"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...

The only other non-scientific clue I have comes from an acquaintance who's
been involved with the radio biz in this city for about 20 years. His
highly
rigorous analysis: "They compress the CRAP out of their signal so they can
tell advertisers they'll be heard 90 miles away".

Of course, there's no correlation between compression and signal strength,
but advertisers may not understand that. To be fair, Prof. Krank admits that
the signal may be at fault. The frequency deviation may be too high, and
your receiver may have IF filters that are too good for it. Back when Krank
was a lowly lecturer, fm radio was where you went to hear high-fidelity
broadcasting. CHUM-FM in Toronto and the night-time programming on WYSL-FM
in Buffalo were good examples of what rock radio could be. Phil Spector's
"wall of sound" philosophy of over-production was the beginning of the end
of all that.

In closing, Prof. Krank suggests that citizens of the Flower City purchase
CD players.

"PM"