WBZ 1030 on 103.3 HD2

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

The limit for good reception all depends on the power level of the
station.... If you're a Class A FM , the HD is going to be good for barely,
not even.. 10 miles...

Oh the 25,000 and 50,000 watt FMs.. you'll get about 25 miles or so.

Paul Walker

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 5:36 PM, pbencurrier <pbencurrier@hotmail.com>wrote:

> Not so. Listening to 'BZ at night right here in Sandwich Mass is kinda like
> listening to KSL.
>
> And, I'm guessing that we're probably too far from the 103.3  HD3 to get it
> clearly??  I recently heard a caller on the Steve Leveille the Sequel
> Broadcast that 40 miles or so is the limit for good reception for HD.
>
> Paul Currier
> Cape Cod
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "SteveOrdinetz" <hykker@wildblue.net>
> To: "Boston Radio Group" <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:44 AM
> Subject: Re: WBZ 1030 on 103.3 HD2
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Maureen Carney <m_carney@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yesterday morning around 6:57 I was listening to WBZ in the car. At the
>> end of the segment, Deb Lawler mentioned to "listen to WBZ in HD on Oldies
>> 103.3 HD channel 2" (or something to that effect). I haven't heard it since,
>> and there's no mention of it on either the WBZ or Oldies 103.3 web sites.
>> I'm not going to go off the deep end and predict this is a precursor to
>> moving the AM format to FM, but how many people have HD radios to take
>> advantage of this?
>>
>>
> What does this gain WBZ?  Anywhere 103.3 is audible, 1030 comes in
> just fine as well.
>
>