WDVD sounding better than ever

[stopnswop2]

Did 96.3 get a new PD?

Before, everytime I tuned it there was such bizarre programming, but I've had it on for hours now and this is such a change.

[MWmetalhead]

Yes. They hired the former PD of Sunny 95 in Columbus, OH last autumn, I believe.

I think WDVD's imaging (still) sounds like crap and feel the overall product at the moment falls far short of its late 00s / early 2010s peak. I will say the processing sounds good once again.

I hate the fact the station eliminated jingles from its imaging package some time ago.

Ron Harrell was far & away the best PD in the history of the WDVD brand. Robbie Bridges - who did a good job - is a distant second.

[stopnswop2]

Oh I definitely agree this is nothing compared to what it was 15 years ago. I'm talking about sounding better than what it did recently

[MWmetalhead]

Fifteen years ago, I think it was arguably the best sounding Adult CHR station in the entire country.

[matt1]

That station & Q106 WJXQ in Jackson, MI are the best FM sounding stations!!!!

[MotorCityRadioFreak]

I haven't fiddled with the dial much lately. I can't even remember if it is a preset. It was absolutely horrible a year ago. I think I replaced with WOMC.

Honestly, I alternate between 97.1, 98.7, and 950 at Rush Hour.

[MotorCityRadioFreak]

Okay, I listened to this during the PM drive today and heard Eminem(Lose Yourself), Billie Eilish(Bad Guy), and David Guetta(Baby Don't Hurt Me). I like it.

[syntheticexctasy]

That station & Q106 WJXQ in Jackson, MI are the best FM sounding stations!!!!

WJXQ really does have some awesome processing. WBYR also. Where i'm at in the metro, I can pick both up quite regularly.

I notice on WRIF, WIOT and WCSX quite often, the 'low bandwidth' sound of MP3 files, and also a digital 'mush' from their processors. it seems really noticeable during guitar riffs. Whatever processor they use is either set up quite wrong, or just plain sucks. I've noticed the same exact artifacts on WIIL also.

[syntheticexctasy]

That station & Q106 WJXQ in Jackson, MI are the best FM sounding stations!!!!

WJXQ really does have some awesome processing. WBYR also. Where i'm at in the metro, I can pick both up quite regularly.

I notice on WRIF, WIOT and WCSX quite often, the 'low bandwidth' sound of MP3 files, and also a digital 'mush' from their processors. it seems really noticeable during guitar riffs. Whatever processor they use is either set up quite wrong, or just plain sucks. I've noticed the same exact artifacts on WIIL also.

Don't get me started on WXKR, which sounds like it's playing 28kbit MP3s from an old iPod, and then trying to digitally process THAT. That station has sounded worse than a high school operation for quite some time now.

[syntheticexctasy]

That station & Q106 WJXQ in Jackson, MI are the best FM sounding stations!!!!

WJXQ really does have some awesome processing. WBYR also. Where i'm at in the metro, I can pick both up quite regularly.

I notice on WRIF, WIOT and WCSX quite often, the 'low bandwidth' sound of MP3 files, and also a digital 'mush' from their processors. it seems really noticeable during guitar riffs. Whatever processor they use is either set up quite wrong, or just plain sucks. I've noticed the same exact artifacts on WIIL also.


Don't get me started on WXKR, which sounds like it's playing 28kbit MP3s from an old iPod, and then trying to digitally process THAT. That station has sounded worse than a high school operation for quite some time now.

[syntheticexctasy]

That station & Q106 WJXQ in Jackson, MI are the best FM sounding stations!!!!

WJXQ really does have some awesome processing. WBYR also. Where i'm at in the metro, I can pick both up quite regularly.

I notice on WRIF, WIOT and WCSX quite often, the 'low bandwidth' sound of MP3 files, and also a digital 'mush' from their processors. it seems really noticeable during guitar riffs. Whatever processor they use is either set up quite wrong, or just plain sucks. I've noticed the same exact artifacts on WIIL also.


Don't get me started on WXKR, which sounds like it's playing 28kbit MP3s from an old iPod, and then trying to digitally process THAT. That station has sounded worse than a high school operation for quite some time now. Maybe they need some pointers from WSHJ.

[MWmetalhead]

I agree that WRIF and especially WCSX both sound like shit from a processing standpoint. Sister station WDMK sounds muddy as hell. WMGC is the only full power signal owned by Beasley that sounds good from a processing vantage point.

WGRD in Grand Rapids has a lame playlist but excellent processing.

[Marcus]

Even the audio processing on Cool 106.3 in Sarnia sounds better than the Beasley owned stations to me.

[sizzlechest]

My hearing sucks, so it's all the same to me, but Cool 106.3 is awesome on the weekends. So is 105.5 in Port huron.

[matt1]

If you were around back in 1982 & 1983, Q106 WJXQ FM in Jackson, MI sounded fuckin' great back then & when the song fades, they also turned the meter sound up!!!!