[BC] Monitoring IBUZ Secondaries - NOT

[Glen Kippel]

And they can't afford a silence sensor to monitor their output?  How sad.

On 2/16/07, robertm at nyc.rr.com <robertm at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Gee
>
> Rich is not the only one who is hearing them. I do as well.
>
> R
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike McCarthy <Towers at mre.com>
> Date: Friday, February 16, 2007 11:06 am
> Subject: Re: [BC] Monitoring IBUZ Secondaries - NOT
> To: Broadcasters' Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>
> > Commercials are not allowed on HD 2 yet.  Any supplemental audio
> > is
> > considered experimental and thus can't not be commercially supported.
> >
> > MM
> >
> > At 09:49 AM 2/16/2007 -0500, Rich Wood wrote
> > >IBUZ secondary being ignored. Volume 2:
> > >
> > >As I'm typing this I'm listening to WTIC-HD2, Hartford. There are
> > two
> > >audio sources running simultaneously during spots. Since it's a
> > simulcast
> > >I can only assume AM spots are being replaced on the secondary.
> > It's been
> > >happening only during spots. In the last 30 minutes every spot
> > set has had
> > >two audio sources running. I can't imagine WTIC-AM not hearing
> > this on the
> > >analog if it's a full simulcast. Again, we're dealing with
> > throwaway
> > >secondaries. Nobody appears to be monitoring them. I made easily
> > 20 phone
> > >calls to tell them about it. I was greeted with voicemail
> > everywhere. Not
> > >even a receptionist. This is one of the dominant stations in
> > Hartford.
> > >Even the news department had voicemail. I guess the only way to
> > get
> > >through to the station is to call the Talk Show line. I even
> > called the
> > >other stations in the cluster. All had voicemail.
> > >
> > >It's a good thing, I hope, advertisers aren't paying for this.
> > They have a
> > >ton of makegoods to run if they are. The owner of WTIC is also a
> > member of
> > >the HD Dominion. The complaint of the head of the HD Dominion
> > appears to
> > >have fallen on deaf ears. His complaint is legitimate.
> > Secondaries are
> > >thowaways.
> > >
> > >This is the second station this week, both owned by HD Dominion
> > members
> > >where the secondary wasn't being monitored. Now, tell me, again,
> > why I
> > >should buy an IBUZ receiver if I'm a listener. The station
> > doesn't care.
> > >Why should I?
> > >
> > >Rich
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