PromoTheRobot

TV, especially UHF frequencies, are even shorter wavelengths than FM, and more line of sight. That made it harder to pick up clearly during the analog TV era of old. Oddly enough, UHF frequencies are much better transmitting HDTV than VHF channels. Of course most HD channels these days transmit "virtual channels" that match the old channel people remember. For example WKBW ch.7 is actually on UHF channel 34. https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_market&mktid=63

I know I am. I lived through most of this team's history. I'd rather be in the tournament every year than not be. For 90% of the Bills existence, we complained about not earning a wild card berth. And here we are agonizing over no Super Bowl.

Lol, you say that like fans have some impact on the result.

Only one thing we can do.... Way to go out on a limb. So if the Bills can't win a Super Bowl you're right. Of course you can't explain HOW to get there, but you're a whiz at knowing when it ain't happening. I can guarantee how to never win a Super Bowl...giving up.

Ground conductivity does affect AM radio signals. There might be a lot of hard rock below there. That's low conductivity.

Changing coaches every 2/3 years is what caused the drought for both the Bills and Sabres. I'll take my chances sticking with McBeane.

That would make McDermott a liar...a liar for a player who is jerking his chain.

Marvin Lewis was a .518 coach with the Bengals, lost 7 straight wild card playoff games, and only made the playoffs seven seasons out of 16. McDermott is .639, won 4 of 9 playoff games, made the playoffs five of six seasons, and the Bills are 3X defending AFC East champs.

No it's not. The Billsiest thing would be for us to fire a coach that gets us to the playoffs yearly and averages 12 wins/season.

Give him a binky and tell him to relax. We are stuck with Diggs and we have to kowtow to him this year, but what an ass.

Did Josh kiss Stef's ass hard enough today?

Interference I assume. They should have more than enough signal there.

That is something called ducting and it can happen to FM radio when there's a huge hot, humid weather system. Radio signals get trapped in layers of air and get "ducted" hundreds of miles.

FM is a much shorter wavelength, only about 31 inches. But it's line-of-sight, while AM sort of radiates from the ground. But FM is susceptible to multipath interference in urban areas as well, where signals bounce off tall buildings and where they meet, if they are out of phase, they cancel out.

So do mohels.

Make kettle corn at farmers markets. Cash business. The stuff sells itself.

Why does that happen? Because AM frequency wavelengths are so long (300 meters at 1,000 kHz) they don't fit under bridges.

"Bah, those fancy-shmancy battery calculators! What happens when the battery runs out?? The abacus was good enough for the pharaohs and they'll never be replaced, my boy!" Moist ground helps AM transmissions be more efficient. I bet you didn't know that when you see an AM tower, you're only looking at about 5% of the entire system. There are copper straps, as long as the tower is tall, buried in the ground, radiating from the tower. One strap every 3 degrees. Copper thieves are a huge problem. And most AM transmitter sites are in the middle of nowhere.

You mean: "Things happened. Cowherd has an opinion why. You agree."

It also helps a heritage station like WBEN never got crappy. It maintained the standard of service (news and information) that people expected. WBEN, and to a degree WGR, never gave people a reason to stop listening. Unlike WWKB 1520. The one-time monster of the ratings, pulling over 60% of Buffalo listeners in their heydey as "KB," has been just a satellite-fed repeater for decades. And had no detectible audience rating.

Highest listenership to AM radio stations, thanks to WBEN, WGR, maybe WECK too. Chicago #2, Milwaukee #3. https://www.insideradio.com/free/here-are-the-markets-with-the-largest-proportion-of-am-radio-listeners/article_83a95ef8-0117-11ee-be56-63d806f6c01d.html

Look up what Cleveland did with Quicken Loans arena.

Also, hasn't Bulldog been doing his half of the show from his Crystal Beach cottage since COVID? The group that bought Star 102.5, EMF (Educational Media Foundation) is on a mission to cover the entire country with both of their contemporary Christian music formats, K-Love and Air-1. They have nearly unlimited funds and are the only radio company actively acquiring stations. When you have mega-corps like IHeart and Audacy hemorrhaging red ink, it's easy to swoop in and pick off some nice heritage signals. (Star 102.5 is grandfathered at 110,000 watts and easily reaches Toronto.)

That's probably next on the list. But they can't afford to lose Rochester sales if WROC was a straight Buffalo simulcast. I searched but can't find an actual dollar amount. I'm sure it's 7-figures.

Maybe I remember it wrong but I thought it was going to be all season tickets and the only general sale tickets will be standing room.