Re: [Swprograms] Another 50 kW CBC AM station to bite the dust...

[<jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

While it may not be the case in the US, the rest of the world (especially 
Europe) is experiencing the same trend in MW as we are experiencing with SW.  
(Maybe it's just the fact that it's AM--amplitude modulation--in general?) 
 
This event dovetails with the today's shutdown of 567 kHz. by RTE Ireland and a 
series of MW frequency shutdowns by broadcasters across Europe.  To be sure, the 
crowding and lack of effective coordination of frequency usage on MW resulted in 
a cacaphony of signals eventually making listening a chore--except, of course, 
for dxers and radiophiles--across the continent. 
 
The reason in Canada has more to do with listening quality.  FM sounds better, 
to put it succinctly.  It's also a more local service, more easily targeted to 
particular goegraphic regions.  I don't know if it ends up costing less.  As 
much as we in the US appreciate the quality of CBC programming, the happy 
accident that CBA Moncton (and in the recent past, CBL Toronto and CBM Montreal) 
made it to at least the northeastern quadrant of the US on most nights is of no 
import to the CBC or Canadian taxpayers.  Too bad for us. 
 
I wonder, though, other than via satellite radio subscriptions, how Canadians 
traveling outside the major population centers are now expected to have access 
to the CBC if the plan is to shut down all of the 50kW MW transmitters. 
 
John Figliozzi 
Halfmoon, NY 

---- Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> >From Scott Fybush's "Northeast Radio Watch"
> 
> 
> "*Eastern CANADA is losing one of its biggest remaining AM signals in
> just a few weeks. The CBC signed on CBAM (106.1 Moncton) in January,
> and that set the clock ticking for the end of 50,000-watt,
> non-directional CBA (1070 Moncton), which has long been a beacon of
> CBC service not only for much of the Maritimes but for the
> northeastern U.S. as well.
> 
> "We're hearing that CBA will breathe its last on the AM dial early on
> the morning of April 7, with the final sign-off coming at 8:30 AM ADT
> (7:30 AM EDT)."
> 
> Full details at http://www.fybush.com/nerw.html.
> 
> Admittedly it isn't shortwave (for the SWPROGRAMS group) but it is yet
> another sign of a broadcaster leaving existing frequencies and
> services to better serve its target audiences (that term wears on
> me...).
> 
> Richard
> 
> -- 
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA
> 
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