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#226269 29-Dec-2017 10:56
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Put this here since theres no radio forum ;) And its concerning in car :)

 

In the last few months, the wife and I have noticed that while listening to music The Rock FM (90.2) in the car, the broadcast is basically, crap. Quality seems to drop to 32k MP3ish and the broadcast seems to skip/glitch badly. So much so we have to tune to a different station. Now, it mainly seems to do this from Albany (AKL), northwards (we live in Whangaparaoa). It also only appears to do this during music, not during adverts/DJs talking that we've noticed.

 

All other stations are fine to listen to. Listening to the Rock at home using the stereo there is fine.

 

Any ideas why this would be happening ? Anyone else experienced it ? 

 

I'll try to take a recording next time it occurs. Radio is very similar model to this (no BT tho) - http://nz.jvc.com/car/audio_receivers/kw_r920bt/

 

 





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  #1926548 29-Dec-2017 13:52
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One would of thought given the main studios for Mediaworks Radio being in Auckland that the sound qual should be better than the rest of NZ given they just have to beam the signal up to the Sky Tower to be broadcast.

 

I just had a look at RSM and doesn't appear they are using any booster transmitters for The Rock, they do that in Wellington where some stations are broadcast over several transmitters on the same frequency (my sony headunit hates this as the station goes static when its picking up 2 transmissions on the same frequency).

 

Can you get anything on 100.1 FM?


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