I love those red monitors made to look like vintage portable TVs! And I really like CRL processors. I have a bunch of them myself, both the AM and FM versions.

@twizz420

Жыл бұрын

The red monitors are Seiki SE22FR01 or SE24FR01's.

@USERNAME1-x5u

Жыл бұрын

@@twizz420 Why are they shaped like CRT monitors when they are LED?

@StuffJason437

Жыл бұрын

@@USERNAME1-x5u Because, that's their niche' to look alike 60's era television.

@USERNAME1-x5u

Жыл бұрын

@@StuffJason437 need some wood and beige plastic ones

@GE1463

Жыл бұрын

@@USERNAME1-x5u Yeah its kinda odd, they could just get good old crt's

Love AM Stereo still being on the air. WION does it right.

Thank you Shango for arranging this documentary. It was fantastic. I can't belive how close they came to loosing the lisence for the station.

@wvbiwaxmuseum

Жыл бұрын

WION's situation was not unique. There have been other licenses across the US that have come as close to going away as I-1430 did. Jim and his crew had a vision, pulling it off and has thrived for 18 years!

@tarstarkusz

Жыл бұрын

Especially having just dumped a ton of money into buying the station

@cdoublejj

Жыл бұрын

i wonder how many stations have been lost in the last 20 years

What a fun tour. Really takes me back for this retired engineer. My final days in broadcast engineering we're around the days when the Motorola sequan was making its debut.

Great history. So glad shango is making these videos. I wish I had someone like shango near me. It would be cool to learn from him. He should start a school or something.

@directcurrent5751

Жыл бұрын

It already is... University of U Tube

@RagedContinuum

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and have a vintage TV service van to allow weed dudes to smoke in

@emolatur

Жыл бұрын

BECOME the shango near you. Go forth and educate thyself. And grab a camera. And do things.

@directcurrent5751

Жыл бұрын

@@emolatur nah...the balancing act of deceiving MAGA bricks that I'm down for the lies while not revealing my real understanding of sophisticated issues would be too exhausting.

@directcurrent5751

Жыл бұрын

@@cactusjackNV why are you bothering to reply in this manner?

Just sampled their live stream and the audio is indeed very clean. The audio is so good that I don't really mind the audio only going to 10KHz. It's nice to see a station owner who actually cares about the station. I also like how it doesn't sound like the typical commercialized radio station.

@RadioAnnouncer

2 күн бұрын

Properly done, AM can be just as pleasing to the ear as FM! You've discovered this, and we thank you for noticing! It's true AM stereo from the receiver we show you in the video, carried by "Live 365" at 192kb rate. Thanks for your kind words.

My great aunt lived 15 miles east of Ionia and I remember her listening to that station for news and weather in the 50s.

As a computer engineer who's first job was in website maintenance, I'd keep that old website even if it's just in an archived form. There's not so many sites built that way anymore. Thanks for the video! The tour was amazing! I loved the walkthrough of all the equipment.

I happen to stumble upon this video and had to watch it to the very end because it was so interesting. I knew that a.m. stereo did exist, but never really heard it. I have been listening on my phone ever since. I live in Ohio and tried to get the station on my vintage Pioneer SX 850 receiver but was unable to pick up the signal. It's nice to see am is still alive and well. Thank you so much for the video.

Shango066 ... You were just mentioned on WION about this video series! Well done Shango066 and WION AM STEREO 1430 😁😁😁😁😁😁🤓👍👍👍👍 I'm just listening to the stream.... It's amazing that the audio to the feed is AM OVER THE AIR! Pretty amazing sounding AM transmitter! WOW!

Fascinating tour of a modern radio station with stereo AM. You never see all the goodies needed to get a station up and running. Jim Carlyle has the coolest voice and job in the world. A big Thank You to all and Shango for showing it on YT. Awesome tour.

@ke4est

Жыл бұрын

Yes Jim is awesome!!! Small world I have spoken with him lots of times!!

Split footage phone calls, modulators, VU meters, tech talk, This is WION and Shango066 starting in AM Stereo-The Movie

Shango...Thanks So much for this video! I found WION searching the internet after you started the AM stereo videos. It's been my goto station ever since...Great music, enjoyable local adverts. I'm in London England. I thought I was listening to an internet feed from the studio...I'm blown away now I know it's actually the broadcast AM stereo...The quality is outstanding! To actually see the equipment the sound is coming from is so cool! Jim Carlyle and his team are awesome, as are you! I need a telescopic fork 😂

@granttaylor3697

Жыл бұрын

"quality is outstanding" well it can get better as I have been working on a new generation of AM stereo technology, with build in noise reduction, high performance QAM transmitter and also is able to provide Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) information. I am currently calling it the C-QuAMv2 system, the plan is test this system out on the air over the next few years. If Motorola keep on developing their AM stereo format on from AMAX this is where it would of been today with all these improvements.

@jimw7ry

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! That fork was REALLY COOL!!

@GarrardAT6

Жыл бұрын

@@granttaylor3697 AM Stereo is something we've never had in the UK...We have plenty of MW/AM and LW stations but the quality isn't great. We only got VHF/FM in 1955 and FM stereo in 1967. If we had AM stereo with quality like WION has, I wouldn't listen to anything else. If you say you can make it even better then I salute you Sir! 👍

@GarrardAT6

Жыл бұрын

@@jimw7ry I've ordered one...Nobody will be safe at meal times once it arrives 😂

@donbest5024

Жыл бұрын

Just started listening to wion online,I never thought I could get my phone to sound so good,by by iheart radio.

Wow - a proper radio station run by people who do radio and want to keep good radio alive, not just filling the pockets of greedy owners. Such a lovely simple setup too! Nice one!

I loved the tour and the setup at WION. I’ve been in radio for 60 years, 30 of those years in engineering. Hurray for not cutting the music at the top of the hour!

This video did indeed answer my questions about the transmitter power changes overnight and then some!!!! This series really shows the hard work, time and genuine knowledge that it takes to put (and keep) the station on the air. The strange mix of old, new and heavily customised equipment which the station uses in order to sound the way that it does makes a great case for not replacing everything every 2 years as is the case with most consumer electronics… oh no my phone is old…. Mixer console for the 1980’s … think on kids!!!!! Thanks to all involved in the making of this series … Merry Christmas!!!!!

@RadioAnnouncer

Жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas back at you from WION.

@erwe1054

13 күн бұрын

Никогда не знаешь что придумают эти парни из FCC. Завтра они могут сказать : мы лишаем вас лицензии потому что вы не обновляли свое оборудование уже 2 года. По этому необходимо им противодействовать и оспаривать некоторые их решения.

Awesome video! Great to see how passionate these engineers are about getting the absolute best quality out of their AM stereo and FM stereo transmitters, and their stream.

Worlds colliding. I’ve been watching shango for a few years. I’ve been to WION in recent past to promote local events. Jim and team are a pleasure to work with. Can’t wait to get back over there to see them.

Listen to this station daily for years just 2 hrs away :)

Great behind the scenes video. I’ve been a fan of WION for a number of years and continue to listen and enjoy the wide music variety.

Thank you again, Shango. The folks at WION have such a great attitude and have worked so hard to get the station to where it is. They deserve great success.

Thoroughly enjoyed that!. Absolutely fascinating from start to finish. Loved seeing the audio processing chain too. Those guys really care about the audio. I'll have to check out their online stream. Thanks for the brilliant video.

Very interesting video Shango! These guys saved a little radio station and now use it to show how it's done RIGHT! Thanks so much, and thanks to the staff of WION.

Really interesting video Dan, I am so glad you reached out to these guys and put this together. I found the way they control the sidebands and the phasing the signal for AM stereo at the transmitter fascinating. I listened to the live stream made up from the AM broadcast and wow what can I say? Absolutely brilliant I had no idea AM could sound so good. Best regards from the UK.

Thank you for such an in-depth look at the 'behind the scenes' and the engineering detail which is usually missed out on most station tours. I have been a regular listener for a few years now, all the way down here in New Zealand.

What a fantastic video of a fantastic radio station owned and operated by people who really care about radio and their listeners. I can sometimes hear their night signal here in Alabama using my 1100' horizontal loop antenna up at 75' using an Icom 7610 as the receiver. It's not stereo of course on the Icon but I still get a kick of actually hearing their signal. Thanks for the great video series Shango!

Thanks Shango, for taking us along on your field trip. This was a real treat just in time for the holiday season. A shout out to Jim as well. An excellent refresher course. I didn't catch the engineer's name that talked about the modulation boards though.

@garp32

Жыл бұрын

The engineer giving the nuts and bolts tour is our resident Brodcast guru and C-QUAM expert, Greg. He is absolutely amazing at what he does, and one kick ass mentor as well. He presents things in a very digestible format so an idiot like me can even understand it. He's one of the best!

@charleswillsonpeale5739

Жыл бұрын

@@garp32 Thank you, Paul

Thank you for a great tour and wishing you all a wonderful and prosperous 2023! Happy Holidays!

Thanks for organizing this tour and everyone involved I really enjoyed it. I've watched a few others in my time but this was so informative, one of the best

Thank's shango, what a tour of a brilliant radio station. In the UK here, I've plugged WION stream into a legal (very low power) FM transmitter, and now I can listen to superb AM stereo on any old stereo radio around the house, though my good lady can't work out why we've suddenly become a part of a smashing town called - Ionia :)

@maryherblet1133

Жыл бұрын

Ionia city and county welcomes you! Please, join us some time!

That was absolutely worth the wait. Thanks to everyone involved for making this happen. I need to get one of those Carver tuners, the TX-11a or TX-11b. I've wanted one for a long time. Just to warn people, the vanilla TX-11 is FM only, I believe - you want the A or B version if you get one and want AM stereo.

One of the first Shango videos I watched, included Mrs Miller playing from a phonograph with the audio out used for testing open or weak capacitors. The testing method was so unique along with the bizzare song choice made me instantly subscribe! Thank you Shango for your educational videos! 👍

Anyone who hasn't yet done so should go ahead and bring up their online AM stereo feed. You'll be blown away by how good it sounds. This was an amazing tour and a very comprehensive one. Thanks for doing this.

Darn it! I thought I’d recovered from the broadcasting bug, but now I want to do it again. 😮

Excellent video and explanation of how the station is set up and works!!! Definitely wish I could have a station like this in my area!!

Never seen this gentleman before, great content. He seems like the type of guy you'd ask for the weather and he'd explain how snow is made.

Nice documentary. I was impressed by the passion these guys put in creating this radio.

Just a wealth of information always love your videos I've been watching you and your channel from the beginning

Very well done. I liked all the info and really liked the RF collection the owners have.

Watching this YT video from southern Tennessee, I tuned into the online player for which Rod Stewart's "You're In My Heart" began playing and having originally heard this song on A.M. radio in the 70's in mono and now listening to it on the A.M. stereo online broadcast, the effect is amazing almost concert like. I'm listening through my computers 7.1 channel monitors and the sound surrounds me. Unlike F.M. Stereo which is thin and airy, the WION A.M. Stereo sound is fat and full. I have saved this web address to my computer so I can bring it up anytime.

Excellent tour of WION!My how radio has changed since I was an engineer in the commercial AM and FM,and even analog TV.Now I work at VOA transmitter plant in Greenville,NC-their only remaining short wave US based transmitter plant.The newest transmtters here is 30 years old-oldest from 1962.We pride that we keep the original GE transmitters going.When I was in commercial radio----transmitters still hade the glowing "firebottles"--tubes-the SW transmitters I now run are all mainly tube based.120Kw,250Kw 500Kw.

I was just listening to the radio and heard this station give a shout out to your channel, pretty cool.

Glad I was fortunate to see all this, and tour the studio at AM 1430, in Ionia, MI, a couple years ago.

Really enjoyed watching the tour! Great to see the inside workings of a US local/streaming radio station. I've done radio work for the BBC in the UK in the past and some TV continuity announcing/VO and remember the complexity of the studios setups and transmission. Always fascinating.

Its nice to see people that do enjoy their job

This has been a great series. I've learned a lot. Thanks for sharing.

Wow. What a great upload. Thanks Shango.

New Orleans is about to add another AM stereo station...600 WVOG with it's BE1A..the AM stereo card was recently found still in it's sealed package! Engineer Tom Courtenay informed me Friday he discovered it. He's checking it now and plans to install it in the next week. That will make 600 and 940 WYLD both in New Orleans in CQuam!!

@madmax2069

Жыл бұрын

I could only wish other AM stations would go to C-quam, after the failure of AM HD it would be welcomed with increased audio quality.

I am learning more about radio broadcasting and have not been inside a modern radio station to where I really want to be. Your show is very comprehensive.

I really enjoy these am station videos, can't wait to check this out.

You're a good man Shango, great video thanks.

Amazing vlog REALLY Enjoyed this one ! ! Real Nice set-up they have there. Thank You, Shango !

Fantastic documentary & thanks so much Shango & WION for sharing it with us all. That engineer is also a wealth of awesome knowledge & really love his passion & the passion of all the other WION station crew & the great sound reflects their excellence. The AM stereo image is so unique & remember Australia also adopting same but it was short lived when many AM stations started simulcasting on FM, many eventually moving over with only a handful left on AM broadcast. Wow, the modern DJ console tricks they used these days & a far cry from doing Friday night community radio with my brother back in the day around late 1980s (we had no on-air or caller "dump buttons") as we had to manually cue the carts for the station jingles & play a lot of music off CDs, plus fill out the running sheet for APRA (like RIAA song licencing) although being Friday night graveyard, they allowed us to play almost anything we wanted including Greek, Spanish, Serbian, Italian, Arabic, Pop Rai/Algerian, French. Crazy fun times for sure, helping to celebrate listeners birthdays, happiness & sorrows but the "famous" part & being recognised at record shops & out in public (they knew my voice haha) put me off. Pity we can't listen to the station from Australia directly from their website, but it seems to be available on some apps. Still listen to many AM stations including the Greek one which took over the old 3XY AM frequency as the English rock station had vacated to become 3EON FM & later became MMM Austereo network & meeting so many station engineers & on-air talent as a kid & later on which helped also inspire me to get into electronics & the tech industry

Hi Shango. Love the video. Always loved geeking out on radio transmissions. I found a 100 mw am c quam transmitter on ebay. It is a kit build. Can't wait to get up and running. I remember listening to am stereo back in the 80's in a old GM car. Great stereo separation. Been listing to WION on the interwebs. Thanks again for sharing. Take care. 🙂

Very interesting; I love the vintage style equipment, really brings out the era of the time. I restore vintage test equipment that was built in Canada and USA where quality stood out.

A very cool insight to how a radio station works. Cheers to you all! 🍻 -Al Cox

Very interesting how the stereo process provides the side benefit of better side band symmetry.

Thank you for the stroll down memory lane because I so miss working in radio!

Hey, I wanna let you know that I really like this video I really love all your videos. You do a great job on them but I just want to say I really like this one too just like all the others that you post. Keep up the great work.

Gotta love vintage radios, I have a old Westinghouse portable am pocket radio with flip out 120v terminals for charging, wind up watch, flashlight and above all the resistive element cigarette lighter! :)

That was a nice tour. What a great station. Glad you could share this with us.

Grow up with an AM station in my area WKYK since the early 70s. They were AM stereo for a while and still may be. They started streaming a couple years ago and then went to FM last year wich has made them so much nicer to listen too ;)

Nice mixing board! And a very nice studio setup. Thanks for the video!

Terrific behind-the-scenes look at a really cool station!

Great production. How you got a video of him on one end while you are on the other end is cool. The complexity is amazing.

@garp32

Жыл бұрын

That has to be my all time favorite piece of video editing...ever. Flawless! That turned out way better than I had imagined..and it was a last minute idea we had. Brilliant editing!

I received WION AM 1430, on car radio, 12/17/2022 about 4:20pm EST - Dayton Ohio. Verified songs online (Jackson Browne, Tom Petty).

That was fun. Thank you. Merry Christmas.

Been listening all week!

What a great tour! I'd love to work at a radio station someday... the engineering that goes into something like this is super interesting.

Amazing video and radio station. You are so far ahead of the the radio curve for a regional AM station.

It's almost like he's doing a Shango impression, "here, here, here, here"........ As he forks all that equipment. LOL.

I worked for Jim over 15 years ago. One of the best bosses I ever had, and so very passionate about his craft and community.

In 1989 I worked at an AM stereo station in Laramie, Wyoming, KLDI. I worked in radio doing live broadcasting from 1986 to 1991. So much was done with Fidelipac carts and open reel tapes then. Everything is so different now.

I've been blessed to call Jim one of my best friends in the industry since 1990. It's an honor to be "The Voice Guy" for his station(s), as Jim does things the way local radio should be done. Thanks for giving he and his passion a showcase on your page, Shango. This is a great look into the world of radio and what makes it tick!

A fantastic and insightful video. Thank you!

Wow...that was one of the most interesting vids I've ever seen...thanks!

Wow that’s amazing, 4,292 mi Distance from Ionia Michigan to Finland

Wish St. Louis, MO had an AM station that would play an oldies 50's & 60's format in stereo. I grew up with KXOK (630), a Storz Station. I played oldies at the Junior college station for 12 years on Sundays. Good Luck with you station!

I remember in the late 1980s early 1990s. GM cars and trucks would sometimes have a AM stereo button.

@douggrisack5916

Жыл бұрын

My 92 chev pickup had am stereo and it worked pretty well.

@stirlingschmidt6325

Жыл бұрын

Some Jeeps, including our 94(?) Cherokee, had AM stereo.

@pauljames5914

Жыл бұрын

The Chrysler mini vans in the 90s had am stereo too in their premium sound systems. My city only had 1 am stereo station..

Mrs Miller is a legend. I remember her rendition of Happy Birthday, but who doesn't ?

@pauljames5914

Жыл бұрын

I think my roommate has one of her albums..

@dannyboy366

Жыл бұрын

@@pauljames5914 I read the guys who did the mixing on her albums picked her worst takes. The joke is on them, she was a phenomenal hit even though they tried to make her a novelty. One has gotta' ask themselves, "who's laughing now" ? RIP Mrs Elva Ruby Miller (October 5, 1907, Joplin, MO 5, 1997, Vista, CA)

@brucewinningham4959

Жыл бұрын

Nice & Interesting Radio Station Tour. THANK YOU.

LOVE the monitors!

A terrific visit; thank you!

Those are some funky monitors

Excellent tour, I appreciated this. Thanks

Its good to see some older tech coming back good stuff.

Perfect addition to my VLC playlist library, next trip to Lan-sing-istan I will have to check it out on air.(now to the bench for building that 25cycle oscillator)

I tried listening to your stream. The audio quality is astonishing! Terrific separation. Lets you hear more detail in the music. Great processing. Also much enjoyed the video tour of the station.

@RadioAnnouncer

6 ай бұрын

We, including our engineers, thank you!

Very interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. My pastor is from Michigan, and he gets a laugh when people here in Ohio talk about bad snow days.

A W E S O M E! Congratulations for this great documentary.

Hell ya! Wion! I listen to them for Ionia Michigan as well!

What a treat. Besides the technical goodies, I was most interested to hear how the stations are run. Why nobody is there, and how they hope to keep things going when so little is live. Thanks for this.

@RadioAnnouncer

Жыл бұрын

"Why nobody is there?" We're here daily. We do a Monday-Thursday midday show nine to noon. There's no need of morning drive in Ionia, it's 5 minutes to anywhere anyone works. We're here during storms, power outages, and special events. computers are programmed by US for what we want on the air when not in the studio, and by receiving 800-line calls and texts wherever we are, we're never out of touch with the station. It's small town radio where you have to "live" the station, but that does not mean being chained to the microphone, nor does it mean we leave anytihng important OUT of our local programming.

Brilliant walk around

I like your commitment to good radio, especially independents. We just lost our local station 98.3 FM KFXM Lancaster, Ca. They had the largest Playlist on radio, 30K. Keep up the great videos, real cool you being a local guy!

@shango066

Жыл бұрын

Lost it to what where did it go?

@colt45peacemaker

Жыл бұрын

Probably went Spanish

@arcademania7544

Жыл бұрын

@@colt45peacemaker 🤣😂

Great video, Thank You. That would be so cool to hang out with a radio station engineer for the day. Behind the scenes, the equipment and folks who make it possible.

@Tech_481

Жыл бұрын

I've gotten to do that with jim from WION best experience ever.

Wow ! Thanks for this. It gives me a little hope that maybe this is trend so that AM maybe making a comeback. I DJ’d in the 6o’s and nothing sounded better to me. Unfortunately, I can’t get this in NC

Awesome song list rotation !

It's a rack full of modded optimods... I like it. Nice tour! Cheers,

I love those red monitors

Just bumbling about KZread, probably after a Late Late Show bit or a CBS Mystery Theater show. Love your set-up and the detailed descriptions. I’m a HAM and gathered lots of info for a better quality AM signal and over the CROWN AM transmitter and all the nostalgia. Thank you for a great tour. I’ll attempt reception tomorrow but an doubtful. I really miss the old days of AM DX at night. ‘73, Bill Martin, KA1TIU

When I was a student at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo CA back in the early 1980’s, I was a DJ on the school radio station, KCPR, 91.3 FM. At that time we had an analog mixer board similar to the one at station in this video, with the rotary pots and toggle switches. There was no computerization back then, so we played vinyl LPs and 45’s. We had three Technics SP-10’s that we had to keep cued up at all times, a cart deck and microphone. The station was 2,000 watts back then. Today, the station has relocated to another area of the graphic arts building, and is now state of the art, and they also broadcast over the internet. Those were fun times!