Just noticed yesterday that "Classic KMPS" is gone and has been replaced by the blues-formatted "Delta." When did the changeover take place? I believe classic country was carried over after the flip for a bit.
at the beginning of June they swapped HD 2 programming on KKWF (100.7) and KSWD (94.1). The Classic Country programming is now on the wolf HD2.
If the changeover took six weeks to get noticed, what does that say about loyalty to the product?
I actually agree with AQH on this one. Who is actually listening to the subchannels? I've been in several Ubers with HD, but one and only one was listening to anything other than the HD1. In fact, I noticed that a station was in HD one time, and the driver didn't even know what I was talking about.
Your second sentence has more validity than the first. It's hard to assign a qualitative difference to a station that you can't receive. So that lack of HD radios is why the general public ignores the stations. Personally I haven't bought a radio (any radio) in at least ten years. But I got one for free a few months ago when I bought a new car. For the first time, I can receive HD. Actually I find the stations that are now on translators (and some are feeding HD stations) to be better than the full signal stations.HD Radio tuning is often ignored by the general public because to them, it's just a bunch of crappy stations in between the ones they want. And the general public mostly does not have HD Radios (namely at home/portable.)
HD Radio tuning is often ignored by the general public because to them, it's just a bunch of crappy stations in between the ones they want. And the general public mostly does not have HD Radios (namely at home/portable.) Many new cars still don't have it and a lot of the aftermarket car tuners I've seen barely even have an FM radio. Period. To say nothing of HD capability. But they will often play radio apps/Sirius-XM/USB sticks/Bluetooth/iPods and sometimes CDs/DVDs. And radios in general are an afterthought at best with electronics manufacturers these days. Everything is apps now and wi-fi connected.
That alone strongly supports the fact the curve of radio is moving to streaming. And you can't fight the electronics makers and the consumer/tech market (Who's going to tell THEM "You've gotten too big for your britches. So no, people can't have that big new music app everyone is talking about. Our shareholder value is far more important. So get a radio.") NO ONE would survive the backlash from that.
Problem for radio of course is that very few car audio systems are AM/FM/HD only. If they have HD chances are great they will also have Satellite and streaming built in as well.
Could be they're on their backup transmitter or site. Not all the groups have HD capabilities for their backup transmission facilities.