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97.1's audio now sounds worse than WOMC's!

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Mega Hertz
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Re: 97.1's audio now sounds worse than WOMC's!

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Phones have been taking a dump all day, too.
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NESNerd427
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Re: 97.1's audio now sounds worse than WOMC's!

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I have always noticed that the sound on the HD Radio signal has been very low quality and degraded compared to the Analog signal. Every once in a while, they bother to fix it and it sounds fine again, but it always ends up breaking again. As for these new issues, my guess is a bad IP link or STL. I agree with MWmetalhead, I think Audacy's budget has hit rock bottom.
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Mega Hertz
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Re: 97.1's audio now sounds worse than WOMC's!

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Guess they won't be hiring Ron Cameron anytime soon.
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Re: 97.1's audio now sounds worse than WOMC's!

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Still having phone issues as recently as the last segment. I'm streaming it on YouTube so I can't tell the OTA difference.
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Mega Hertz wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:49 pm Guess they won't be hiring Ron Cameron anytime soon.
Or maybe they will. Before they do that the sound quality of 97.1 has to be of AM radio quality.
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Re: 97.1's audio now sounds worse than WOMC's!

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I couldn’t tell if it was just the audio or the terrible hosts on that station.
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