A few years back, Colorado Public Radio, which has the main NPR station in our area, KCFR, split into two channels. The old FM station was turned into classical music KVOD, and the NPR news station shifted over to the AM band.
Which, to be honest, is okay, because, y’know, it’s just people talking. Right?
That’s the way I feel, until each time I travel to LA and listen to KPCC, and hear the amazing textures of the voices and sounds of the NPR news there. Coming back and listening to it on AM makes me feel like I have a black and white TV for a while — yeah, you can see it all, but it’s just not as nice.
Recently, KCFR was playing around with HD Radio, so you could get the NPR channel on the FM side of things (with special equipment). I actually pondered the idea (for about 30 seconds)..
Now, though, it sounds like they’re buying another (normal) FM channel, and will be moving KCFR back over to FM. Which makes me very happy — almost enough to consider sending them money …
Try KUNC, whose signal in your area might be on a repeater. That’s what we listen to whenever we’re on a road trip – I listen via their website from here in Illinois, too.
KUNC is in Greely. They are at 91.5, and you can get that signal in Denver. I think the repeaters are only needed up in the mountains. They have NPR news in the morning until 9 and in the afternoon starting at 3 (I think). There’s no NPR affiliate in Fort Collins, so I listen to KUNC a lot.
I will check it out.
Hehe…
David and Ginny, Dave will just find out that he can’t get it that far south again. ;P
I can get it, but esp. along the razorbacks along C470 and up into the office, the reception’s not too good.
A good alternative, though, when heading up to the airport.
I can get KUNC on I25 down to I70 and west on I70 to Dinosaur ridge. It didn’t occur to me that your route would not have good reception due to topography. They also have a repeater in Boulder at 99.9 that might give you better reception.
Yeppers.
But the 91.5 signal is fine in Boulder, so I had no idea they had a repeater. I tend to lose the signal south of I70/Clear Creek or behind the north and south table mountains.
Amusingly enough, it was KUNC that KCFR was trying to put out of business several years ago and take their frequency so that they could use it to do what they are going to do with the 88.1 frequency.
But this will work out better since they are buying the K-LOVE repeater frequency out of Stirling. I do not know though if they will continue to broadcast out of Stirling or from the same tower that KVOD is transmitted from. If it is still out of Stirling, Dave may be in the same boat he is in now with KUNC.
It’s the “Engulf & Devour” putting-out-of-business routine, btw, that has made me reluctant to send any of my money to their cause. I listen to KCFR almost exclusively on the radio, but I don’t think much of their business practices.