no HD on BZ?

[Peter Q. George]

I believe that 'BZ's main telco STL path requires them to go through upwards of 15 Central Offices to get that audio from Soldiers Field Road to Hull.  I can only imagine if only ONE of those telco CO's were to breach, good luck trying to find the actual offending circuit quickly.  But, a BIG station like WBZ ALWAYS has backups (I hope).  There's always microwave (good luck with SO much multipath prevalent on that water path to Hull).  Fiber? Maybe.  Satellite uplink, easy. "They're C-B-S!".

> 
> > >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
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