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    Thoughts on December 2023 SXM App Update

    I never tested game broadcasts between my in-car XM and the app. I have tested it between my local FM (WBZ-FM 98.5) and the same broadcast fed to SiriusXM's play-by-play channel, on the app. There was a significant delay there, but I attributed that being due to the former being an OTA...
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    Thoughts on December 2023 SXM App Update

    So I have heard varying numbers. My wife drives the minivan with the XM radio. My truck is a lower trim, so only have AM/FM and Bluetooth audio. I've heard three minutes, and I've heard 30 seconds. A caller complained on Jim Norton and Sam Roberts, and they tested it live. The delay was...
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    Thoughts on December 2023 SXM App Update

    Definitely voice tracked. I'll pull up YouTube videos of Squizz, and hear call-ins to the DJs. Don't hear that on Octane these days. With modern rock, there's definitely an agenda for pushing certain bands (I know, unsurprising). Nickelback has a new song, and not only do they play heck out...
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    Thoughts on December 2023 SXM App Update

    Good Lord! Thanks for this thread. In summary, they completely downgraded the app, when all they needed to do was change the logo on the old app. It was moving the furniture just to do it. My complaints (in no particular order): - They put the artist name and song title on the same line, so...
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    What's the cheapest way to get locals?

    Here's a weird question, I haven't updated my OTA equipment to get the new 3.0 standard. Is the Hopper ready to receive that signal, when I do so? My TV is over 10 years old, so I'll need a new TV to get OTA on the built in tuner.
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    Disney Networks Dispute Recitifed

    Better suited is if you know someone with another provider, who might "let you watch your preferred programming." [emoji6] That's what I do, specifically with my local RSNs, since Dish purged them.
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    Disney Networks Dispute Recitifed

    My personal opinion is this is why the traditional satellite/cable model is slowly dying. The likes of a YouTube TV and such do go through the same carriage issues, but it's much simpler to drop on of those for another service than calling Direct or Comcast to come out and swap equipment. The...
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    Disney Networks Dispute Recitifed

    I'm on Dish Anywhere and looking at the sports channels. This would explain why my guide jumps from TBS to FS2. I thought for a second that ESPN pulled a SiriusXM and requested that their channels be removed from Dish Anywhere. [emoji38]
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    [Illinois] Chicago Public Media to Buy The Sun-Times

    Something I came across on Radio Insight. The articles states that the radio division will keep a separate news operation from the Newspaper. I question how long that lasts. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213472/chicago-public-media-to-purchase-chicago-sun-times/ Sent from my SM-G991U...
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    (Multiple Markets) Good Karma Acquires ESPN Radio in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago

    In an update, ESPN Radio Dallas has been sold to VCY, who is looking to turn the station to a non-commercial status. VCY operates a Christian music format. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/217110/vcy-america-acquires-espn-103-3-dallas/
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    [New York] Alt 92.3 Morning Show Fired, Hosts Cite Audacy Threatened Flip to All News for Repeatedly Over the Last Six Months

    Back to the Big Apple again. The subject states it all. I just want to point out that the article cites that Audacy threatened a flip to a simulcast of 1010 WINS, citing a Podcast where the hosts discussed the whole issue from their side. I listened to that Podcast this morning through Apple...
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    [Other Topic] Post-Christmas Format Changes

    Here's Lance Ventura's list from radioinsight.com, concerning the current watch list across the country. This gets updated periodically. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/215523/2021-post-christmas-format-change-watchlist/
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    [Technology] AM Radio in Digital Only

    I'm not sure if AM can hold substations. Many AM stations dropped HD Radio. When they were pushing HD AM stations, it was just (Call Letters)-HD. All the HD-2/3/4 substations have only been on FM. I don't think Digital AM can handle multiple substations on the same on its frequencies as FM...
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    [Technology] AM Radio in Digital Only

    If I'm correct, digital is more compressed within the signal, which is why an analog radios can't pick it up. Here's the statement that I lifted from Fybush in one of the threads of the Boston board of radiodiscussions.com With that tight compression, I'm not sure if the interference is as...
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    [California] 97.1 KNOU is now simulcasting KNX News 1070

    With news, I haven't seen that happen yet. It does happen with Sports Talk stations in the occasions that I witnessed, outside WFAN in New York.
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