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Tagged: Distortion, ersatz KINK, I don't listen so no biggie, KINK, KINK died years ago, stink FM102, tired overplayed music
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March 25, 2018 at 6:35 pm #35722
Gabe
ParticipantAnyone else hear that? I first noticed a high-pitched shrieking sound from 101.9 KINK last night, and it’s still there now.
March 25, 2018 at 6:46 pm #35723Gabe
ParticipantI just tried a second radio and the noise is still there. It’s not in their online audio feed though (which I assume comes directly from the processor, bypassing the RF chain). I suspect it’s a hum in their exciter, but I was never an engineer!
March 26, 2018 at 9:16 am #35727nosignalallnoise
ParticipantAnyone else hear that? I first noticed a high-pitched shrieking sound from 101.9 KINK last night, and it’s still there now.
Yeah. Irritating, isn’t it?
Her name’s Adele.
April 1, 2018 at 1:55 am #35816radiodork
SpectatorHigh pitched shrieking sound? Thats probably the over-rated and under talented, safe and boring band called Imagine Dragons. Cookie cutter rock at it’s worst.
April 1, 2018 at 11:54 am #35835Alfredo_T
ParticipantI feel a bit of a déjà vu because the subject of STL aural artifacts at Portland Alpha media stations has come up in the past. Perhaps I am in the minority in that I otherwise consider KINK to be one of the most listenable commercial music radio stations in the Portland market. KKOV is OK, but the playlist gets repetitive after a while. The others sound as though they have been run into the ground through a thousand budget cuts.
April 1, 2018 at 2:38 pm #35845nosignalallnoise
ParticipantHigh pitched shrieking sound? Thats probably the over-rated and under talented, safe and boring band called Imagine Dragons. Cookie cutter rock at its worst.
Well at least they’re not so unpleasant to listen to. They’re just stale and boring as fuck (so it fits perfectly in line with 99% of Portland’s so-called “music scene”. Ahem.).
I know a guy who describes Adele as sounding like a drunk 80-something chain-smoking housewife on karaoke night. IMHO any station playing more than more than one of her cuts per month should receive visits from DHS on charges of domestic terrorism. Who needs cell phone bombs or fertilizer or flying planes into buildings when you can just play Adele?
F’in christ.
April 2, 2018 at 10:01 am #35870Alfredo_T
ParticipantI withdraw my comments about KKOV, as it has changed formats.
April 2, 2018 at 12:50 pm #35876cbaravelli
SpectatorBad cap. My guess in the band stop filter by-pass circuit. Hard to component trouble shoot (if anyone still can).
April 4, 2018 at 9:27 pm #35978radiodork
Spectator947 Alternative Portland “ It’s different here.” (Cue Imagine Dragons) Sorry 947 you lost all credibility when you started overplaying Imagine Dragons. How many radio stations in Portland play Imagine Dragon? Let’s see
947
1059
K103
Kbff
Krsk
And people wonder why radio is dead.April 4, 2018 at 9:28 pm #35979radiodork
SpectatorAdd Kink to the list of stations that play Imagine Dragons.
April 5, 2018 at 9:15 am #35994Master of Disaster
ParticipantThe Master of Disaster has never heard of this “Imagine Dragons” and had to find a Youtube clip. After maybe twenty seconds the Master of Disaster concluded it isn’t their cup of audio coffee either, however the complaint (and yes, this following message that one is currently reading) serves little more than to advertise “Imagine Dragons”.
One cannot expect what is considered music to remain a static constant or for all music to meet one’s individual tastes.
April 5, 2018 at 1:08 pm #36016Alfredo_T
ParticipantYou made me search Imagine Dragons to see whether I recognized any of their songs. Indeed, I did. However, I also noted that their music videos look as though they were expensive to produce. I believe that the focus of Imagine Dragons is more on the videos than the music.
Another thing that I noted is that all of the members of Imagine Dragons are Millennials. Doesn’t that make you feel old?
The lesson that I’ve learned here is that if I had some friends in an obscure band, first, they need to create some kind of an online presence. Then, I need to badmouth them on Internet message boards. The other participants will become intrigued about why I hate them so much. This will create instant free publicity.
April 5, 2018 at 1:50 pm #36021cbaravelli
SpectatorBINGO! We Have Another Winner!
“There is no such thing as ‘bad publicity’ if my name is spelled right.” – Grace JonesApril 5, 2018 at 2:48 pm #36023jkmartin
ParticipantIt’s not only on KINK. I have also heard that same harmonic distortion on other FM and AM stations in that cluster and it’s been going on for at least a year.
April 5, 2018 at 4:17 pm #36024lastday
ParticipantI don’t hate Imagine Dragons. Not at all.
But I wouldn’t pay for their music. Kind of like Mumford & Sons.
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