a big hamster running on their little wheel.[/quote]
This IS the definition of non-blowtorch AM radio at night.
I think I speak for a lot of fans. The radio broadcasts add to our enjoyment of niner basketball both pre and post game info. Sponsers would be shocked if the real number of listeners were known. I live in Concord and have never had a decent signal in 20 plus years yet many a night Iāve sat with a radio just barely able to occasionally get an updated score over the static. Then tonight I purposely park on top of the deck with unobstructive concrete so I might listen to the post game show before traveling up hwy 29. Lo and behold , I canāt even make out but every 3rd or 4th word. I bet you can count on one hand the number of D1 teams that has our problem. Somebodyās dropped the ball and Iād like to have some answers.
I agree with both of you, gents. 1660 Big Wave sucks the big fat green weenie. But, I could pick up their signal fom time to time around Charlotte. Even great signal at time under the parking deck after the game.
I thought I made a mistake setting my AM channels. Which 730 was not the one. I checked the rest of the ānetworkā (from Black Mountain, Lincolnton, Durham), and of course from the sound from my radio I thought I had finally received signal from outer space. I better call someone because we finally made contact with other planets. ;D
. . . it would be a shameful thing with football going among othe sports and that is all we have to show for.
I am aware of this - but if the tower is in Belmont and I canāt pick them up IN BELMONT then they need a big hamster running on their little wheel.[/quote]
Information on WZGV, Fox Sports 730:
Wikipedia says they have to reduce power to 195 watts at night to protect several clear-channel stations, including one in Montreal.
Station info.
Looks like the tower is indeed over by Belmont Abbey, which is 18.5 miles from campus, as the crow flies.
You know, we apparently own that tower site across Harris; I wonder what the cost and difficulty would be to get a repeater put there.
Is it possible to web stream games from a smart phone? We are going to be stuck with this piss poor signal for the foreseeable future.
Several have posted that this is indeed possible. My smart phone is on order, and I plan to try it out soon. 730 has a good stream from their website. Iām curious to know if the game was broadcasted via the stream. If I remember correctly, 610 always had something else streaming instead of our games back when we were on that station.
I could not hear any of the postgame show until I got to about Sam Wilson Road heading down I-85 south, and even then it was difficult. Is this what we can expect? Does that mean that if you live in Charlotte and donāt have a computer available to stream games, that you can not listen to our games? Is this really an improvement over what we had before (which was awful)? Did the powers that be know this going in? I am extremely disappointed as this does not help us grow our program at all. I thought our new affiliation with 730 was supposed to be a major improvement. Can anything be done to rectify this?
[quote=āHalton49, post:107, topic:25280ā]I could not hear any of the postgame show until I got to about Sam Wilson Road heading down I-85 south, and even then it was difficult. Is this what we can expect? Does that mean that if you live in Charlotte and donāt have a computer available to stream games, that you can not listen to our games? Is this really an improvement over what we had before (which was awful)? Did the powers that be know this going in? I am extremely disappointed as this does not help us grow our program at all. I thought our new affiliation with 730 was supposed to be a major improvement. Can anything be done to rectify this?[/quote]I think they signed this deal with football in mind. Reception will not be a problem during the day.
Hopefully ESPN will not be satisfied being only on a terrible AM station and will get a FM affiliate station. There are a few stations up here in DC that have both AM and FM stations.
That would be ideal. When we were on 610 and I lived in Kannapolis, I could hear the postgame most of the way back home (until maybe Poplar Tent Rd.). It wasnāt great, but apparently better than what weāre dealing with now. I also like someoneās idea of a signal repeater/translator near campus. Wonder how much that would cost.
So to reiterate what everyone has said already. I could not get ANY signal last night before or after the game on and off campus. Ridiculous.
May be we all just need new radios was all it takes. ;D
The real key here is YOU CANāT GET A FREAKINā SIGNAL ON THE DAMN CAMPUS OF THE SCHOOL YOUāRE BROADCASTING FOR!!!. PATHETIC excuse for a radio network. >:D
clt had great reception in the zep last night. almost HD quality.
Which app does clt use to stream the games to his phone?
No need to waste time doing a pre or post game show.
No one can hear it.
Beggars arenāt choosers; and folks, right now weāre beggars.
Thatās horse crap. We arenāt beggars. We are season ticket owners and donors. We should have a radio signal that can actually be hard on campus and throughout the county.
Thatās horse crap. We arenāt beggars. We are season ticket owners and donors. We should have a radio signal that can actually be hard on campus and throughout the county.[/quote]
Then why donāt we?
Hereās the list of regional radio stations.
http://www.ontheradio.net/cities/charlotte_nc.aspx
Iād say of the FM channels our best bet is to try to get a deal with Gaston Collegeās station, WSGE 91.7 FM; though probably would face the same issues as with playing sporting events that WFAE has. Local AM, perhaps WTIX 1410 AM in Concord? It currently is just a rebroadcaster of WAVOās programming; and the original home of Sports Yapp and New York Sports Talk, which both moved to our current programming partner, WZGV.
Just went down to the car to get some stuff out, and tried out some AM signals.
Conditions:
Electricity on but engine off.
University City (I live on the same block as campus).
Several 3 story apartment buildings around, none with significant amounts of metal in them.
Radio is original equipment in a '98 Mustang
730 and 1410 were choppy but understandable. 610 and 1660 quite clear.
Bottom line, if youāre near metal structures (aka UNC Charlotte parking decks) youāll have a hard time getting any AM signal. Also, car engines create nearly just as much AM signal interference. Even when the campus radio station was operating, WCRO, I couldnāt pick the signal up at the old parking lot where the Student Union now sits and the transmitter was on top of the Dalton Tower. Basically 2000 ft away.