RE: WFNX, stereo vs. mono.

[Roger Kirk <rkirk@mail1.videoserver.com>]

PETER GEORGE Wrote: (I snipped)
>In this day of CD's and digital audio..etc., people will not stand for   
mono FM when the music is >almost invariably in stereo.
>...music that WFNX plays would sound flat if broadcast in mono.
>...WMLN (91.5) in Milton.  They broadcast in mono.  I would
>enjoy some of the programming on 'MLN if only it would in stereo.  They
>sound extremely "flat" in comparision to other college stations of the
>same power and coverage area.
>...WGAO (88.3) ...They sound super.  If they were in mono, it would be
>a turn-off.
>...Personally, I don't mind a radio WITHOUT a blend circuit as some of   
the radios in the market blend too soon when moving away from the   
transmitter.
>...MONO simply sucks.
>...'FNX would lose a portion of their listeners who want to hear STEREO
>...IMHO,

So, let me see if I've got this right, you're not an advocate of MONO -   
right?

<rant>
My $.02 worth:  Stereo's fine and I don't pass up a chance to listen to   
music that sounds good in stereo, but I was raised on AM radio and some   
of Top 40's bigger hits were mixed to be Killer in Mono, while the Stereo   
LP versions were mediocre to poor e.g. Joy To The World, Hit Me with Your   
Best Shot, Mack The Knife.  So, for the music I enjoyed, a station's   
quest to air the stereo LP version (just to play stereo)  results in a   
very poor listening experience for me.  NB: WODS used to play the stereo   
(LP) versions of these songs and eventually changed over after a few   
months (years?) to the true Hit Version (albeit in Mono.)  They still   
play one of the Rolling Stone's songs (title escapes me at the moment) in   
"un-mixed-down, 2-track" stereo (i.e. mostly music in one channel and   
mostly voices in the other) - and for my money, that SUCKS.  Thanks for   
listening - sorry it's in mono.

</rant>  

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