@harleykman In order..... 0:25 - "I'll Be There For You (Theme from "Friends") - The Rembrants 1:00 - "Pinch Me" - Barenaked Ladies 1:52 - "Let It Rain" - Amanda Marshall 2:30 - "Steppin' Out" - Joe Jackson 3:50 - '"Lets Shout"??? by Colin James 4:12 - "Every Heartbeat" - Amy Grant 5:03 - Black Cloud Rain - Corey Hart 6:08 - "Jump Jive and Wail" - Brian Seltzer 6:41 - "Nightshift" - The Commodores 7:30 - "Walking Behind" - The Moffatts
@Naushop1 I don't know why CJLS has so many transmitters. When I visited Nova Scotia and made these recordings of their AM signal, they didn't have any FM transmitter(s) in Yarmouth yet, but I was able to clearly receive at least one of their two FM signals from the neighboring counties.
Shame AM Stereo didn't stay with us for long. It wasn't given justice by so many radio manufacturers and it seems only a handful of broadcasters really put the effort into representing AM Stereo technology the way it should, such as CJLS, WBZ and WOWO. How did CJLS get away with not brickwalling the response to NRSC standards?
@century3horizons CJLS was probably on their backup audio processing at the time I recorded this. I asked about it and was told their main processor was an Optimod 9100, but this is definitely CRL processing judging by the sound of it, and CRL gives you a switch on the back to select either NRSC 9.5 kHz or wider 11 kHz bandwidth; CJLS had it in the 11 kHz mode (which really gives audio response up to 13 kHz).
@century3horizons There is no regulation that limits an AM station's high end response. Stations employ the NRSC standard brickwall LP filter as an alternative means of demonstating bandwidth compliance rather monitoring the station's actual occupied spectrum. Even if a station's audio response was flat out to daylight, there is not sufficient spectral content in ordinary program material to exceed the FCC limit for emissions removed more than 10khz from the carrier.
The quality of AM Stereo generally does sound VERY GOOD!! It isn't as much of a bandwidth hog with all that spillover "HASSH" sound on the regular channel like HD Radio is.
Fatastic sound, all this digital rubbish will never compare. I have many Australian AM stereo recordings I will have to upload these soon ! Heard 2CA Camberra from Melbourne for example when I was in Oz in 2004 real FM quality
Good sound, still sounds a little "AM' but the distortion is much lower and the highs are better. I wish I could get my hands on that Amy Grant - "Every Heartbeat" remix that they played. I'd love to get my hands on a AM stereo tuner though and see if there are any "surprises".
This is the first time listening to AM stereo for me, and it does sound good. I wonder about it's ability to be received long distances compared to standard AM In receiving digital TV over the air you either get a perfect reception or not at all. If digital Am reception is the same this would eliminate being able to listen to weak distant AM stations. Some better FM tuners automatically switch to FM mono to help bring in distant FM Sations, as it requires less sensitivity on FM mono
This is not digital AM. AM Stereo is analog, and the reception is equally as good as regular mono AM. In fact, AM Stereo has much less of a background noise penalty on weak signals over mono than FM Stereo has over FM mono. Look up my videos of 1190 WOWO in AM Stereo -- it was received over a nighttime skywave signal from about 450 miles away!
I checked out WOMO and that did have a very impressive sound for 450 miles away. I mistakenly assumed this was digital because of the wider freq range. I thought AM was limited in freq range, but actually has more high fidelity than I was aware of. LIke you said it does depend on the AM Receiver. An Am rec with the new RF circuitry instead of the basic superheterodyne. Your video has made me more aware of improvements in AM. I have heard ads about newly designed AM radios
@andycflbulb I have a McIntosh MR 67 tuner, and a Pioneer XS 1270, and the stereo light goes out on both when the signal is weak and switches to mono for better reception. One of my favorite FM stations is 60 miles away, and on some days it switches back and forth from stereo to mono depending on the strength. I like the McIntosh MR-67 as it has a switch to turn off the FM stereo multiplex for stronger reception on weak distant stations.
I wonder how AM stereo works and how this sounds so good, all other AM stations I heard were mono and quite muffled. If I didn't know better I'd think his was FM, I don't even know how FM stereo works!
The receiver makes the biggest difference in how AM radio sounds, not the station. Even your mono AM (LW/MW/SW) stations in Europe can sound quite good on a wideband receiver. I've heard Radio Exterior de España on shortwave with excellent hi-fi mono sound.
AM stereo? wow never heard of it! all the AM stations here in NY play News talk or something, there's not many stations that play music. wow that song that starts at 3:00 sooo reminds me of the 80s, they used to play it on WGY 810 am all the time before they changed it to news talk.
Other than the fact that the highs are a little fuzzy, that sounds EXCELLENT for AM radio! I never heard AM sound that good. Over here, the lower frequencies are very overbearing.
[See my karaoke video to hear what Saskatoon AM sounds like lol)
I haven't heard a lot of those songs in 10 years. Our only pop station (at the time) played that same music.
Wow!! That sounds better than most FMs. Of course nearly all of the radio stations here are owned by Clear Channel. Do you know anywhere where you can see historical radio listings? My favorite used to be KWTX-AM, which was oldies in the 90s, and then changed to Radio Disney and is now right-wing talk like everything else on AM.
Wikipedia has a surprising amount of info on radio stations -- just look up by the call letters -- but as you would expect, not all of it is 100% accurate. Other than that, there are various regional radio history web sites you can try looking for.
We HAD AM stereo radio in our old Dodge van, I may still have it in the basement if I did not get rid of it. I put an after market Radio Shack cassette radio in that van to replace it's Dodge radio years later.
Mark my words, Am Stereo is going to make a Huge big Comeback. I Already Know of people that Are using it in multiple Projects.
InfiniteAnathesis 8 months ago
It's a shame that AM Stereo never took off in the ISA or Canada. In Japan, it's had a tremendous success!
pookerville 1 year ago
Can you provide a song list? I like the music but unfortunately don't know the song names to find them on youtubee
:-)
harleykman 1 year ago
plusone19 11 months ago
CJLS is on
93.5-Digby
94.7-Yarmouth(Why? They have a pretty strong signal on 95.5)
95.5-Yarmouth
96.3-Shelburne
I was able to receive 96.3 under our local WRZE on Nantucket back in 2002.
Naushop1 1 year ago
@Naushop1 I don't know why CJLS has so many transmitters. When I visited Nova Scotia and made these recordings of their AM signal, they didn't have any FM transmitter(s) in Yarmouth yet, but I was able to clearly receive at least one of their two FM signals from the neighboring counties.
vwestlife 1 year ago
Shame AM Stereo didn't stay with us for long. It wasn't given justice by so many radio manufacturers and it seems only a handful of broadcasters really put the effort into representing AM Stereo technology the way it should, such as CJLS, WBZ and WOWO. How did CJLS get away with not brickwalling the response to NRSC standards?
century3horizons 1 year ago
@century3horizons CJLS was probably on their backup audio processing at the time I recorded this. I asked about it and was told their main processor was an Optimod 9100, but this is definitely CRL processing judging by the sound of it, and CRL gives you a switch on the back to select either NRSC 9.5 kHz or wider 11 kHz bandwidth; CJLS had it in the 11 kHz mode (which really gives audio response up to 13 kHz).
vwestlife 1 year ago
@century3horizons There is no regulation that limits an AM station's high end response. Stations employ the NRSC standard brickwall LP filter as an alternative means of demonstating bandwidth compliance rather monitoring the station's actual occupied spectrum. Even if a station's audio response was flat out to daylight, there is not sufficient spectral content in ordinary program material to exceed the FCC limit for emissions removed more than 10khz from the carrier.
MichaelJGrant 1 year ago
That song at 1:01 always sucked real bad.
The quality of AM Stereo generally does sound VERY GOOD!! It isn't as much of a bandwidth hog with all that spillover "HASSH" sound on the regular channel like HD Radio is.
GONZARoller 2 years ago
sounds perfect, HD radio can blow me
footinmouthindustrys 2 years ago
Fatastic sound, all this digital rubbish will never compare. I have many Australian AM stereo recordings I will have to upload these soon ! Heard 2CA Camberra from Melbourne for example when I was in Oz in 2004 real FM quality
m1ctkdave 2 years ago
very good sounded AM
masukyutub 2 years ago 3
very good sound, am stereo sounding much better than fm stereo
masukyutub 2 years ago 4
Good sound, still sounds a little "AM' but the distortion is much lower and the highs are better. I wish I could get my hands on that Amy Grant - "Every Heartbeat" remix that they played. I'd love to get my hands on a AM stereo tuner though and see if there are any "surprises".
weasel2htm 2 years ago
This is the first time listening to AM stereo for me, and it does sound good. I wonder about it's ability to be received long distances compared to standard AM In receiving digital TV over the air you either get a perfect reception or not at all. If digital Am reception is the same this would eliminate being able to listen to weak distant AM stations. Some better FM tuners automatically switch to FM mono to help bring in distant FM Sations, as it requires less sensitivity on FM mono
maynardcat 2 years ago
This is not digital AM. AM Stereo is analog, and the reception is equally as good as regular mono AM. In fact, AM Stereo has much less of a background noise penalty on weak signals over mono than FM Stereo has over FM mono. Look up my videos of 1190 WOWO in AM Stereo -- it was received over a nighttime skywave signal from about 450 miles away!
vwestlife 2 years ago
I checked out WOMO and that did have a very impressive sound for 450 miles away. I mistakenly assumed this was digital because of the wider freq range. I thought AM was limited in freq range, but actually has more high fidelity than I was aware of. LIke you said it does depend on the AM Receiver. An Am rec with the new RF circuitry instead of the basic superheterodyne. Your video has made me more aware of improvements in AM. I have heard ads about newly designed AM radios
maynardcat 2 years ago
Me too OMG the sound is excellent for AM! Good stereo separation and good fidelity!
t0nito 2 years ago
@maynardcat the fm mono is when the "st" light goes out or flickers, say in a car, or some good household stereos?
andycflbulb 7 months ago
@andycflbulb I have a McIntosh MR 67 tuner, and a Pioneer XS 1270, and the stereo light goes out on both when the signal is weak and switches to mono for better reception. One of my favorite FM stations is 60 miles away, and on some days it switches back and forth from stereo to mono depending on the strength. I like the McIntosh MR-67 as it has a switch to turn off the FM stereo multiplex for stronger reception on weak distant stations.
maynardcat 7 months ago
I wonder how AM stereo works and how this sounds so good, all other AM stations I heard were mono and quite muffled. If I didn't know better I'd think his was FM, I don't even know how FM stereo works!
CoolDudeClem 2 years ago
The receiver makes the biggest difference in how AM radio sounds, not the station. Even your mono AM (LW/MW/SW) stations in Europe can sound quite good on a wideband receiver. I've heard Radio Exterior de España on shortwave with excellent hi-fi mono sound.
vwestlife 2 years ago
AM stereo? wow never heard of it! all the AM stations here in NY play News talk or something, there's not many stations that play music. wow that song that starts at 3:00 sooo reminds me of the 80s, they used to play it on WGY 810 am all the time before they changed it to news talk.
coolbluelights 2 years ago
that does sound good for AM!
ThisIs2009 2 years ago
that's amazing
fmackert2 2 years ago
Other than the fact that the highs are a little fuzzy, that sounds EXCELLENT for AM radio! I never heard AM sound that good. Over here, the lower frequencies are very overbearing.
[See my karaoke video to hear what Saskatoon AM sounds like lol)
I haven't heard a lot of those songs in 10 years. Our only pop station (at the time) played that same music.
wilkes85 2 years ago
Wow!! That sounds better than most FMs. Of course nearly all of the radio stations here are owned by Clear Channel. Do you know anywhere where you can see historical radio listings? My favorite used to be KWTX-AM, which was oldies in the 90s, and then changed to Radio Disney and is now right-wing talk like everything else on AM.
pdmillar 2 years ago
Wikipedia has a surprising amount of info on radio stations -- just look up by the call letters -- but as you would expect, not all of it is 100% accurate. Other than that, there are various regional radio history web sites you can try looking for.
vwestlife 2 years ago
Nice! :) JC
BadEditPro 2 years ago
I don't think I've ever heard AM Stereo before. Pretty decent sound quality.
Trance88 2 years ago
We HAD AM stereo radio in our old Dodge van, I may still have it in the basement if I did not get rid of it. I put an after market Radio Shack cassette radio in that van to replace it's Dodge radio years later.
umajunkcollector 2 years ago