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What live performances are broadcast in your area?

I live in rural (burgeonly-suburban) NH, USA about 75 miles from the Boston broadcast towers. I enjoy live (no tape) Boston Symphony broadcasts from Symphony Hall, such as the one I heard last night of the Previn Violin Concerto and Beethoven Symphony #7 on WCRB. We also have rock broadcasts from the River 92.5 live in studio (Shawn Colvin, the late Jeff Buckley, etc.) Obviously the immediacy and impact of these performances is unparalleled. Compiling a register of these for the Agon community is a "good thing." Question is:
1. What live broacasts do you have in your area? What stations? What kinds of music?
2. What equipment, including antenna and tuner, are you listening to them on?
ivanj

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subaruguru
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The WGBH (89.7) live feeds from both Symphony Hall AND their own studios are superb: very well miked and without compression.
OTOH the general programming on WCRB (102.5) can be SEVERELY compressed! I asked one of their broadcast engineers at a live feed once why their signal was so bland, and was told that "the owner insisted that EVERY note be audible in a car on the highway". So only 10dB of dynamic range?! So there's a difference!
subaruguru
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Seth,
1670 AAAAY EMMMM?! Is all the FM space used up? I mean, listen to those MIT clowns down at 88.1...the FCC's gotta let you in! Have fun. I'll check you out on my Subie radio, somewhere in the static and sunspot stuff!
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