no HD on BZ?

[Dale H. Cook]

At 11:44 AM 1/5/2009, George Allen wrote:

> >I don't recall seeing the answer to this on the list - does anyone 
> know what type of digital link 'BZ is using to Hull (digital STL, T1, etc.)?
>
>The answer from their CE today:
>"Old fashion 15kHz broadcast loops."
>Which I assume means Telco analog.  Amazing...

That means that their A-D conversion is done at the transmitter site. 
The copper out to Hull may be old enough to preclude higher-bandwidth 
circuits. I would think, though, that there would be fiber on the peninsula.

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, 
Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA - WZZI / WZZU / WLNI / WLEQ
http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/starcity.html 

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