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 By: Tim-OBX | Posted By: Tim-OBX - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/2/2004 Location: Kitty Hawk Total Posts: 25631 Experience:  Date Posted: 8/6/2024 9:51 AM |  |
Here is an update on Jam Media and the lack of over the air radio stations. I hope someone buys them. | ||
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 By: OceanBlue | Posted By: OceanBlue - (Send PM) Member Since: 8/21/2010 Location: Total Posts: 2446 Experience: Date Posted: 8/6/2024 10:08 AM | |
Bummer, but old skool OTA just can’t compete (ad revenue wise) w streaming (where all you need is a laptop and be online, working in your proverbial underwear). Wish it weren’t the case. Having said that not sure the last time I even tried the am/fm band in the car radio. Being a radio guy, maybe assemble a crew of former/back in the day DJs and do some guest spots and go fund me site. | ||
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By: Tim-OBX | Posted By: Tim-OBX - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/2/2004 Location: Kitty Hawk Total Posts: 25631 Experience: Date Posted: 8/6/2024 10:19 AM | |
Bummer, but old skool OTA just can’t compete (ad revenue wise) w streaming (where all you need is a laptop and be online, working in your proverbial underwear). My car (Volvo) does not even have an AM radio. They say the electronics in the car would drive AM radio crazy, so it has none. | ||
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 By: rodanth3 | Posted By: rodanth3 - (Send PM) Member Since: 2/23/2021 Location: Total Posts: 58 Experience:  Date Posted: 8/6/2024 10:41 AM | |
With these stations now gone, what OTA stations still can be heard on FM? Is anything left other than some NPR left of the dial? | ||
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 By: NCSU Dad | Posted By: NCSU Dad - (Send PM) Member Since: 1/24/2017 Location: Colington (Kill Devil Hills) NC Total Posts: 1558 Experience: Date Posted: 8/6/2024 7:28 PM | |
My car (Volvo) does not even have an AM radio. They say the electronics in the car would drive AM radio crazy, so it has none. Our 2025 Honda Pilot has AM radio in it. No CD player  . I listen to 3-4 news-talk programs on AM 790 WNIS out of Norfolk VA. The weekend programming is sales folks selling their services. Reception is good as long as you avoid the bypass with those high-voltage lines that parallels the road. Reception is fine on the beach road.It is a pity Jam Media didn't try offering fewer stations instead of trying to capture the OBX radio market. | ||
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By: WaveRunner93 | Posted By: WaveRunner93 - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/11/2023 Location: Total Posts: 5 Experience: Date Posted: 8/6/2024 11:38 PM | |
With these stations now gone, what OTA stations still can be heard on FM? Is anything left other than some NPR left of the dial? Click to follow link... lists all the local stations they own. I was a big fan of 99.1 and 98.1 has a similar playlist. | ||
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By: WaveRunner93 | Posted By: WaveRunner93 - (Send PM) Member Since: 6/11/2023 Location: Total Posts: 5 Experience: Date Posted: 8/8/2024 7:37 PM | |
Sam Walker went into more detail about the station closures on his recent podcast episode: Click to follow link... (around the 19 minute mark) | ||
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By: OceanBlue | Posted By: OceanBlue - (Send PM) Member Since: 8/21/2010 Location: Total Posts: 2446 Experience: Date Posted: 8/9/2024 9:03 AM | |
Bummer, but old skool OTA just can’t compete (ad revenue wise) w streaming (where all you need is a laptop and be online, working in your proverbial underwear). Yeah, it's true (you must have an XC90?). If i'm not mistaken the car is perpetually on line...reporting road conditions to the cloud, geo tagging, then pushing out to any other XCs in the area. | ||
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 By: KHbiker | Posted By: KHbiker - (Send PM) Member Since: 3/27/2011 Location: KH, NC Total Posts: 900 Experience: Date Posted: 8/9/2024 3:16 PM | |
Back in the early 1980's I was working Summers (Towing the banners with the plane). The only radio station then was WOBX, not sure if that was the call sign back then. 1530 am. If you were real lucky sometimes you could get some Norfolk stations. TV? Nothing. | ||
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