2015 mlb all-star game on fm

I had the opportunity to listen to the 2015 MLB all-star game on the radio. I retrieved my Tecsun BCL-2000 from its storage drawer, and plugged it in though a voltage converter. Listening began at about 3:30pm PDT, which was about 30 minutes before game coverage. The station is KGMZ, FM 95.7 MHz "The Game", an ESPN Radio affiliate in San Francisco.

• FCC FM query for callsign KGMZ

Since my radio has Chinese labeling, I went to Eton's website to review the user manual, and searched Google Images to see the corresponding English labels for the front panel controls.

Radio settings:

• Bass: 6
• Treble: 1.5
• RF Gain: 6 (has no effect 0-10)
• Volume: 1.5 (plenty loud from across my living room)
• FM AFC: on (never needed this before)
• Telescopic antenna: raised but not extended
• Signal strength: full

Even with the treble level quite low, the broadcast has a lot of harsh treble. The audio path in this radio uses cheap components; Kiwa offers an audio upgrade which claims to improve sibilance and dynamics. I tend to listen to a lot of AM broadcast band stations with a narrow filter that doesn't have much treble to begin with. But I'm definitely not happy with the audio quality from this radio; I chose it for this particular broadcast because it's loud.

The connection between the plug and the voltage transformer proved to be loose; attempting to adjust it caused the radio to lose power. (Batteries aren't installed.)

Select program contents (quotes may be paraphrased and are included only for context and identification):

• (ad) stupid in-broadcast advertisement for a popular ridesharing company involving a recording of Donovan McNabb pulled over for DUI two blocks from home, claiming to be sick and on cough medication
• Buffalo Bills coach Aaron Kromer charged with assault
• "I believe we will lead you into the all-star game" (why aren't you sure?)
• "Coverage starts today at 4" (PDT) "95.7 the game"
• "I am wearing your headphones right now. If you're missing headphones, they're here in the studio."
• "The midsummer classic. Don't you go anywhere!"
• Interviewing a book author about the Oakland Athletics. "The Giants might be interested in Ben Zobrist"
• "How frustrating is it to know... that this team is better than the record reflects?" "I am just an objective listener!"
• "Coming up next, it's the fall classic." Nope, that's the World Series, pal
• "86th Major League Baseball all-star game... tonight another sellout... Welcome back to Cincinnati"
• "the winner determines home-field advantage for the World Series"
• "Batting practice continues in this hitter-friendly park"
• "Major League Baseball got a huge break with the weather"
• "Greatest home run derby ever"
• "Who will be tonight's MVP?"
• (ad) "20% off everything for home or business to save water"
• (ad) "The whereabouts of cousin Jimmy are still unknown."
• (ad) "Let me put more icing on that cake!"
• Summary of the first half of the 2015 MLB season
• (ad) "Why wait until the end of the season to get paid?"
• (ad) "Tractors" (does this FM station really reach rural areas?)
• "Baseball Tonight continues from Cincinnati"
• Ned Yost pre-game interview
• "Now, another first half story line..."
• "Pete Rose... should he be in the Hall of Fame?"
• "Our great city of Cincinnati, Ohio"
• Huge ovations for Franchise Four: Johnny Bench, Barry Larkin, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose
• Bruce Bochy pre-game interview
• "I can't believe [the Yankees] are playing this well"
• (after player introductions) "Everyone, all 42,000 on their feet"
• Four greatest living players: Hank Aaron, Johnny Bench, Sandy Koufax, Willie Mays
• (ad) "Turn down that radio!"
• "When he catches, he wears women's perfume!"