[BC] Mono Expands on the FM Band

Goran Tomas goran.tomas
Mon Jan 16 10:49:45 CST 2006


--- At 16.1.2006 11:12, R J Carpenter wrote: ---
> From the DC-area radio/TV gossip site DCRTV.COM:
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>Mono Returns To DC's FM Band - 1/16 - Mono is making a comeback on 
>the DC area's FM band. Radio engineers have long known that a mono 
>FM signal has more range than a stereo one does. In fringe areas, a 
>stereo signal can feature an annoying hiss. The resurrection of mono 
>arrived several years ago, when Bonneville's WTOP started an FM 
>relay on Warrenton's 94.3, which got moved to 107.7. The mono signal 
>improved coverage into the DC metro. And since the programming was 
>news and talk, the loss of stereo didn't seem

I wouldn't have a problem running talk station in mono at all!

Music is something completely different, though.


Regards,
Goran Tomas





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