TWiRT 470 - All Digital AM with Dave Kolesar & Mike Raide
Friday, December 6, 2019 at 2:16PM
WWFD in Frederick, Maryland, is the only all-digital AM station in the USA. Switching to HD Radio’s MA3 mode, there’s no longer an analog AM carrier; the signal is only digital, and any AM-band HD radio can decode it. Dave Kolesar is the energetic engineer who has driven this switch to an all-digital AM transmission. He and Mike Raide with Xperi join us from the WWFD transmitter site - and bring us a “first ever” surprise at the end of our show!
Guests:
Dave Kolesar - Senior Broadcast Engineer at Hubbard Broadcasting
Mike Raide - Senior Manager, Broadcast Technologies, Xperi Corporation
Show Notes:
Radio World: Upgrading an AM to All-Digital: Why, How and Lessons Learned
FCC: Petition for Rulemaking to Allow the MA3 All-Digital Mode of HD Radio for AM Stations
HD Radio info from Wikipedia
Technical information about WWFD from Radio-Locator.com
WWFD, “The Gamut” - listen online
Host:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting
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