[quote Rita][quote RichH][quote redice][quote profudge]redice and RichH, I agree - I miss the FM away game broadcasts and I am near top of hill about 20 miles south of Ithaca. AM is impossible to listen to most evenings. WHCU, please switch to FM for sports coverage.[/quote]
I admit that I don't know that radio business. So, I don't fully understand why they make their decisions. (And, as you might expect, they offer no explanations.) But, it's frustrating to know that Cayuga Radio Group has five FM stations and they can't find a way to broadcast CU Hockey on one of them. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that there must be a good reason. But, given the fact that the Elmira Jackals are ALWAYS on FM, I can't believe the reason is that compelling.... Or should I believe that Cayuga Radio Group is just miles ahead of all the other stations in the decision-making process? I seriously doubt it.
I've just gotta say it: ::asshole::[/quote]
To add more fuel to the fire, I'll share my experiences:
When I lived in Rochester, the games were on 103.7 FM. I could pull them in from my apartment on a good night. On a bad night, all I'd have to do is hop in the car and drive to Victor for clear reception (yes, I'm crazy, but so are all of you.) Once they made the switch to 870 AM, I couldn't hear a thing (besides WWL from New Orleans) when I was any further than 15 miles outside of Ithaca.
During the day, 870 is great. They pump out at 5000 Watts and I can pick up CU football games at my parents' house, which is more than a 90 minute drive SW of Ithaca. At night, when all the hockey games are, FCC rules requires WHCU AM to power down to 1000 Watts. And goodbye reception to a potential audience that could cover Binghamton, Corning, Elmira, Syracuse, and the outskirts of the Rochester market.
It's dumb not to put the games back on FM.[/quote]
Now I do not feel so bad about the times I sat up on the Crescent with my walkman so I could get AM1080 out of CT and listened to Whaler games. ::blush::[/quote]
HA!
Strange but true: You can actually get 870AM in West Hartford, driving on Whetten Road from Albany Avenue to Asylum. You can also get 870 on a few of the side roads in Bloomfield and Avon Mountain.
...Not that I did that on more than one occasion.
I admit that I don't know that radio business. So, I don't fully understand why they make their decisions. (And, as you might expect, they offer no explanations.) But, it's frustrating to know that Cayuga Radio Group has five FM stations and they can't find a way to broadcast CU Hockey on one of them. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that there must be a good reason. But, given the fact that the Elmira Jackals are ALWAYS on FM, I can't believe the reason is that compelling.... Or should I believe that Cayuga Radio Group is just miles ahead of all the other stations in the decision-making process? I seriously doubt it.
I've just gotta say it: ::asshole::[/quote]
To add more fuel to the fire, I'll share my experiences:
When I lived in Rochester, the games were on 103.7 FM. I could pull them in from my apartment on a good night. On a bad night, all I'd have to do is hop in the car and drive to Victor for clear reception (yes, I'm crazy, but so are all of you.) Once they made the switch to 870 AM, I couldn't hear a thing (besides WWL from New Orleans) when I was any further than 15 miles outside of Ithaca.
During the day, 870 is great. They pump out at 5000 Watts and I can pick up CU football games at my parents' house, which is more than a 90 minute drive SW of Ithaca. At night, when all the hockey games are, FCC rules requires WHCU AM to power down to 1000 Watts. And goodbye reception to a potential audience that could cover Binghamton, Corning, Elmira, Syracuse, and the outskirts of the Rochester market.
It's dumb not to put the games back on FM.[/quote]
Now I do not feel so bad about the times I sat up on the Crescent with my walkman so I could get AM1080 out of CT and listened to Whaler games. ::blush::[/quote]
HA!
Strange but true: You can actually get 870AM in West Hartford, driving on Whetten Road from Albany Avenue to Asylum. You can also get 870 on a few of the side roads in Bloomfield and Avon Mountain.
...Not that I did that on more than one occasion.
I was glued to my crackberry while hurrying from work to find somewhere with ESPNU ::banana::
Was it anyone here?
