Nassau's radio stations sold at auction

[@thelake]

Try SiriusXM at home, in the car and on mobile devices/online. I haven't listened to FM since 2006 and never looked back...it's awesome and commercial free! Look into a lifetime (of the radio) subscription. No affiliation, just a big fan.

[SAMIAM]

I second that Lake......XM is the best radio out there.

[SIKSUKR]

I know I'm getting old cuz I like to listen to laughattack almost as much as music on XM.

[jazzman]

If you have internet, try Pandora. You create themed "radio stations", and if you tell it what you do and don't like, it becomes amazing good at picking songs that I like.

The free version limits you to I think 30 hours a month and limited "skips", but if you spring for the $40/year subscription, you get unlimited hours and skips.

Most of the "smart tv" boxes can get Pandora too (at least googletv and boxee do). You can listen on your cell phone too, but be careful of your data caps if you have one.

[kauriel]

Originally Posted by @thelake

Try SiriusXM at home, in the car and on mobile devices/online. I haven't listened to FM since 2006 and never looked back...it's awesome and commercial free! Look into a lifetime (of the radio) subscription. No affiliation, just a big fan.

Is the Sirius service available around most parts of the lake? I currently have a trial that came with our car and am loving it except that I lose reception in a few spots. I am very tempted to buy subscription but have concerns about reception because there are a few spots here in MA that I lose the connection, including one spot right around the corner from our house.

[BroadHopper]

96.5 is my favorite. They play a lot of the clasic rock of the 60,70 and 80's. Unfortunately The broadcast limit is Concord. Whenever I am Concord south, I can almost hear 'Wolfman Jack' howling on the Mill.

Maybe islandradio can link to the mill and broadcast from the island! 'Midnight Radio'.

If you have internet you can tuned to the mill anywhere, why can't we tune to 'The Mill' anywhere?

[IslandRadio]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

96.5 is my favorite. They play a lot of the clasic rock of the 60,70 and 80's. Unfortunately The broadcast limit is Concord. Whenever I am Concord south, I can almost hear 'Wolfman Jack' howling on the Mill.

Maybe islandradio can link to the mill and broadcast from the island! 'Midnight Radio'.

If you have internet you can tuned to the mill anywhere, why can't we tune to 'The Mill' anywhere?

They don't appear to have any streaming capabilities at the moment. I haven't tuned in to 96.5 in a long time - last time they were playing a lot of late 70s/80s stuff and no (or very few) 60s oldies. Wonder if they changed their format? They started off as "cool 96.5" way back...with a good oldies format and very acceptable levels of audio processing. Unfortunately that didn't last very long.

[Jonas Pilot]

I've always been surprised at the lack of a really strong station out of Concord. As our state capital, cultural and legal center and center of NH physically I'd a thunk you would be able to pick up Concord stations further then 10 or 15 miles away. Maybe IslandRadio has some inside info on why.

[songkrai]

Originally Posted by kauriel

Is the Sirius service available around most parts of the lake? I currently have a trial that came with our car and am loving it except that I lose reception in a few spots. I am very tempted to buy subscription but have concerns about reception because there are a few spots here in MA that I lose the connection, including one spot right around the corner from our house.

I have three XM house radios. One XM receiver. I can move receiver from room to room. Works fine for me. If you search you can find less expensive subscriptions. I pay mine by postal mail invoice then check. No credit cards.

I also have XM in my truck factory XM radio - different bill. Works fine up here both in home and vehicle. But yes, there are a few dead spots.

[@thelake]

Originally Posted by kauriel

Is the Sirius service available around most parts of the lake? I currently have a trial that came with our car and am loving it except that I lose reception in a few spots. I am very tempted to buy subscription but have concerns about reception because there are a few spots here in MA that I lose the connection, including one spot right around the corner from our house.

Originally Posted by songkrai

I have three XM house radios. One XM receiver. I can move receiver from room to room. Works fine for me. If you search you can find less expensive subscriptions. I pay mine by postal mail invoice then check. No credit cards.

I also have XM in my truck factory XM radio - different bill. Works fine up here both in home and vehicle. But yes, there are a few dead spots.

SiriusXM is available everywhere in the lower 48. Like Songkrai mentions, there will be some dead spots when you're driving, but they're usually short, just a second or two. Any time you drive under a bridge, heavy tree cover or anytime that little antenna on your car doesn't have a line of sight with the satellites, you'll hear light static to silence for a few seconds. I feel that momentary loss of signal is a very small price to pay for the great variety of commercial free music channels, talk, sports, comedy and more. There's something for everyone! (in urban areas, there are terrestrial repeaters that replace the need for line of sight, acting much like an FM signal)

At home, it's a different story. Place an antenna pretty much anywhere outside (there are mounting suggestions) and you're locked in to a great signal. It's not hard, there are lots of antenna options: under the window/under the screen. Connect to your stereo receiver and play in your living room or to your 2nd speaker zone. Add a (legal) FM transmitter and broadcast to every room in your house.
( http://wholehousefmtransmitter.com/ available for less everywhere.)

At home, use an internet only radio, like the TTR1
http://www.crutchfield.com/p_220SXMT...usXM-TTR1.html
Listen online with your home computer, or dock your smartphone or iPod touch to a speaker system and listen online with the SXM app.
Or step up multi-zone @ home with a sonos system. I do all of the above (except Sonos), but have heard nothing but good things about Sonos and plan to buy it soon.

Sirius doesn't make a player for my particular Blackberry, so I occasionally enjoy Pandora (and it's available on my blu-ray players, but doesn't get used often), but when available I prefer SiriusXM online. Sometimes I want to hear DJ chatter, and SXM can give me that. Sometimes I just want the music, and there are channels for that, too. With Pandora, it's just music.
So clearly, I'm recommending you continue it, especially if you enjoy it now.
You'll never listen to a commercial again!

[ishoot308]

Have to agree about Sirius/ XM. I can't remember the last time I listened to an FM station!

FYI... Sirius comes free if have Dish Network.

Dan

[Greene's Basin Girl]

I also love my Sirius XM. The 60's station is my favorite. I also listen to the cable news stations.

[tis]

I like sirius too. We have it here and in a car. We mostly listen to talk, but do love the oldies stations. But, having said that, because it comes in and out locally here, we often listen to local stations.

[rrr]

I love my XM too - we've had it in our cars for seven years (give or take).
This weekend we did a fair amount of driving and found that on routes 109 and 28 in Wolfeboro there were a few of those real quick dead spots - not a big deal. But from Sandy Point to Lake Shore it was almost the opposite - a few short spots that had a signal. I remember thinking that it would drive me crazy if I lived in that area.

@thelake - my subscription is up for renewal soon. You piqued my interest with the lifetime membership, but I don't see it on their website. Can you give more info?

[Gatto Nero]

Originally Posted by rrr

You piqued my interest with the lifetime membership, but I don't see it on their website. Can you give more info?

They don't advertise it. You have to specifically ask for it via phone. My guess is they are required to offer it because of the XM/Sirius merger but not required to advertise it. I figured it would pay for itself in about 5 years, with Howard included anyway. That's iffy for a car but well worth it for the house IMO.

[@thelake]

Originally Posted by rrr

I love my XM too - we've had it in our cars for seven years (give or take).
This weekend we did a fair amount of driving and found that on routes 109 and 28 in Wolfeboro there were a few of those real quick dead spots - not a big deal. But from Sandy Point to Lake Shore it was almost the opposite - a few short spots that had a signal. I remember thinking that it would drive me crazy if I lived in that area.

@thelake - my subscription is up for renewal soon. You piqued my interest with the lifetime membership, but I don't see it on their website. Can you give more info?

Originally Posted by Gatto Nero

They don't advertise it. You have to specifically ask for it via phone. My guess is they are required to offer it because of the XM/Sirius merger but not required to advertise it. I figured it would pay for itself in about 5 years, with Howard included anyway. That's iffy for a car but well worth it for the house IMO.

Gatto Nero has it right, you had to ask for it on the phone. It started at with Sirius only at $500, dropped to $400 in the dark days after the merger to include XM, later jumped to $600 and I've heard it's now $900.

But...a quick search indicates that with the new pricing just introduced, new lifetime subs are not available. Can’t hurt to call (well, yes it can, their overseas based customer service is the worst!) Good Luck!

[john60ri]

One small beef about Lakes Region radio: There are NO classical music stations.

[BroadHopper]

There use to be a classical radio station broadcast from the top of Mt. Washington. It was a great classical music station with very little talk. I can't recall the frequency or the call letters. It could be NH public radio.

Right now I get 94.9 as far South as Manchester. WHOM from Portland featured adult contemporary.

[tis]

I thought that WAS 94.9.

[PHDIII]

Originally Posted by john60ri

One small beef about Lakes Region radio: There are NO classical music stations.

Try 101.5 in Meredith. Its a simulcast of WBACH in Maine. The signal drops out annoyingly often but they play 100% classical music.

[BroadHopper]

from meredith dropped out completely in Laconia and Lakeport center. I think it has to do with the hills between the town. When I am at Meredith docks, 101.5 comes in nicely.

[wifi]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

from meredith dropped out completely in Laconia and Lakeport center. I think it has to do with the hills between the town. When I am at Meredith docks, 101.5 comes in nicely.

It comes off the LNH tower at the top of Parade Road, not exactly at the top of the world, you can figure the topology from there. Outputs 6 KW, not exactly spectacular, for instance WLNH puts out 15 KW. I still enjoy listening to 101.5 (WWHQ), despite the static I get in Moultonboro/Sandwich when driving around

Its one of the Nassau stations sold off. Wbach out of Belfast Maine was also Nassau, makes sense to couple the two.

[RANGER CANOE CO]

Conway NH, great independent little station that play all kinds of good stuff.

[Jonas Pilot]

93.5 my favorite station. Very eclectic mix and still gives you mostly local news. It is exactly the type of radio station I look for when traveling across the country. They have the best forecast for the region too, broadcast from the top of Mount Washington. For years I used their forecast to predict what was going to happen on the lake wind wise. I found that if the wind on the top of The Old Rock Pile was in the high 20's you could expect the wind on the lake to be uncomfortable. I'm talking about the 4:30 am forecast which usually meant winds on the lake over 15 knots at dawn.

[PHDIII]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

from meredith dropped out completely in Laconia and Lakeport center. I think it has to do with the hills between the town. When I am at Meredith docks, 101.5 comes in nicely.

I agree the signal is dependent upon topography. We are on Long Island (the high part) so we can get a reasonable signal from WWHQ 101.5.

Sometimes there is a carrier present but no material. I think they must have some microwave transmission problems from Maine. Other times they're just plain "off the air".

In any case we do enjoy the 100% classical format which is a welcome change from the rest of the clutter up and down the dial.

They run only local Maine advertising which makes me wonder if they will continue broadcasting to NH??