[BC] Making Beautiful Hash

Rich Wood richwood at pobox.com
Sat Apr 5 16:18:26 CDT 2008


------ At 11:11 AM 4/5/2008, Kevin Tekel wrote: -------

>However, I don't see the point of WWWT (formerly WTOP) running IBOC at
>night.  iBiquity did tests which showed that they would have a digital
>coverage radius of only about 10 miles when running hybrid IBOC at night.
>Even in analog, 1500's coverage of the DC metro is so poor that they
>ultimately moved the WTOP format to FM.

I realize it's legal at night even though I've never actually had a 
station lock onto IBUZ at night. It's my understanding they 
voluntarily shut it down at night.

While the signal might not be much in Washington it's like a local in 
Western MA. It bombs in here.

Rich  




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