[BC] Nominations For Best sounding AM

[Warren Shulz]

Scott,

I agree the simulcast of the WLS-FM Oldies Format would be a flash back
of excitement.  While I love Coast-to-Coast and the Truckers Radio they
exist on many outlets.  I just don't see that happening in today's
environment.

I have used  the Potomac lab grade AM receiver tuned to WSM during the
Grand Ole Opry (sky-wave) and it is amazing to hear music performance.
The single stick AM stations have the ATU bandwidth and SS transmitters
that rival the performance specs that were typical of the 70's FM stereo
plants.

Granted today's FM analog transmitter plants can achieve  S/N of - 79dB,
0.07% IMD and 0.04% THD no consumer receiver design can reproduce those
specifications.   Many years ago I  tested several consumer grade
receivers using an FM off air signal and the only FM radio that was
close to mod., monitor performance was a Technics ST-9030. 

Its not the transmission plant that limits performance but the source
material and receiver based equipment.  Listen to the artifact in the
L-R channel when in near or full mono.  Lots of grunge.

Warren Shulz 
WLS CGO

-----Original Message-----

 From: Scott Bailey

Warren,
   I'm a Citadel Media affiliate with their Hot AC Music Format on
WMRO-AM, Gallatin, TN., known as "Magic 1560". I support and I'm proud
to be a part of Citadel. It appears to me at night, if some one at
Citadel/Chicago had any brains, they would simulcast WLS-AM with WLS-FM
at night. Let the AM talk all day, but when the sun goes down, The Big
89 would rule the airwaves with the Rock Oldies that we all grew up to.
I don't care what some consultant says, it would make money.

   WSM-AM has held on to the Grand Ole Opry, and it will never in our
lifetime leave WSM-AM. The country music artist are making sure Gaylord
keeps it that way. Now on the Rock side, it would only make sense at
night to put the Rock back on WLS-AM and let it just float with the FM.
Yes, it would have millions of listeners. 

  As far as advertiers, if they would just give it a chance, the
nighttime will pay off for WLS-AM. All those Rock Songs all of us on the
list listen to when WLS-AM was Rock, man it would pay off!

  I guess it's just a dream, nobody is going to listen to this pee-on
little AM station owner.

Scott
--
Scott Bailey
WMRO Radio, Gallatin, TN
  
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From: "Warren Shulz" <warren.shulz at citcomm.com>
>
The WLS-AM C-Quam exciter is fed from an Omnia processor with 10 KHz LP
and will 
be good for 50  Hz to 9.5 KHz response.   I like the idea of L+R feed
for 
redundant audio.  Even if I disable the C-Quam I would leave L+R  in
place. The 
original WLS-AM studios in the 80's were stereo and that has continued
over the 
years and has been treated as if it were a FM stereo station.  For a
time we 
simulcast WLS-AM on FM sister station.  It was just a matter of patch
cords and 
> we were good to go.   
>