Re: First IBOC FM in Boston - I think

["gf" <gff@attbi.com>]

According to the list in last weeks Radio World, the only Massachusetts
station that has so far pulled a CP for IBOC was WKLB-FM, Lowell.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Read" <aread@speakeasy.net>
To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 12:39 PM
Subject: First IBOC FM in Boston - I think


> Sid Schweiger & John Kennedy have graciously confirmed my suspicions: WQSX
> / Star 93.7FM has turned on their IBOC-FM signal as of late last week.  I
> believe this makes them the first FM IBOC signal in Boston.   The first
> IBOC signal period I believe belongs to WBZ when they were testing their
> transmitter, but I'm not 100% sure of that.
>
> Regardless, congratulations guys!   You've made a worthy note in Boston
> radio history.
>
> I tuned in our lab here in Medfield to WQSX and I couldn't hear any
> degradation to the analog from the digital, so it seems to work as
> advertised on the analog side.  I haven't been able to get my hands on a
HD
> radio receiver yet.  Soon.  Me wantssss it...my...my preciousssss...   ;-)
> .
>
>
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