WXKS-AM Starts IBOC Transmission

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 31 Aug 2005 at 13:28, Laurence Glavin wrote:

> I don't know exactly when they started, but WXKS-AM 1430 has begun
> broadcasting in IBOC HD (Stereo?).  The sound quality of WXKS-AM
> itself remains about the same (not true of WBZ-AM or WMKI-AM) but hash
> can be heard over WVEI-AM 1440 Worcester and WNBP-AM 1450 in
> Newburyport.  This means that someone living half-way between
> Wellington Circle, Medford and Ferry St. Salisbury, MA...let's say in,
> um, oh I don't know, Rowley, yeah that's it...who could previously
> expect to pick up WNBP unencumbered may now have to listen to it
> through IBOC hash.

Clearly the FCC doesn't care much about how stations sound, and neither do the people who 
manufacture analog radios.  They're allowing ever more interference with everything these 
days.  

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