Air America in Ann Arbor

[jeanarrett]

Does anyone else have bad reception with Air America out of Ann Arbor? Criminy, I only live 10 miles north of Ann Arbor and by the time I'm a few miles outside of town, the static is so bad that I have to switch to something else. It is only the station 1290 that I have this problem with. Do they have a not so good antenna or something?

[1gobluedem]

1. 1290 has always had a lousy range

They need to move AA to 101.9 now that FM 106 in Detroit has gone back to country.

I worked for WIQB years ago when they owned 101.9 FM and 1290 AM. Sometimes we couldn't even get 1290 inside the station.

[MichDem10]

2. Wattage Issue

1290 is only 500 Watts during the day and 26 watts at night. :-( My lightbulbs put out more energy! Another factor is their transmiter is located south west of Ann Arbor. :radio:

[annarbor]

3. Have you tried....

1310 am out of Detroit? I have found that even though I am right here in A2, I often get a better signal out of Detroit. I should add that I got so frustrated with the weak signal in the evening that I went out and bought XM radio....I never knew who Mike Malloy was until I started using it.

Not sure if 1290 will improve their signal or not. I think they're located in Saline.

Ann Arbor

[gasperc]

4. try 1530 out of Cinncinatti at night

I get good reception after the sun goes down

[MattNC]

5. they aren't on 1530 anymore

switched to a different frequency in Cincy. Which, to my knowledge, isn't available after sunset.

[omenapoint]

9. No can do.

AAR was getting poor ratings in Cincinnati. So, they switched frequencies. 1530 is a HUGE 50,000 Watt station and it now carries sports only. 1360, which did have the sports on it is a 5000 watt station and now has AAR.

AAR was barely top 20 out of 30 stations, so they decided not to "waste" a stong signal on it.

[Lusted4]

6. XM 167 AAR perfect reception 24/7 it's worth the cost n/t

[weeksbr1]

7. I was just going to recomend that. :)

[Mich Otter]

8. Air America Radio

To keep up with the latest from Air America, check out; http://www.airamerica.com/

Also, another site that has more up to date news, and some rumors, about Air America Radio is at: http://www.radio-info.com/
check out the "news/talk" area;
or this link may work for you:
http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=a93ff099c3aaba2ff1fab625a5441099&board=284.0

The station at 1290-AM in Saline, just outside of Ann Arbor, has a very weak signal.

You can also stream Air America Radio online.
And, many of the hosts can be listened to through their websites.

There are a lot of ways to listen in. Some just aren't as easy as we would like.