WNNW In HD?

[Bradford Wood]

WNNW went HD at 0600 Tuesday morning.

BW
> HD radio is all in stereo. There is no h in Clear Channel's spelling of
> Rumba, which sounds like the name of an alcoholic beverageba--the one that
> the Andrews Sisters presumably mixed with Coca Colba.
>
> --
>
> Dan Strassberg
> dan.strassberg@att.net
> Fax: 1-707-215-6367
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laurence Glavin" <lglavin@mail.com>
> To: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 4:55 PM
> Subject: WNNW In HD?
>
>
>   
>> I don't know how long this has been going on, but today (Thursday 12/14)
>> I noticed a tremendous amount of IBOC hash just below and above WNNW-AM
>> 800, Lawrence, MA.  It causes mild interference to the two Leicester-
>> based AM's near Woostah, WCRN 830 and WVNE 760.  When I drove by the tower
>> overlooking Route 93 in Andover, WCRN was completely obliterated not
>> by splatter but by the signature hash IBOC AM's generate.  I don't
>> yet have an HD radio, so I don't know whether WNNW is broadcasting
>> in stereo...they installed a new transmitter last spring to
>> boost their output to 3,000 watts...so maybe they're just activating
>> an HD carrier because it's there.  WXKS-AM 1430 has been broadcasting
>> in HD for months, so when they go  "Rhumba" they undoubtedly
>> will be transmitting that format in HD or HD stereo.  It would
>> appear that WNNW is taking this step to compete.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Search for products and services at:
>> http://search.mail.com
>>
>>
>>     
>
>
>
>
>
>