It all started in 1987, when 1050 WHN flipped from country and became the original WFAN. 1050 is now WEPN and I guess they and WHSQ (formerly WCBS) will be sister stations.
Thanks Michael. It really does sound great on all the bands. I'll be making more videos with this boombox soon. I will miss WCBS too. I wonder what will happen to 1050 ESPN radio now that it will move to 880. I know their FM version will be shutting down for good. I have a suspicion ESPN Deportes will be on 1050, we'll see. Thank you for watching and enjoy your evening.
I was wondering if there are any rumors or updates regarding the future of WPHT and KYW NEWSRADIO in Philadelphia that you can share, give what is going on with wcbs 880 in NYC? I won't disclose the info .
Haven't heard anything. Here, both WCBS and WINS have the all news format, so I can see why they made this decision, even though I don't agree with it. This is the result of corporations being allowed to purchase multiple stations in the same market.
I hope not. I kind of understand why Audacy would do that in the NY market being there is also 1010 WINS. I don't agree with their decision but at least we have WINS.
A similar end had occurred locally. Before there were two news talk radio stations both were broadcasting also on FM. One of the two had shut down leaving only one news talk radio station. Both AM and FM frequencies are now off air and not know what station will fill either or both AM and FM frequencies. Both are part of the 5 AM radio stations that are heard locally as if it sounds like it was streaming in lo-fi given all 5 AM transmitters located in the city despite all 5 transmitters continuing broadcasting in reduced transmitter power in the night. Now only 4 AM radio stations are left.
I'm going to miss it. It's a surprise given the reach that 880 has but on the other hand not surprising given the decline of AM. Both stations WCBS and WINS owned by the same company, now we are left with only one all news station. WINS also has an FM simulcast as of 2022. I hope their AM signal isn't next to go.
@@TasoV. one of the two local news talk radio stations that went off air had so much history including entertainment before becoming news and radio talk. There were attempts to try to save the station giving having a historic heritage. The decline of AM is not good because AM is also can be used for emergency broadcasts and requires less transmitter power than FM which uses more transmitter power. On the other side, FM is best suited for HD Radio signals and most of the HD Radio broadcasts are on FM.
@@martinaguilar5905 I agree. Another closure I'm saddened to hear about is 900 CHML in Hamilton, Ontario. I would be able to pick up that station pretty well on some nights. They had news updates and old shows A very historic station. Also, true, not only does AM use less transmitter power, it has better coverage. The RF noise doesn't help either.
@@TasoV. I also noticed when there are HD Radio signals on AM in the night, the HD Radio signal goes to other AM radio broadcasts I believe because of the bandwidth of HD Radio especially noticeable from very extreme distant radio signals from Europe and Asia. There are AM radio stations broadcasting music that is best heard in quality on HD Radio but can be heard without the HD Radio signal in AM radio quality. From what I have seen, there have been tests done with DRM on longwave. DRM I say might work for AM than HD Radio and if it does that should make AM radio listening better just like HD Radio given the RF noise in AM that will not be good for the complete decoding of HD Radio.
@@martinaguilar5905 Interesting...DRM on longwave, wow. Although I don't own an HD capable receiver myself, I do know many AM stations had an HD signal available. I say had, because most have since shut down. There may be one or two left that offer the HD option on AM but most AM stations now, either have an FM simulcast or are HD as a sub channel on FM.
Apparently, there are Juro spiders that have been coming to NY. This particular spider can handle all the noise associated with a major city, who knew. Thank you for watching.
