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DOPEfm · SOWNY

eladb wrote:
"This app is not available in your country" is the message I'm getting on my Android when I try to download it, even after I set my VPN to Boston.

If there was an apk file for this app available, then it would be able to possibly work.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

This same kind of thing happened in Toronto college radio history with CHRY when they dismissed all their volunteers, rebranded as Vibe105. Very little multicultural or alternative engagement like that of the past.

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/92856/chry-becomes-torontos-urban-alternative/

DOPEfm · SOWNY

I wonder if 'digital' means FM HD?

DOPEfm · SOWNY

RadioAaron wrote:
DOPEfm wrote:
With VHS, no DRM issues (unlike those with ATSC 3.0 DTV)
In later days of VHS, they did figure out a DRM.(or ARM, I guess.) where if you connected 2 VCRs to record a rented movie, your recording with have this big green wave scrolling over it.

Indeed, I do remember this.

But at least, in theory, record a copy of ATSC 3.0, to VHS cassette whereas with a digital copy, it won't work.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

With VHS, no DRM issues (unlike those with ATSC 3.0 DTV)

DOPEfm · SOWNY

For some time, CFAJ has been running in low power mode, but the transmitter site has been attended to and returns to 10,000 watts (very directional at night)

My Hamilton daytime reception is solid and reliable at home, and fair with some minor electric interference at a few intersections driving.

My nighttime reception is moderate from home (mostly using my Sangean AM/FM receiver) and poor at night in the car.

CFAJ's signal is directional to protect WHKW 1220 in Cleveland Ohio and 1230 in Buffalo NY.

I find CFAJ in Toronto and going eastbound and northbound, reception is decent.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

RadioActive wrote:
This story on MeTV... is on the very weak WBBZ-TV Channel 67 from Buffalo and can't be received in the GTA?

That, in itself, is an advantage for 'CH, which could have that market all to itself if it chose to go the rerun route full time, including at night.

As a side note, I do occasionally get 67 when it's clear skies on Hamilton central mountain with a large directional antenna steered to Buffalo & Niagara on my legacy tablo.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

The story link: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/10/13/northern-radio-station-pleads-for-more-ad-dollars-from-province

DOPEfm · SOWNY

Kick ass rock station on 108.5 FM? I'm going to tune it in. Perhaps it'll be new wave static.😜🤙

RadioAaron wrote:
100% agree on the virtual frequency mapping. "There's a kick-ass rock station at 108.5, you just need a newer radio that can go that high" is much better messaging, and actually makes it sound kind of exciting.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

Saul wrote:
mace wrote:
I wonder if it will block WWSE SE93 Jamestown. I hear that station in my car occasionally. Far more often than CFMU.
More the opposite. The 1270 translator really will just be local and fill in any rough patches 1270 might possibly have in its immediate coverage area. SE-93 Jamestown is probably strong enough to otherwise carry as usual. And it shouldn't really impact CFMU Hamilton. Our side of the lake, in the GTA, I think the xltr will be a very tough catch. Even at the Scarborough Bluffs. We also have Cobourg to contend with. And I've also heard WFKL Fairport (Rochester) and WCIZ Watertown NY often enough in the 93.3 mix. There's even a 4 watt xltr for Rochester's 99.7 in Cheektowaga listed in the WTFDA db. I haven't heard that one.

CFMU 93.3 is 166W (with maximum erp of 250W), transmission from near the mountain edge at Mohawk College (shared tower with 101.5 CIOI.

(Ive listened to CFMU on Toronto Islands a few times reasonably)

The 50 watt bridge radio in welland is also on 93.3

With 250 solid watts, those of you in Toronto would possibly catch WUSW on either of their potential new signals. (That would be something interesting to have in the ol' radio selection (albeit not likely in static free stereo))

DOPEfm · SOWNY

Scarboroughbluffsradiof99 wrote:
CINA 1650, CJYE, CJMR, or a new aplicent neads to apply for the frequency for a real community station not just a campus one for hipsters and indie and hip-hop fans, but one just like ckua or the old ckwr.

Perhaps, CJTM (1280 AM)?

DOPEfm · SOWNY

eladb wrote:
Interesting. I don't pick up that station at all where I live in Vaughan, but will try to catch some of this online.

What happens on 1220 during the week? Didn't they get rid of all their weekday hosts at some point or something like that?

Yes. A staffing change happened last year.

Daytime currently features -
Morning Wake Up w/ Tony Stuart

DOPEfm · SOWNY

paterson1 wrote:
I listened to 1220 a few weeks ago, and the station has improved a lot. Don't always get a clear signal where I live but I noticed that CFAJ was now worth listening to. I'll will listen to Dope FM's show Amplitude on line. With all the weekend special programming Classic 1220 is sounding a bit like Zoomer, which is not a bad thing.

Thanks for listening!

We have solid management and a clear vision.

Amplitude will debut a new season this coming holiday long weekend.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

RadioActive-

Thanks for featuring/outlining our weekend feature programs from the Classic 1220 newsletter.

As a side note - I'm the host/DJ of Amplitude.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

RadioActive wrote:
What's your story?

Caught 50 watt CHRY 105.5 FM (with their awesome early hip-hop shows at my childhood home of Markham) back in the 90s (along with weekends on CKLN 88.1 FM).

I started volunteering with CHRY in 1993, and have been djing ever since.

Landed at CHSR FM in Fredericton from '97-'01 (won show of the year in 2000)

Joined CFMU 93.3 in 2004 and still programming weekends here

I've also joined forces with CFAJ 1220 Niagara last year and continue a weekend specialty program there.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

One from yours truly (Daddy J of DOPEfm 93.3 / Amplitude 1220) around the campfire (in a location closer to Ohio than the GTHA - this one from Tillsonburg,ON)

https://postimg.cc/r049VHvH

On a side note, caught some decent local radio (New Country 107.3, near and after transition)

And some random Erie HDs and Erie/Ohio AM/FM.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

Im currently seeking out classic AM790 charts circa late 70's into the early 80's. Does anyone have access to these?

DOPEfm · SOWNY

Thanks for posting this story.

This show was one of the motivating and main reasons I continue programming DOPEfm, since 2004.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

Im so pleased you posted this feature.

My daddy was heavy into music and was a serious radio listener.

I loved radio since I was gifted a portable AM receiver (around 5/6 years old)

By 10, I had a few records and a portable AM/FM receiver

By 12, I became a volunteer of community radio (via CHRY FM)

Never stopped rocking along the dial since 1990

I could never imagine not sharing music.

Thanks RadioActive! Salute 👉

RadioActive wrote:
Jon Pole from My Broadcasting is the guest on Broadcast Dialogue's podcast this week, explaining his radio philosophy and how he comes by it honestly - his father owned a radio station, inspiring his interest in the medium and often enlisting his young son to help him. (For the record, it was CKOB in Renfrew, Ontario back in the early 80s.)

It might surprise you to know he hated every minute of it! So how did he get where he is now? The answer is worth a listen if you have 52 minutes.

Jon Pole Podcast

DOPEfm · SOWNY

The station has also added a new program before my own 1220 evening show, Amplitude.

That program is called Rock & Roll Bandstand (Sat / Sun at 7pm)

DOPEfm · SOWNY

Evuguy wrote:
I imagine CKOC's audio processor from the 60's and 70's is probably long gone. What's there now might have been optimized for voice, since they were a talk station under Bell's ownership.

This optimization of operation for talk radio could be true.

I listened in the car this afternoon and it wasn't very fulsome sounding by many means.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

turkeytop wrote:
The only two with any merit are Radio I and Radio Western.

Thank you!

I also appreciate Radio Western, go ol' 94.9 CHRW.

Have had a few guest spots djing there in the past.

An alumni to us at DOPEfm is The Word Is Bond Radio with Chase March.

Always solid when I tune in.

Wish they (radio ratings) captured listening properly for all stations in the land, no matter the market or format.

For instance, even an 0.2 for limited signal/audience would be good ratings for CHRW (this is fictitious, but an example of opinion)

Im in Hamilton and Country 104 from that market always blasts in almost like a local.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

Muffaraw Joe wrote:
I am wondering if CHRY will ask for a name change from Y-media.

https://www.yorku.ca/chry/operations.htm

Wow, I can't believe you pulled that page up/exists... took me back in time...

CHRY has long ago branded to Vibe 105 and gone completely urban with professional approach - https://www.vibe105to.com/

(I really do miss the good old days when they had a full schedule and truly engaging programming back in the 90's to 10's, Twas a volunteer in mid 90's with news at noon and 5pm, I can't believe 35 years ago I was there)

As for the subject thread for 105.9, I wonder if the brokered deal changed to allow Y Radio in the day parts perhaps? (It seems there are a lot of ethnic stations as it stands now, I guess competition could be good, or is it overwhelming, I wonder this?)

DOPEfm · SOWNY

tdotwriter wrote:
I'm not sure what's happening with the domain names for the websites of Dream 105.7 and Legend 102.9 though.

Could be stunting?

DOPEfm · SOWNY

Why??????????

https://ibb.co/dwZFCCmC

They need a website.

Strange for the web transition to have been so slow. Really should've been done prior to airtime.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

So, I have a question regarding FM radio that transmits by vertical polarization, such as the case of CFMU FM Hamilton.

Does a station immediately adjacent in HD interfere with an analog signal? (such as CFXJ 93.5 versus CFMU 93.3 FM)

CFMU recently added RDS to the signal, but I don't think that bares any reception issues on an analog system (which I use in my basement studio with a flat panel exterior antenna, hoping to change to a single dipole shortly)

I'm finding CFMU's sound has degraded over the past year or more.

Just needed to see if anyone here (an engineering type) could help me understand.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

My weekend program on Classic 1220 has 3 blocks of commercials and currently equals 6 minutes 30 seconds.

I like the shorter, spread out breaks.

I also host a college radio program on CFMU, and I'm thankful, only a few commercials in a year (but because it's community based radio, no pay either. But all the creative freedom.

DOPEfm · SOWNY

Shorty Wave wrote:
I was a little taken aback when a couple of day ago I heard for the first time, a commercial that referenced cannabis. It is for Indeed and the scenario is a cannabis store owner needing staff. I wasn’t initially paying attention until I could have sworn I heard the word “indica”, I was right! Anyways, just think that it’s interesting that after seven years or so after legalizing it, this is the first time I’ve heard a commercial referring to it!

Are you able to recall the station that ran the ad?

DOPEfm · SOWNY

Radiowiz wrote:
DOPEfm wrote:
The scam (or at least, that's my take...) is that you need to have the same companies internet. (Can't have rogers internet + telus tv, for example). In a truly competitive market, this wouldn't be allowed.

Think back, if you had a bell phone, you didn't have to have their internet to have that service. Then, you had better leverage of choice (at least for internet).

Cable TVs always been a service area, so that's never changed.
I agree 100%, but I also love the idea of just ONE bill. It's very nice not having to worry about each service's bill cycle and have to worry about whether or not each bill has been paid on time. (easy to forget a bill)

HOWEVER I also very much agree with the freedom of true choice, and the freedom to not be forced to have one company for two or more services.

Thing is, if you have Rogers for internet, and Telus for TV, it's too easy to have something go very wrong and they (Telus) will just say it's a Rogers problem, while Rogers will try to say it's a Telus problem...

My take is on networks, they all share on each other at some juncture or another.

With separate service choice, the bills drop to stay competitive. This 'bundling' is another so said scam.

These broadcast/cable/etc companies make huge profits off of these tactics such as uncompetitive services. Then blow it on naming things and spending in the most egregious and irresponsible ways. You and I should have our names on something by now as we funded it. Wasteful for the wealthy.

Anyways, back to TV, make the system truly competitive. Android boxes and other work arounds are costing them and again, you and I pay more for that customer loss.

Perhaps Telus TV quality and line-up may be better, but god forbid, I'll never know, I'm in a Rogers serviced area. Blows my mind man.

Thank you and goodnight y'all.
👏🎶🎧🎶👏
We'll speak again (Sat/Sun eves on AM + Sat overnights on FM)

Till then friends....

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DOPEfm · SOWNY

The scam (or at least, that's my take...) is that you need to have the same companies internet. (Can't have rogers internet + telus tv, for example). In a truly competitive market, this wouldn't be allowed.

Think back, if you had a bell phone, you didn't have to have their internet to have that service. Then, you had better leverage of choice (at least for internet).

Cable TVs always been a service area, so that's never changed.