What are some of the worst sounding radio stations? I'm not talking musically or program wise.
WNTY AM 990 in Southington, Connecticut. - They are an Oldies station (60s-80s music) owned by Full Power Radio. For the past several months there has been a noticeable hum in the background. It sounds like something isn't grounded properly. The hum is also not there when they air the live Italian Show on Sundays and the pre-recorded Lutheran Church Mass on Sundays. I would say the hum has something to do with the computer that plays the Oldies Music. Also from time to time something goofy things happen to this station (and their FM translator). Last Summer for example a rap song - Bad and Boujee by Migos played just before the top of the hour on a Saturday Night during "Wolfman Jack". Then back in December their sister station from the New London market Jammin' 107.7 took over both the AM and the FM translator for 15 mins. Another time I tuned in and the AM and the FM translator were running Spanish CHR from their sister station BOMBA-FM. January 1st and January 5th both the AM and the FM translator ran dead air for most of the day. That's when the hum was really noticeable on 990.
W253BQ 98.5 Meriden, Connecticut. - This station is owned by Full-Power Radio and is part of a statewide network of Translators doing Spanish CHR as BOMBA-FM based out of WMRQ 104.1 HD2. (And in the case of their New London translator WBMW 106.5 HD4). Anyway W253BQ suffers from what I call digital burps. If they were there before they weren't very noticeable and now seem to be happening more frequently. Maybe it has something to do with BOMBA moving their studios from an Office Building to the WDRC building in Bloomfield. (Full Power Radio recently purchased WDRC). These digital burps don't seem to be there when I listen on Tune-In. I also don't think they're on the other 2 translators I can pick up on the radio in the 2010 Honda Civic - 97.1 out of Bolton and 99.5 FM out of Waterbury (but licensed to Clinton).
When my Dad was alive he didn't like the sound of WLNG 92.1 from Sag Harbor, Long Island. Depending on where you are and the conditions they blast here into Connecticut (at least on the Car Radio). He came across the station and was like "What is this dumb station (he used another word that I can't spell and perhaps is made up) with the Echo Effect and a Swap Shop Show on a Monday Morning?" - Anyway yes WLNG does (or did) have a Swap Shop Show on Monday-Friday morning. The reverb effect doesn't bother me. And I thought it was hilarious one time when they were doing a remote on a weekday afternoon from a little deli somewhere in Eastern Long Island.
WNTY AM 990 in Southington, Connecticut. - They are an Oldies station (60s-80s music) owned by Full Power Radio. For the past several months there has been a noticeable hum in the background. It sounds like something isn't grounded properly. The hum is also not there when they air the live Italian Show on Sundays and the pre-recorded Lutheran Church Mass on Sundays. I would say the hum has something to do with the computer that plays the Oldies Music. Also from time to time something goofy things happen to this station (and their FM translator). Last Summer for example a rap song - Bad and Boujee by Migos played just before the top of the hour on a Saturday Night during "Wolfman Jack". Then back in December their sister station from the New London market Jammin' 107.7 took over both the AM and the FM translator for 15 mins. Another time I tuned in and the AM and the FM translator were running Spanish CHR from their sister station BOMBA-FM. January 1st and January 5th both the AM and the FM translator ran dead air for most of the day. That's when the hum was really noticeable on 990.
W253BQ 98.5 Meriden, Connecticut. - This station is owned by Full-Power Radio and is part of a statewide network of Translators doing Spanish CHR as BOMBA-FM based out of WMRQ 104.1 HD2. (And in the case of their New London translator WBMW 106.5 HD4). Anyway W253BQ suffers from what I call digital burps. If they were there before they weren't very noticeable and now seem to be happening more frequently. Maybe it has something to do with BOMBA moving their studios from an Office Building to the WDRC building in Bloomfield. (Full Power Radio recently purchased WDRC). These digital burps don't seem to be there when I listen on Tune-In. I also don't think they're on the other 2 translators I can pick up on the radio in the 2010 Honda Civic - 97.1 out of Bolton and 99.5 FM out of Waterbury (but licensed to Clinton).
When my Dad was alive he didn't like the sound of WLNG 92.1 from Sag Harbor, Long Island. Depending on where you are and the conditions they blast here into Connecticut (at least on the Car Radio). He came across the station and was like "What is this dumb station (he used another word that I can't spell and perhaps is made up) with the Echo Effect and a Swap Shop Show on a Monday Morning?" - Anyway yes WLNG does (or did) have a Swap Shop Show on Monday-Friday morning. The reverb effect doesn't bother me. And I thought it was hilarious one time when they were doing a remote on a weekday afternoon from a little deli somewhere in Eastern Long Island.