KFTK: ANALOG vs. IBOC
Their
slogan says: “Younger, smarter, better.” But, with their conversion to
so-called “HD Radio”, their slogan should be “Younger, dumber, worse.” The
station, known as “97.1 FM Talk”, is just the second Emmis
station to go low-definition digital instead of staying with exclusively a
high-definition analog signal. While the station is licensed to
Frequency Station Heard (before conversion) Station Heard (after conversion)
96.8 MHz Clear Digital
sidebands from KFTK
96.9 MHz WLBH-FM Mattoon, IL (occasional signal) Digital sidebands from KFTK
KZBK Brookfield, MO (occasional signal)
97.0 MHz Analog sidebands from KFTK Analog and digital sidebands
from KFTK
97.1 MHz KFTK
97.2 MHz Analog sidebands from KFTK Analog and digital sidebands
from KFTK
97.3 MHz WTIM Taylorville, IL (occasional signal) Digital
sidebands from KFTK
WRUL
97.4 MHz Clear Digital
sidebands from KFTK
KFTK’s
digital sidebands also cause minor interference to the signals of KCMQ (96.7
MHz)