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IHeart Outages
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IHeart Outages
For quite a while this evening both 95.5 and 106.7 were off the air. 95.5 eventually came back on, yet 106.7 was off a while. They came back, ran a legal, played a Zeppelin tune, and went back out.
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Re: IHeart Outages
Amazing major market stations don't have backup generators, and probably not a full-time engineering staff.
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That's what I said, too. Is no one minding the store? Any PD's or anyone listening? Add to that the WNIC fiasco...
I guess I'm curious as to why only two of the five were affected.
I guess I'm curious as to why only two of the five were affected.
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And tonight, as of 9:30pm, all FMs were off. WDFN, ironically, was on the air.
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Re: IHeart Outages
To clarify - all FM transmitters were broadcasting dead air. The stations weren't technically "off the air."
Makes me wonder if a Studio-Transmitter Link got damaged.
Makes me wonder if a Studio-Transmitter Link got damaged.
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Re: IHeart Outages
The Studio building has a backup generator so I would have to agree that it may have been an STL problem.Makes me wonder if a Studio-Transmitter Link got damaged.
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Re: IHeart Outages
This is correct. I had to explain the difference to my girlfriend as I scanned the iHeart stations.MWmetalhead wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 6:42 amTo clarify - all FM transmitters were broadcasting dead air. The stations weren't technically "off the air."
Makes me wonder if a Studio-Transmitter Link got damaged.
Damn shame they can't afford to keep anyone in the building lest the CEO can only afford ONE off-shore dual motor racing yacht.
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Re: IHeart Outages
Microwave STL's, where possible, are the best way to go. If you don't believe me, try to listen to WWJ during a severe weather outbreak. The STL drops multiple times. As I recall, WWJ's "phone line" STL has to pass across 3 different telco carriers between Southfield, and Berlin Township. With Channel 50's tower right there, how can there not be a microwave path to Berlin Township?
As to I-Heart, there's really no excuse, because the distance from Farmington Hills to all transmitter sites isn't great. I've never seen the I-Heart complex, so I have no idea what type of STL's they are using. If I were VP of engineering, microwave would be mandatory. The back-up facilities, and redundancies that were firmly in place in the past, have largely been eliminated over time by the bean counters, post consolidation.
As to I-Heart, there's really no excuse, because the distance from Farmington Hills to all transmitter sites isn't great. I've never seen the I-Heart complex, so I have no idea what type of STL's they are using. If I were VP of engineering, microwave would be mandatory. The back-up facilities, and redundancies that were firmly in place in the past, have largely been eliminated over time by the bean counters, post consolidation.
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Re: IHeart Outages
Who cares? Most listeners have many other options.
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Re: IHeart Outages
Is their radio dial broken?
None of iHeart's local FMs are format exclusive.
Want AC? Tune to 98.7
Want CHR/Pop? Tune to 96.3 (they play a decent amount of that stuff).
Want gangbanger music? Tune to 107.5.
Want bad 80s butt rock? Tune to 94.7.
Want throwbacks and R&B? Tune to 105.9 or 105.1.
The outage happened at night, not morning drive where air talent differences might be more important.
None of iHeart's local FMs are format exclusive.
Want AC? Tune to 98.7
Want CHR/Pop? Tune to 96.3 (they play a decent amount of that stuff).
Want gangbanger music? Tune to 107.5.
Want bad 80s butt rock? Tune to 94.7.
Want throwbacks and R&B? Tune to 105.9 or 105.1.
The outage happened at night, not morning drive where air talent differences might be more important.
Morgan Wallen is a piece of garbage.