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

[Bailey, Scott]

Nobody FORCED me to buy anything! Come on Robert, you have preached in
the past you wanted to see all daytimers go away and clean up the band.
Well, give the daytimer some relief. My answer is to allow them to
operate or move to Class C channels, if it the station would fit on
those channels.  Come to think of it, those channels are so congested;
it wouldn't make much difference for more to be operating on them at
night anyway.
I keep seeing daytimers going dark anyway, especially in Alabama &
Mississippi. In my case, the property is worth more than the license
itself. But I refuse to turn it off at this time.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Robert Meuser
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 1:15 PM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] WCBS dumps IBOC, returns to "High Definition" AM

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.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>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
>
>
>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
>
>
>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
>>
>>-----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
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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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