
"Chicken Man" just put you over the top... GREAT EFFORT and JOB!
'Mind telling us what brand of transmitter you are using?
"Chicken Man" just put you over the top... GREAT EFFORT and JOB!
'Mind telling us what brand of transmitter you are using?
I gotta say it's an interesting listen. If your stream off the processing directly or off an air monitor? I'd be interested in what you're using for a transmitter as I'm working on a low power radio project for a high school and it might be interesting to add an AM signal to their station.
OK Steve—STEP UP guy! [I’m NOT engaging in excessive “drama” here] but yours is one of the finest mixes of oldies I have heard—a lot of well-selected and placed 70s songs with the good and “oh-wow” 60s)—and NO Beatles, Supremes, and Beach Boys burn-out. Maybe you should have been consulting many of these oldies stations that went by the wayside due to the “55-plus factor”, and some may still be with us today.
I love listening to your processed stream, but it appears you have a 99-minute limit [understandable]. Have you ever considered Live365—they’re “affordable”—and I’d consider “signing up” to hear your stream at “hi-fi 64k”.
You have a great station... Consider more effectively presenting it... I, and many more I’m sure, would appreciate your efforts. Let’s face it—“Oldies” are irrevocably on the way out in corporate terrestrial radio [we can’t defy their so-called “market forces”], but we certainly CAN move on to support and listen to the fine efforts that folks (like you) have made to preserve and present the format!
Continued BEST WISHES to “1650—North Dallas Oldies Radio”!
I love listening to your processed stream, but it appears you have a 99-minute limit [understandable]. Have you ever considered Live365—they’re “affordable”—and I’d consider “signing up” to hear your stream at “hi-fi 64k”.
You have a great station... Consider more effectively presenting it... I, and many more I’m sure, would appreciate your efforts. Let’s face it—“Oldies” are irrevocably on the way out in corporate terrestrial radio [we can’t defy their so-called “market forces”], but we certainly CAN move on to support and listen to the fine efforts that folks (like you) have made to preserve and present the format!
Continued BEST WISHES to “1650—North Dallas Oldies Radio”!
>>check out my low power AM in North Dallas
streaming at www.1650oldiesradio.com<<
MAN, WHOA! That is nice and ba**sy! It's very much the sound of AM radio from the halcyon days of Top-40! You should be very proud of your accomplishment in emulating the sound of good 'ol AM radio. I hope you will consider adding a higher bitrate stream in addition to your 24 kbps stream as well. I love the "extention phone" ad "from the PHONE COMPANY!". Well done! It's a pre-set for me.
Cheers!
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
streaming at www.1650oldiesradio.com<<
MAN, WHOA! That is nice and ba**sy! It's very much the sound of AM radio from the halcyon days of Top-40! You should be very proud of your accomplishment in emulating the sound of good 'ol AM radio. I hope you will consider adding a higher bitrate stream in addition to your 24 kbps stream as well. I love the "extention phone" ad "from the PHONE COMPANY!". Well done! It's a pre-set for me.
Cheers!
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Am listening right now- damned good radio. Love hearing Chickenman again!
Steve either qualifies as THE BIGGEST AM Oldies Geek/collector [and that’s a compliment sir] or he’s super-connected. All that great stuff carried at 100-milliwatts... Considering all the wounded full-power AM stations gasping for air—what a shame!
And did you folks catch the “time tone” that airs (over music) at the top of the hour? It’s even in sync with WWV!
Damn, Steve... You’ve got a runner on every base... Now can we have a few more kbps?
Pleeeeeeese ;D
And did you folks catch the “time tone” that airs (over music) at the top of the hour? It’s even in sync with WWV!
Damn, Steve... You’ve got a runner on every base... Now can we have a few more kbps?
Pleeeeeeese ;D
Hi guys...I just saw all these posts...didn't know they moved this thread over here. Anyway, glad everyone is enjoying it.
Just in case anyone is interested, it is being run by 11 software "JockeyPro"...which works great, once set up properly. (I've learned all the in's and outs)...Processing is an Orban 111B reverb and new Inovonics 235 AM audio processor.
It is being streamed at a low bitrate mostly because the provider offers it cheap at that rate and since this is just for fun and certainly no income is involved, I'm not compelled to spend more...and I am trying to emulate the old sound of AM radio anyway!
I've got over 2000 songs in rotation with almost that many classic commercials.
If anyone has any old spots, I'm always looking for more. Typically like to use old agency reels and records or direct dubs...I stay with mostly 60's 70's spots and spots with jingles are always preferred but I will listen to anything...If you have any email me at "[email protected]" I am sure we can work out a nice trade.
By the way the jingles you hear are sung by TM and Ben Freedman here in Dallas (yes, done professionally) with tracks from my KenR collection of Pro-Paks and such. I even have a voice guy (no that's not me!). If I have time, I voicetrack a midday shift every now and again...
As for putting it on a "real" radio station...well, I'd love to! Anyone have one?
Till then, enjoy!
Steve
www.1650oldiesradio.com
Just in case anyone is interested, it is being run by 11 software "JockeyPro"...which works great, once set up properly. (I've learned all the in's and outs)...Processing is an Orban 111B reverb and new Inovonics 235 AM audio processor.
It is being streamed at a low bitrate mostly because the provider offers it cheap at that rate and since this is just for fun and certainly no income is involved, I'm not compelled to spend more...and I am trying to emulate the old sound of AM radio anyway!
I've got over 2000 songs in rotation with almost that many classic commercials.
If anyone has any old spots, I'm always looking for more. Typically like to use old agency reels and records or direct dubs...I stay with mostly 60's 70's spots and spots with jingles are always preferred but I will listen to anything...If you have any email me at "[email protected]" I am sure we can work out a nice trade.
By the way the jingles you hear are sung by TM and Ben Freedman here in Dallas (yes, done professionally) with tracks from my KenR collection of Pro-Paks and such. I even have a voice guy (no that's not me!). If I have time, I voicetrack a midday shift every now and again...
As for putting it on a "real" radio station...well, I'd love to! Anyone have one?
Till then, enjoy!
Steve
www.1650oldiesradio.com
Steve... O.M.G.! Am I EVER really enjoying this! I hope all my broadcast “buds” and I aren’t overworking your streaming media server. I think our TSLs are up to around SIX HOURS PER DAY! I’ve been on for the last four hours—and can’t shut the darn WinAmp off. Every person I tell 1650 about is amazed, amused, and entertained.
I’d LOVE to get a copy of those “Great Shakes” spots Steve... They were some of my favs back then. I liked them AS MUCH as the hit records! I’ll get into the storage locker in the next month and break out the old agency reels from the latter 70s and see if I can find a few gems to send you.
Your 24kbps audio is just fine—I’m surprised it’s as good as it is... That Inovonics box really kicks tail. I’ve been threatening to buy one and switch the stream to mono to get that “sound”—WHAT A CLASSIC! And I still have my Orban reverb—WON’T part with it! OH WOW, the "time tone" just went off. Nice touch!
Keep up the GREAT WORK... Now everybody—let’s find Steve an AM that’s wandering aimlessly 8)
I’d LOVE to get a copy of those “Great Shakes” spots Steve... They were some of my favs back then. I liked them AS MUCH as the hit records! I’ll get into the storage locker in the next month and break out the old agency reels from the latter 70s and see if I can find a few gems to send you.
Your 24kbps audio is just fine—I’m surprised it’s as good as it is... That Inovonics box really kicks tail. I’ve been threatening to buy one and switch the stream to mono to get that “sound”—WHAT A CLASSIC! And I still have my Orban reverb—WON’T part with it! OH WOW, the "time tone" just went off. Nice touch!
Keep up the GREAT WORK... Now everybody—let’s find Steve an AM that’s wandering aimlessly 8)
Steve... BTW...Congrats on the following OH WOWS...
“In the Midnight Hour” Cross Country (The Tokens)—for the first time in 20 years!
“Goodbye” Mary Hopkin—not since the early 70s... Almost forgot that one!
“Sky Pilot” Eric Burdon—I thought I was the ONLY ONE who would EVER play that one
WHAT was the instrumental from the late 60s that opened with the motorcycle roar and featured a single solo guitar in “drag-strip rock style”... Played right before “Keep the Ball Rollin” just before 9PM CST . I remember the tune—but not the title... HELP!
HELPFUL HINT: Replace the “edit” of “Papa Was A Rolling Stone”... EVERYONE loves the long intro, and it would sound great thru that Inovonics box!
“In the Midnight Hour” Cross Country (The Tokens)—for the first time in 20 years!
“Goodbye” Mary Hopkin—not since the early 70s... Almost forgot that one!
“Sky Pilot” Eric Burdon—I thought I was the ONLY ONE who would EVER play that one
WHAT was the instrumental from the late 60s that opened with the motorcycle roar and featured a single solo guitar in “drag-strip rock style”... Played right before “Keep the Ball Rollin” just before 9PM CST . I remember the tune—but not the title... HELP!
HELPFUL HINT: Replace the “edit” of “Papa Was A Rolling Stone”... EVERYONE loves the long intro, and it would sound great thru that Inovonics box!
That instrumental was "Blues Theme" from Davie Allan & The Arrows (Sept '67)....from the movie...."Wild Angels"!
There was a vocal version of that which I remember but haven't found a copy of ..
Would love any spots you come up with...email me and I'll chat about it.
By the way the glitch at 9pm was my fault...I'm telling you the system RARELY screws up on its own...
steve
There was a vocal version of that which I remember but haven't found a copy of ..
Would love any spots you come up with...email me and I'll chat about it.
By the way the glitch at 9pm was my fault...I'm telling you the system RARELY screws up on its own...
steve
THANKS STEVE! That was a REAL "blast from my distant past"!
The 11 Software system sounds awesome... AMAZING what these programs can do for well under $1000 today. It does a better job then my '02 version of BSI WaveStation!
The 11 Software system sounds awesome... AMAZING what these programs can do for well under $1000 today. It does a better job then my '02 version of BSI WaveStation!
The transmitter is a Rangemaster 1000 - one hundred milliwatt FCC type accepted (LEGAL)...
They have a website which I'm sure you could Google and find. It's not cheap but it is the real deal, not a cheap imitation. If you want to do it right, this is the one. I get great coverage, all things considered, and you are hearing the quality sound on the streaming which is coming from the output of a RadioShack version of the SuperRadio.
They have a website which I'm sure you could Google and find. It's not cheap but it is the real deal, not a cheap imitation. If you want to do it right, this is the one. I get great coverage, all things considered, and you are hearing the quality sound on the streaming which is coming from the output of a RadioShack version of the SuperRadio.
Steve Eberhart said:
Ah YESSS! The Hamilton RangeMaster... It IS the real deal... A full 125-percent positive peak modulation with very good audio! A friend near me has one here in SC. He lives adjoining a SALT WATER tidal marsh near the inter-coastal on Hilton Head Island, and that cooker gets out 2-7 miles—the full 7 by day where there is water or marsh—no kidding—hope “Charlie” isn’t reading this, but it’s “legal eagle”! That turf is a paradise for Part 15 AM radio! There is another Rangemaster serving the Ion community in Mt. Pleasant across the Cooper River from Charleston. It’s “high and dry” but does a great job covering the development.
He is using the StationPlaylist Suite for scheduling and automation on a Dell PC with a basic Creative Audigy consumer soundcard > a dbx 266 set as a leveling AGC > a Behringer Ultramizer Pro multi-band compressor and bass/high-frequency exciter > the Inovonics 222 asymmetrical peak limiter/NRSC filter. The audio is very good, but I like yours better. Segues on S-P are awesome, and the V-T program auto-ducks and self-times to the post. I was last at his place before Christmas, and live-assisted the S-P... I had it fully figured out in about TEN MINUTES... Try that on a BSI WaveStation—NO WAY!
The Rangemaster coverage is unbelievable for 100mW... It does well on all but the far north end of the island... Makes it to Bluffton and a few miles up US 278 on the mainland. Out on the water—that signal is nearly everywhere. If you’re into Part 15—live near the ocean and a lot of salt-water marsh!
How many of you know that Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, and Bruce Dern were the "stars" of that movie?Steve Eberhart said:
Steve Eberhart said:
I almost considered JockeyPro when I upgraded from the DigitalJukebox DOS version but I thought I came across a few things that didn't just work for me (with my background in standard broadcast automation software I just didn't have the comfort with JockeyPro). I'm glad to see there's a budget package that works well.
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