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Old 2007-10-19, 04:07 PM
RaelEarl RaelEarl is offline
 
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Re: lossy or normal for FM?

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Originally Posted by jameskg
just noticed you said 1979...

could this have been an AM recording and not FM? AM NRSC requirements cut the spectrum @ 10kHz (like this recording). This stuff at the top could be hiss from the tape, maybe?
Yes, there is some tape hiss. Interesting what you say about AM. Perhaps the uploader just used "FM" as a synonym for "radio"...he says it was broadcast on a station called WLS FM as also interview snippets which are included indicate.

He says "This is the WLS FM radio broadcast, that was aired live as it happened on July 4, 1979.
As Robby mentions, it was going out live around the world, but a bad storm caused lots of
problems with the signal and this is rough. It is an FM broadcast, and although it is rough,
I have still enjoyed it for many years."
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