IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476393

By JakeP50 - February 8th, 2015, 8:08 pm

- February 8th, 2015, 8:08 pm #476393

5 DAYS!!!

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Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476422

By ATrain - February 9th, 2015, 10:42 am

- February 9th, 2015, 10:42 am #476422

4 DAYS

*cue Europe*

We're leaving together,
But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back,
To earth, who can tell ?
I guess there is no one to blame
We're leaving ground
Will things ever be the same again?

It's the final countdown

We're heading for Venus and still we stand tall
Cause maybe they've seen us and welcome us all
With so many light years to go and things to be found
I'm sure that we'll all miss her so.

It's the final countdown.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476427

By Sly Fox - February 9th, 2015, 11:45 am

- February 9th, 2015, 11:45 am #476427

This was one of the jams I would play on Z100 back in the '80s. Their catalog is actually pretty strong beyond that one iconic song.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476443

By ATrain - February 9th, 2015, 4:04 pm

- February 9th, 2015, 4:04 pm #476443

Agreed. I do love classic rock and 80's music.

Was that during your time at Liberty? Surprised they'd let you work at a secular station back then.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476447

By BJWilliams - February 9th, 2015, 4:31 pm

- February 9th, 2015, 4:31 pm #476447

I told my wife and she about blew my ears off she screamed so loud (she loves baseball college or pro)

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476456

By Humble_Opinion - February 9th, 2015, 6:05 pm

- February 9th, 2015, 6:05 pm #476456

Hopefully baseball provides us with something to cheer for after the dismal Men's BBall season.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476466

By krh44 - February 10th, 2015, 8:50 am

- February 10th, 2015, 8:50 am #476466

Can't wait. Last weekend would have been perfect weather for baseball in Lynchburg. Did I notice that some of the games are going to be on 93.3? This may be a good thing since I can not pick up 90.9 where I work. Also in the past we didn't cover all the early games on radio.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476469

By ballcoach15 - February 10th, 2015, 9:37 am

- February 10th, 2015, 9:37 am #476469

93.3 has a very week signal. 5 miles outside of the city, I can't get it.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476472

By ATrain - February 10th, 2015, 10:48 am

- February 10th, 2015, 10:48 am #476472

3 DAYS...we're number 30 according to the NCBWA

http://www.liberty.edu/flames/index.cfm ... 57&TeamID=

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476473

By Sly Fox - February 10th, 2015, 10:51 am

- February 10th, 2015, 10:51 am #476473

ATrain wrote:Was that during your time at Liberty? Surprised they'd let you work at a secular station back then.

I used the air name Kraig Ransom and only a handful of people knew of my work. Once it came to light when one of my co-workers was found out, Dean Emerick showed me some mercy. Back then, most of the stations in Lynchburg & Roanoke were loaded with LU students because our broadcast program was better than the other universities at the time. Z100 was the #1 non-country station in Lynchburg at the time and we had a lineup that had our middays, afternoon drive and evening jocks all active LU students.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476479

By ballcoach15 - February 10th, 2015, 11:16 am

- February 10th, 2015, 11:16 am #476479

All Lynchburg radio stations have "fallen off" in my opinion, and none more than 88.3. ESPN radio seems to switch channels daily, and sometimes I cannot get it at all. Most all stations have a very weak signal. I guess if one lived on top of Candler's Mountain they could get a good signal, but beyond that, the wind has to be blowing just right.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476482

By Chippy - February 10th, 2015, 11:31 am

- February 10th, 2015, 11:31 am #476482

I'm in Forest and I can't get 93.3

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476488

By ballcoach15 - February 10th, 2015, 11:44 am

- February 10th, 2015, 11:44 am #476488

Does anyone know why local stations have such weak signals ? 88.3 has good signal, but with their new format, I stopped listening to it, except in the rare occasion they have a LU game on.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476525

By BJWilliams - February 10th, 2015, 6:28 pm

- February 10th, 2015, 6:28 pm #476525

I actually did pretty well getting the local stations. things may have changed since I moved back to the 757 but I didnt have any problem getting anything when I was Iin town for homecoming last year

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476549

By krh44 - February 10th, 2015, 10:34 pm

- February 10th, 2015, 10:34 pm #476549

ballcoach15 wrote:93.3 has a very week signal. 5 miles outside of the city, I can't get it.

That is about a mile further past 90.9 so I should be good.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476564

By thepostman - February 10th, 2015, 11:52 pm

- February 10th, 2015, 11:52 pm #476564

I guess the issue with 90.9's tower is never going to be resolved huh?

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476565

By JakeP50 - February 10th, 2015, 11:55 pm

- February 10th, 2015, 11:55 pm #476565

thepostman wrote:I guess the issue with 90.9's tower is never going to be resolved huh?

Sometimes I get static on there, in my dorm. I can SEE Demoss from here and I still have problems getting the signal.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476570

By ballcoach15 - February 11th, 2015, 9:02 am

- February 11th, 2015, 9:02 am #476570

A radio station should have at least a 50 mile signal before being allowed to go on the air.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476582

By LUDad - February 11th, 2015, 11:06 am

- February 11th, 2015, 11:06 am #476582

It's really weak when Liberty's best sports program does not have, at the very least, live radio streams of the games against ranked opponents...

I just purchased a roku 3 and attached it to a gigabit ethernet connection so I could watch all the baseball games in HD on my media room TV without buffering...guess I have wait till BB season is over for that to happen...

Anyway, listed below are links to radio streams for Liberty's first three games. The Owl's game is iffy. I when to the Owl's radio chat room and inquired if they knew of a source that was broadcasting their first game and got the answer "Owl Radio does! We'' double check with the sports director". So take the first link for what's worth...

http://www.ksuradio.com/
http://www.georgiastatesports.com/liveE ... vents.dbml
http://www.wrek.org/player/?stream=128kbps

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476583

By adam42381 - February 11th, 2015, 11:11 am

- February 11th, 2015, 11:11 am #476583

ballcoach15 wrote:A radio station should have at least a 50 mile signal before being allowed to go on the air.

Really? 50 miles is a huge range. Most stations and especially small local stations (i.e., college radio stations) don't need anywhere near that strong a signal.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476585

By SuperJon - February 11th, 2015, 11:24 am

- February 11th, 2015, 11:24 am #476585

LUDad wrote:It's really weak when Liberty's best sports program does not have, at the very least, live radio streams of the games against ranked opponents...

I just purchased a roku 3 and attached it to a gigabit ethernet connection so I could watch all the baseball games in HD on my media room TV without buffering...guess I have wait till BB season is over for that to happen...

Anyway, listed below are links to radio streams for Liberty's first three games. The Owl's game is iffy. I when to the Owl's radio chat room and inquired if they knew of a source that was broadcasting their first game and got the answer "Owl Radio does! We'' double check with the sports director". So take the first link for what's worth...

http://www.ksuradio.com/
http://www.georgiastatesports.com/liveE ... vents.dbml
http://www.wrek.org/player/?stream=128kbps

I'd check your facts before saying we aren't covering baseball. We're broadcasting every game this weekend with our top baseball announcer.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476588

By LUDad - February 11th, 2015, 11:28 am

- February 11th, 2015, 11:28 am #476588

Sorry Super Jon, I did a lot of checking and still could not find where Liberty was doing a live stream of the broadcast. Could you let me know how to access that stream?

Got it. 1320AM via TuneIn Radio is streaming...the Flames website has not put a link up yet for the audio broadcast so I assumed...don't say it, I know (:

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Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476594

By SuperJon - February 11th, 2015, 12:18 pm

- February 11th, 2015, 12:18 pm #476594

I realize that last post came across very jerk-ish. Sorry about that.

I'm friends with Nick and he was talking the other day about how he's excited for baseball to start so that's how I knew. I didn't even look online.

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476595

By BJWilliams - February 11th, 2015, 12:38 pm

- February 11th, 2015, 12:38 pm #476595

adam42381 wrote:
ballcoach15 wrote:A radio station should have at least a 50 mile signal before being allowed to go on the air.
Really? 50 miles is a huge range. Most stations and especially small local stations (i.e., college radio stations) don't need anywhere near that strong a signal.

Agree with this. if 90.9 had that large a reach, it would cover Lynchburg, Roanoke, Danville, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Nelson and almost get you to Charlottesville. 20-25 miles should be sufficient for the target audience

Re: IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN#476596

By LUDad - February 11th, 2015, 1:01 pm

- February 11th, 2015, 1:01 pm #476596

No problem SuperJon, I deserve it (:

Not living in the area, I always have to stream. After reading the previous posts about concerns over weak over the air reception, I assumed that, for whatever reason, the game was not being streamed and was only available over the air, especially since the Flames website did not have an audio link up...

As you indicated... I should have researched it.