[BC] WCBS dumps IBOC, returns to "High Definition" AM

[Robert Meuser]

So someone put a gun to your head and forced you to buy?  Or maybe you 
just didn't realize you were purchasing a daytimer. Usully people know 
what they are buying and make informed choices. I personally would not 
buy a low powered daytimer at the top of the band in an area of low 
ground conductivity unless I had a plan to  meet budget between 10 AM 
and 4 PM.  But that's just me.

Then there is the story of the guy who wanted a station 'real bad' and 
that's exactly what he got.

R



Bailey, Scott wrote:

>No Robert, we didn't choose to be daytime, or built it for that reason.
>The mega groups bought the full time facilities, and left us with the
>daytime only facilites.
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>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Robert Meuser
>Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 3:16 PM
>To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [BC] WCBS dumps IBOC, returns to "High Definition" AM
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>You CHOSE to own a daytimer. You either bought one or built one. If you 
>built one, you cynically chose to serve only the high revenue dayparts. 
>If you bought one, you accepted the choices of the original owners.
>
>R
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>Bailey, Scott wrote:
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>>I have b&*@* and complained about this for years, move every AM to
>>somewhere in the unused VHF band. For us daytimers, give us a FM
>>translator. The religious groups that are hogging them should have to
>>give some of them up to AM daytimers.
>>Go right ahead, tell me I'm wrong, but some people have never owned an
>>AM daytimer!
>>
>>Scott
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
>>[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Mark Humphrey
>>Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 10:37 AM
>>To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [BC] WCBS dumps IBOC, returns to "High Definition" AM
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>>On 6/29/06, Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com> wrote:
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>>>It seems some people don't understand that turning off the analog is
>>>the equivalent of shutting the station down.
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>>The widespread storms we had in this region last weekend gave me a
>>good opportunity to test AM digital performance with "static crashes"
>>in the background.
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>>While tuned to WIP, the only Philadelphia IBOC station that can be
>>received in digital mode here (on a good day) my JVC receiver switched
>>back to analog for several seconds after each occasional distant
>>lightning strike.  And when the storms came within 20 miles, the
>>receiver stayed in analog mode for over 30 minutes.  Yes, the crashes
>>in analog mode were annoying, but at least I could hear the
>>programming, whereas an all-digital signal would have muted.
>>According to the V-Soft "zipcode" website, WIP's predicted field
>>strength here is about 6 mV/m, better than "city grade" based on M3
>>conductivity.
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>>I've already mentioned the system's susceptibility to powerline noise,
>>which will take a major effort by utility companies to clean up.
>>Let's face it --the AM band is a noisy environment, and much of it is
>>spikey impulse noise, rather than the "white" variety.  Other than
>>finding VHF spectrum for these stations, what's the recommended fix?
>>DRM may not work any better down there.
>>
>>Mark
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