Thread: AM Radio fading into history
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Old 06-02-2023, 16:30   #19
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Re: AM Radio fading into history
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
I always thought it odd that two Liverpool stations (City and BBC R Merseyside) had AM frequencies consisting of the same four numbers (1548 and 1485).
Just about as close as they can get to each other without interference. The same was true in London although slightly further apart (BBC Radio London on 1458, Capital Radio on 1548).

As far as Radio City is concerned, this was the biggest AM blunder the IBA made as regards radio sites. The original AM site was a 3 mast directional array at Rainford. However, the IBA had not accounted for the fact that the phased signal would cross the water, hit north Wales & come back out of phase. There were many comments that reception was better in Blackpool than in Merseyside. The mast was moved to a new site next to Port Sunlight (Bebington) a few years later.
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