Here's a visual representation of an HD signal.  In this case, the station is on 93.7.  You can see the HD digital carriers (the square blue areas) on either side of the main analog signal.  Notice how they go right over into the bandwidth of 93.5 and 93.9 on either side.  You can hear them as kind of a hissy buzz if you tune slightly off to the sides of a strong HD station.  You can also see how they would cover much of the signal of any analog station on those adjacent channels.

Saul wrote:

Not the few times I've driven through the area and checked, actually... maybe more in summer - I dunno.

I found the York region pirate on 93.9 in 2022 and 2023 when I was taking the kids up to summer camp.  It wasn't there this past summer.

 

Here's a very complete directory of HD stations, both AM and FM.  I submitted updates of the GTA area back in December.

https://hddirectory.neocities.org/

 

Lucky.  Our "no active weather" an hour ago:

CHIN-FM has added two more HD channels.  HD3 is carrying CHIN-1-FM, 91.9.  HD4 was carrying a Spanish program last night and this morning, it was relaying the Spanish program from 91.9.  My Spanish is a little rusty, but the announcers appeared to be discussing HD4 running as a full-time service for the Spanish programming.  Time will tell.  As would be expected with the extra channels running, the sound quality has dropped on HD1 and 2 with them sounding more "digital".
 

markow202 wrote:

Magic 106 is and was always weak in the GTA 

I used to pick up it up quite well in my area (Etobicoke/Mississauga border) but now it's just barely there, even in the car.

RadioActive wrote:

At that same hearing, the CRTC is also expected to rubber stamp a deal between Moses Znaimer's Zoomer Media and Bell to take over CJOS-FM in Owen Sound. This one is worth 1,500,001. (You gotta love that $1 at the end of the number. If I were Moses, I would have refused it unless they gave me that loonie off

The New Classical 92.3??

markow202 wrote:

It must sound good!  I dont have an HD tuner unfortunately

It depends on the station as far as sound quality goes.  The highs seem a little scratchy on Boom in HD.  Z-103 has deeper bass in HD.  It does really clean up background noise, though, especially on Classical 96.3 where there are a lot of quiet passages in their music.  Jazz FM should adopt it for the same reason.  Of course, this is just what I hear on my VW radio in the car.

I can't seem to post images right now.  CHIN has CHIN-FM on HD1 and CHIN-AM on HD2 as of this morning.

Amazing what clearing the browser cache will do.  Images follow.

Don't forget that KX96 also has that repeater in downtown Toronto.

I noticed that "Real Rock", 88.1-HD2, is gone.  The country music HD2 on Today FM, 93.5, is also gone.

I'm a bit of a radio nut and still listen to AM and FM quite a bit.  I've got an HD radio in the car so that's the only place I can listen to it.  My main listening in the car, however, is streaming Spotify or BBC Radio 6.  When the radio bug strikes me, I find myself listen to 1220 CFAJ or The Grand on 94.7 HD3.  When I'm downtown, I listen to 680 News on HD to avoid the streetcar line interference and allow me to listen all the way into the parking garage at my office.  Other than that, I will occasionally take a spin across the FM band to look for any new HD channels. 

I think HD radio is doomed due to lack of receivers and lack of radio listeners in general these days.
 

The other HD channels are the same as usual, Hot Country and Arise.
 

Not used in a spot, but the 680 News use of the word "overnight" really irks me.  "Snow is expected in the overnight" or "the Dundas ramp will be closed for the overnight".  Who speaks like that? Why not just say  "snow is expected overnight" or "the Dundas ramp will be closed overnight".  This seems to be consistent among their staff, not just one person.  There are many more 680 News phrases that bug me such as "gold is $1900 the ounce" instead of "an ounce" but I'll stop now.