WLS AM/FM SOLD

[KeithE4]

What a timely topic. I live 35 miles from Chgo FM transmitters & have a roof antennae. have had Sony & Scott FM receivers. Now I converted to a digital Sony 7.1 to one. Excellent for movies, TV cable, CD, etc, but FM stereo reception on many strong stations weak with roof antennae. Why does advancement in tech mean other functions are sacrificed? Thank you.

Sounds like there's something wrong with that receiver (broken antenna connection?  overload?) or your antenna (how's your TV reception on it?).  For most of the time I lived in the Chicago area, I lived 30 to 50 miles from the towers (Streamwood & Wauconda, respectively), and had no problems with the downtown FM stations on either an outside antenna or a built-in monopole.

[howardm]

Antennae checked, reason it's bad is the digital receivers are not sensitive to FM signals, my previous receivers were not that discriminating, but they were analog. TV reception on same mast fine. Maybe we need cable FM. Comments welcome.

What a timely topic. I live 35 miles from Chgo FM transmitters & have a roof antennae. have had Sony & Scott FM receivers. Now I converted to a digital Sony 7.1 to one. Excellent for movies, TV cable, CD, etc, but FM stereo reception on many strong stations weak with roof antennae. Why does advancement in tech mean other functions are sacrificed? Thank you.

Sounds like there's something wrong with that receiver (broken antenna connection?  overload?) or your antenna (how's your TV reception on it?).  For most of the time I lived in the Chicago area, I lived 30 to 50 miles from the towers (Streamwood & Wauconda, respectively), and had no problems with the downtown FM stations on either an outside antenna or a built-in monopole.

[secondchoice]

Antennae checked, reason it's bad is the digital receivers are not sensitive to FM signals, my previous receivers were not that discriminating, but they were analog. TV reception on same mast fine. Maybe we need cable FM. Comments welcome.

What a timely topic. I live 35 miles from Chgo FM transmitters & have a roof antennae. have had Sony & Scott FM receivers. Now I converted to a digital Sony 7.1 to one. Excellent for movies, TV cable, CD, etc, but FM stereo reception on many strong stations weak with roof antennae. Why does advancement in tech mean other functions are sacrificed? Thank you.

Sounds like there's something wrong with that receiver (broken antenna connection?  overload?) or your antenna (how's your TV reception on it?).  For most of the time I lived in the Chicago area, I lived 30 to 50 miles from the towers (Streamwood & Wauconda, respectively), and had no problems with the downtown FM stations on either an outside antenna or a built-in monopole.

My guess is too much RF (overload).   

[Dr Wayne]

Has WLS FM stopped playing Jingles of late?

[BRNout]

Has WLS FM stopped playing Jingles of late?

Nope.  Just heard the usual compliment of jingles yesterday - with "a Citadel station" sliced into the end of the TOH.

[RayInChicago]

Has WLS FM stopped playing Jingles of late?

Nope.  Just heard the usual compliment of jingles yesterday - with "a Citadel station" sliced into the end of the TOH.

You did not.

[Dr Wayne]

Biondi just said on his Friday Night Show that a Cumulus Executive is moving into a new office at WLS FM. Wonder how long before we see changes.

[secondchoice]

Biondi just said on his Friday Night Show that a Cumulus Executive is moving into a new office at WLS FM. Wonder how long before we see changes.

Jan Jefferies is Cumulus Executive.

http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=198260.0

[Dr Wayne]

Seems like WLS FM has added some new jingles that sound very much like those in 70's. Anyone notice?

[Mark Jeffries]

Seems like WLS FM has added some new jingles that sound very much like those in 70's. Anyone notice?

Considering that JAM's been doing their jingles all along (and owns the PAMS jingle packages LS used to ran), they're most likely resings of old packages.  From the call letter change, they had been running the original Warp Factor and Hot Kiss packages, plus resings from Music Jam (1979) and Outstanding (1981).  They could've used the FM package from 1981 as is, except for the fact that the station give the frequency as 94.7, not "FM 95."