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WKGC 1490 HD Panama City
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Groove1670
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A couple of factors:
#1 Looks like it operated by a educational entity.
#2 Jazz format listed.
#3 Some engineer talked them into spending money into doing the conversion because with it they were told Jazz will sound better on AM. Wasted dollars on the three people that will tune in.
#4 Most AM's have turn off HD because of technical issues.
#1 Looks like it operated by a educational entity.
#2 Jazz format listed.
#3 Some engineer talked them into spending money into doing the conversion because with it they were told Jazz will sound better on AM. Wasted dollars on the three people that will tune in.
#4 Most AM's have turn off HD because of technical issues.
Don't non comm stations usually get HD via public radio grants? That may explain why it's so common with pubcasters.
It also looks like a straightforward setup, only one tower.
I personally would never advocate for any AM station making the upgrade to digital, but no one is likely listening anyway except online.
It also looks like a straightforward setup, only one tower.
I personally would never advocate for any AM station making the upgrade to digital, but no one is likely listening anyway except online.
I do recall cceng posting about the management at WKGC wasting a whole lot of money on translator licenses and equipment then letting the licenses get cancelled/expire. He said the new transmitters and antennas were sold at a college surplus auction for less than $0.10 on the dollar.
Did WKGC apply to move to 1490? It has always been on 1480 and still shows as 1480 in the FCC databae. Just curious if there may be plans to move to 1490, possibly to obtain full-time night service, but not yet filed with the FCC.
Typo. It's still 1480.
I thought I might get close enough to see what HD AM sounded like yesterday but I was way to far away to catch WKGC. I couldn't even get a HD lock on WKGC-FM. Oh well.
A somewhat related topic, why hasn't FSU added HD to any of their 5 full power FM's?
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