They won't be CBS-owned much longer. And Entercom has shown zero interest in AM HD.
On Oct 16, 2017 3:30 PM, "Neil Kazaross" <[email protected]> wrote: > CBS owned stations not using IBOC? We can hope but I doubt very seriously > that they will shut it off. I had never heard AM IBOC til I bought my new > car. After hearing it, I can state that I can't find it to be an audible > improvement at all. > > 73 KAZ > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Forrester S <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Maybe they will not use IBOC after the move. What a waste of technology, > > for AM anyway. > > > > > > Todd > > > > On Oct 16, 2017 12:51 PM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > WBBM is lowering power BUT the WSCR antenna is taller aka more efficent > > > then the current WBBM tower, so they have to lower power. Quite a few > > > experts have already said elsewhere this won't change anything. Sell > off > > > the WBBM land, make a chunk of change, move your antenna and lose > nothing > > > signal wise in the process > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Chris Rigas <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Noticed their OC here in Wood Dale, IL as well the last few days. > This > > > > will make DXing the 640 frequency tougher for us in the Chicago area. > > > > > > > > > > > > Of other interesting developments in local broadcasting is the > > > application > > > > by WBBM AM 780 to move their transmitter from the current location in > > > > Itasca, IL to the WSCR Bloomingdale, IL site: > > > > > > > > > > > > https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/ > getattachment.jsp?appn= > > > > 101768529&qnum=5120©num=1&exhcnum=1 > > > > > > > > Christos Rigas,, > > > > Wood Dale, IL > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: IRCA <[email protected]> on behalf of > > [email protected] > > > < > > > > [email protected]> > > > > Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 4:59 PM > > > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > > > Subject: [IRCA] WMFN 640Khz - Peotone, IL > > > > > > > > WMFN 640 is running an OC. I missed their testing with > > > > audio a few weeks ago. This afternoon I drove out to the > > > > XMTR site. It's too close for comfort, about 20 miles to > > > > my southeast. Their site is exactly where radio locator > > > > has it, SW of Peotone, west of I-57. Their nighttime > > > > pattern shows a null in my direction. We will see how > > > > well it knocks down their signal when they commence > > > > broadcasting. > > > > > > > > Within a mile of the site there is an odd "pulse-sweep" > > > > type noise noted on 630 and 650, roughly once per second. > > > > You don't hear any of this in the OC on 640. At first > > > > thought it might be radiating from the rural power lines > > > > but it is heard on stretches of the rural roads in this > > > > area that have no power lines. Any ideas? > > > > > > > > I snapped a few photos of the 4 towers for those who > > > > collect these. Let me know if anyone wants one. 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