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(classical format) you will be in for a surprise at 6:00 a.m. Monday. It is going country. The classical format will move to KKGO-AM 1260.`Just a public service announcement.
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I was driving to Palm Springs area to give 2 lectures, and listening to them playing Fischer Dieskau in Wagner scenes and they announced it and said a wistful goodbye.I never liked KMZT as they played bleeding chunks, as Tommy posted. But it seemed like it was sounding better. I also remember KKGO.
that same fm station number in Calgary's been broadcasting country music for the last 30 years.
only snippets. it still sounded great from the days when it was kkgo, the jazz station. i didnt listen to it much as kmzt because i like my symphonies complete.the college stations were better for that.
...regards...tr
When it comes to classical, it's always been 91.5 KUSC......One of few stations of any format I can think of whose call letters, format, and radio frequency never changed at all over the past 30 years.
What does that leave, just KUSC?
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"Occasionally we list eccentrically, all sense of balance gone."
From their website..."K-Mozart has not gone away, we are still on FM in High Definition and also simulcast on 1260AM"
"We truly appreciate your loyal support and hope you will continue listening to K-Mozart on 1260am and on 105.1 HD2 Radio."
Don't piss on my shoe and tell me it's raining.
In glorious MONO !!! With a WEEEEEK Signal !
What's HD2 Radio? I guess I can listen to am in the car, since I never really listen to radio at home, but what is it anyway?
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"Occasionally we list eccentrically, all sense of balance gone."
The receivers aren't so very expensive if HD2 broadcasts are all they're cracked up to be.
Don't piss on my shoe and tell me it's raining.
Analog FM stereo, with a decent receiver and a transmitter not driven to the limit will sound better. (I know, that's a lot of 'if's') Actually, FM stereo reception isn't that tough, with a decent antenna and a multipath indicator on the receiver.HD radio uses some lossy compression, like the two satellite radio services do. So, I'm not sure how good that would sound for serious listening on a capable system. Probably ok for background music.
No matter how you slice it, it seems like radio is being "dumbed" down to the level of a Bose car stereo.
Our last commercial classical station here in DC packed it in just a few months ago; happily the PBS station picked up the format (again) and some of the station's personnel and its complete record library. WGMS ("Washington's Good Music Station") had been doing classical music here since at least 1960. The sad thing was . . . they were making money. They had a big, very affluent audience and they sold that to advertisers successfully.
But the owner thought they could make even more money doing sportstalk. God knows why. It's not like there aren't 3 or more other stations in town doing the same thing.
Which reminds me, I need to become a member of the PBS station and put my dollars where my ears are -- I still have a good FM tuner at home!
It was an FM show on old LA station KFAC that got me interested in sound. Skip Weshner, midnight. Played all kinds of music, not just classical, and was sponsored by a consortium of high end audio dealers, many of whom I came to know while doing my field study in grad b-school (on behalf of the rep firm for Teac-Accuphase). Live analog FM was like being there. Anybody do that anymore?
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"Occasionally we list eccentrically, all sense of balance gone."
walking into sound center and having paul carvel mount another cartridge on the grace 707 he had in his HAND! great forerunner to the 'in fidelity' show that came later.
...regards...tr
I've mentioned him before. No one else has ever replied. He turned me on to Barbara Keith. Played a couple of songs from her second album, which he always said was the best album by a "distaff" singer. It was. Sad that he became obsessed with the Chilean protest songs and wouldn't play anything else and then lost his show. One of his sponsors was Ike Golen's store, Dimensions in Stereo, in Torrance. I used to hang out there when I couldn't afford to buy much of anything.
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"Occasionally we list eccentrically, all sense of balance gone."
so I wasn't thinking about whether it was AM or FM.
Oops!
Don't piss on my shoe and tell me it's raining.
And for some reason, their reception (at least for me) is very limited, e.g., I only get it when I am trying to listen to satellite radio....at least during the 50% of my time I spend in Ventura County.
I don't know where their transmitter is, but assuming it's on campus, I could see it from here-there's nothing in between, but it never comes in real strong. 105.1, now that's strong. Doubly sad for me because I'm a big c&w fan, but that means oldtimers and those who follow them, not the modern pop stuff.
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"Occasionally we list eccentrically, all sense of balance gone."
If your trying to get good AM reception you’ll need a big antenna, 100 ft or more of thin wire suspended 6ft or more off ground should work well. Also make sure that the radio has a good ground or you’ll never see the full potential of this antenna.
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