RadioAaron wrote:

There are some more contemporary artists than 70s in that list too: Ben Folds (listed twice), Kenny G, Diana Krall, Jason Mraz, Natalie Imbruglia, Norah Jones (listed twice), etc.

This is what their web site says and I see they have a Yacht Rock show::
KQLH airs an eclectic mix of the "Music of America's Mainstreet." From the era of the 40's,50's, 60, 70's and beyond..From Big Band Music to Rock not heard otherwise.
 

No doubt HD radio has had an impact on the ability to get the Buffalo stations ( notwithstanding the fact that there is not much to listen on those anyway). I'm in west Pickering and still manage to get some of the stations. I tried today and got these. Takes a bit of antenna fiddling but nearly all the stations mentioned did come in :

Buff Radio Scan

97 Rock 96.9 - playing the Police but no station ID
WNED 94.5
93.7 WBLK ( I think their signal deterioration is not only due to HD but perhaps a change in transmitter location)
WBUF 92.9
The Grand 92.9 ( with a twist of the antenna) 
98.5 KiSS FM (  have received all 4 of their HD sub stations in the past)
103.3 The Edge
105.3 WEBR FM
104.1 WHTT
90.9 WLNF ( a very weak signal of this community station from Lockport NY)
 

RadioAaron wrote:

mace wrote:

Evuguy wrote:

Wait until CBL-FM turns up HD Radio. Coverage area will diminish to a few blocks and they will have to find a new frequency.  Similar thing happened with those talking Mosque's (my term for them) around the city up until maybe 5 years ago.  They were always on 87.9 until CIND enabled HD.

What if your car radio doesn't have HD capability?

Still causes the same problem.

Not only did the addition of all the local HD signals last year impact the ability to receive distant /weak stations but the reception of those  new HD stations on an analog radio would also have been impacted. A good reason for CBC 94.1 and Jazz FM to stay away from HD and for audiophiles the best solution would be for HD to disappear. HD Radio Self Noise
 

We were in Oakville visiting some relatives and I made a short recording using my cell phone. The first part the reception is good bc I was in the driveway but for the second part we were on the road. The reception finally gave out at 427/QEW. During the first part around 4 PM it was 70's/80's and later after 630 it was all 50's, 60's and 70's oldies, You will hear two station ID's. During the oldies segment I heard "I told Every Little Star" by Linda Scott which surprised me and which would be a turn off to to the 80's audience. In the futire I may make a proper recording or maybe wait for a tropo at home.





93.9 The Zone Oakville


 

Plate Voltage wrote:

Big8Newsie wrote:

CKLW went AM Stereo in 1982. Here’s a series of reports on the switch. https://m.soundcloud.com/terry-scott-980453183/cklw-goes-am-stereo-sept-1982

I just listened to that clip now.  It's very interesting and one of the things that caught my attention were the mentions made of adapters that would allow AM stereo to be received on existing AM-FM Stereo radios.  Were such adapters ever made and brought to market?  I hadn't heard of such a thing until I played that clip and definitely never seen one.

I'm guessing the least obtrusive way to do this would be to have an AM stereo tuner that would then transmit an FM stereo signal that the existing AM/FM stereo receiver could be tuned in, much the same way FM transmitters for MP3 players and Bluetooth devices work with car radios these days.

I wondered the same thing about the adapters. Never saw one either.
 

Very sad. Great memories  of him from his first stint at CHUM FM. His Sock hop program is where I first heard some of the oldies. Also remember that at 4 PM he used to feature one act. He is on that composite I sent last week of all of the 70's era free form jocks at CHUM FM. Now I know why he did not comment on Garth Hudson's passing.

I think I have a tape of the interview he did with John Lennon in 1974 but someone else has put it up on You Tube::



 

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:

They are also listed on worldradiomap.com with listen live links.
But I have my own Hd home radio so here's what's in Toronto and the GTA.
88.1 CIND HD1 only the main signal.
88.9 CIRV HD1 main signal with hindi and punjabi programs, hd2 portuguese, HD3 thaalam tamil radio, HD4 persion music and programming.
90.3 CJBC HD1 Ici musique, HD2 CJBC am simalcast.
92.5 CKIS HD1 kiss 92.5, hd2 680 news, hd3 sportsnet 590.
93.5 new country 93.5 only has hd 1.
95.3 energy cing HD1 Pop hd 2 AM 640.
96.3 The new classical 96.3 on hd1, hd2 zoomer radio.
97.3 Boom only has hd1.
Same goes for CHFI.
99.1 HD1 cbc radio 1, hd2 cbc music.
99.9 HD1 vergion radio, hd2 newstalk1010, hd3 tsn 1050, hd4 pure country.
100.7 HD1 chin, hd2 chin1540 mostly ittalian, chinhd3 chin fm 91.9, hd4 spanish music I think the name is ondasfm.
101.3 hd1 CMR, HD2 tamilfm, HD3 bollywood music, hd4 punjabi music.
104.5 chum only has hd1.
Same goes for elmnt fm.
Not much variety on hd radio in the GTA and even less in buffalo.
The only ones that have subchannels that you can get cleerly in the GTA are WBFO, WNED, WKSE and WDCX.

You can get WBFO HD ?. The station got much weaker for me once the near by HD signals from the GTA were added. Sideband issues killed the station and now I can only get in under rare tropo conditions.
 

Fiddling around with my AM stereo Transmitter and recorded a partially scoped air check from Kome FM, San Jose ( 1979) have not uploaded this particular segment to the site. I took the feed directly from the reel to reel player ( recorded at 3.75 IPS). Note that  Happening Ten Years Time Ago/Yardbirds was not recorded or released in true stereo and sadly they play the long version of Bluebird by Buffalo Springfield which does not have the great Banjo solo at the end. Also maybe the only time a rock FM station plays Led Zep and Hermans Hermits.

I think I have reduced the hum that I got on previous tests but there is still some ( what can you do it's AM) and of course tape hiss.

KOME FM  AM Stereo

RadioActive wrote:

I know RRS web master Dale Patterson has constantly complained about this. It's irritating, but there's not a lot you can do if someone lifts your audio. You can watermark a photo or video but audio is a different animal. 

what's really upsetting me is that he has taken my exact words and used them including instances where I use "I" so on his YT channel he becomes the new "I"

He's done the same to Rock Radio Scrapbook - verbatim words and audio. I just found more in addition to the two examples I gave above. The Pete Griffin and Pete and Geets material from RRS as well.
 

Remembered that Mace posted about CFOS recently but to me the signal did not seem to have enough juice to be operating at day time power.

I heard this on SXM 60's Gold today. Not on Underground Garage and not on Deep Tracks. All 3 channels play lots of material not played by any other radio station so I keep my subscription.

This was a regional midwest hit on A-Square records. SRC:



 

Shorty Wave wrote:

Thanks Fitz, however I couldn’t get any of these links to play. When you try signing in to “prove you’re not a bot”, the link disappears.

Not sure what could be wrong. I did not know Youtube asked for Bot verification. I just tested by clicking on the red arrow and it worked for me on different devices. There should be no need to sign in to anything. Am stumped


Try These instead of the embeds. These take you directly to Youtube and one should be able to view without signing in to Youtube::

https://youtu.be/hx4FexXIx-k?si=yDCFeSSX4l3NKJQN

https://youtu.be/ItngJJE08xM?si=LKw4Qpl98pYo6hYg

https://youtu.be/Bw_xy_JW978?si=HqLqCBX-VzVIShwj
 

ERP 0W wrote:

Fitz wrote:

BTW I would be interested in having a look at that Carver.

Heh! I was joking around when I said that. I was trying to illustrate how much I was disappointed in the radio of today.

But you know what? I don't think I could ever accept someone's money for it. It would embarrass me.

You seem like a guy who would give it a good home. Someone who appreciates its qualities.

You give me an address, I will send it to you. Might take a while, while I accumulate the various boxes and peanuts for shipping, but I can do it.

You let me know, OK?


 

Thanks very much for that. and very kind of you. Now that I think about it, I actually have a lot of vintage equipment already and that may be enough especially since there is not much to listen to any more on the radio. Have never owned a Carver but have read good things about them and a turntable hook-up might be an option. May reach out to you via a PM at some point if my Marantz gives up the ghost.
 

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:

Chrisphen wrote:

The purges are already in full swing in the government apparatus and academia. Some in the media are starting to feel it - a weather reporter in winconsin was allegedly fired after objecting to Elon Musk's nazi salutes.

The migrant roundups are also starting and will spread beyond 'illegal' immigrants (and eventually beyond immigrants altogether).

Expect a lot of dazed incomprehensible reactions from Americans. Few alive today have actually experienced what is currently under way.

It neads to only stop at elegals and those spreading Strickt, arab islamic values.
Those muslims are making normal muslims like bosnians, albanians and gujarati/kuchi muslims look bad.
Send those arabs back to the middle east! and keep them there.I think the propper turm I'm looking for is ishmaili muslims.
The ishmaili's are proud Canadians while keeping the good parts of Indian and some pakistani culture.
I know some.
The ishmailis that I know also love Canadian/christian holidays like Christmas.
They will also invite you into there home even if your not their ethnic group, unlike some arab and somali muslims.
Some arabs in canada are not even alowed to listen to Canadian radio stations and western music.

I am not an adherent to any religion and don't believe that the earth and man were created 5000 years ago. I think the fossils, archeological findings and now genetics tell the story much better. Our ancestors evolved and some of them started to migrate out of Africa about 60.000 years ago and the Americas were the last place settled when people crossed the bering land bridge maybe 20,000 years ago. All of the religious bickering is ill-placed.

Regarding Muslims, they all can't be painted with the same brush. Ismailis are the adherents of the Agha Khan and they are mostly peaceful and entrepreneurial but of course there are always exceptions. You can visit the Agha Khan Museum in North York.

Ex  pat Iranians are most

I have some content from Q during the time frame mentioned but no Homegrown ads. I did find at least one and probably have more from an earlier date. The sound clip below has a long ad for the Homegrown album with track selections. DJ is Jim Bauer and this was a time when Ritchie Yorke and Peter Goddard worked at Q, they had a jazz show and Geets was also there. The segment is taken from a very long ( over 4 hours) aircheck that I have of them playing the Who A to Z. Some great Who tracks including the very psychedelic "Disguises" which is never played on the radio, I uploaded the air check in two parts due to length, I wonder if any of the artists on the ad ever made a name for themselves.

If I have this then somebody is bound to have the Hip and the problem could be just finding them. and if I come across the item I will inform.

Q 107 Homegrown AD

 While I was looking for this I also looked up something for the Great Ontario Talent Search on CFNY. Ron B plays Steve Harley and Al Di Meola just prior. NY did not only play new wave. The Cockney Rebel track played came out in 1973, their sound did however foreshadow the new wave.
Great Ontario Talent Search