Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihu1h.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass From: parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) Newsgroups: net.ham-radio,net.audio Subject: QuoTrek stock quotes transmitted on subcarriers Message-ID: <575@ihu1h.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-May-85 18:03:59 EDT Article-I.D.: ihu1h.575 Posted: Sat May 18 18:03:59 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 19-May-85 01:03:04 EDT Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 39 Xref: watmath net.ham-radio:2718 net.audio:4887 x QUOTREK STOCK MARKET QUOTES TRANSMITTED ON FM SUBCARRIERS QuoTrek is a subscription service in which stock quotes are transmitted, without the standard 15 minute delay, on the subcarriers of commercial FM broadcast stations. Dataspeed, Incorporated provides this service, in which subscribers use a portable radio terminal, resembling a combination Sony Watchman TV/pocket calculator, to receive up-to-the-minute stock market prices. With expansion planned to other cities, Dataspeed sales literature claims that QuoTrek digital stock information is currently transmitted on a subcarrier by these stations: ____________________________________________________________ | FM Stations Transmitting QuoTrek Digital Stock Market | | Signals on a Subcarrier | |______________________|______________________________________| | City | Station Callsign Frequency (MHz.)| |______________________|______________________________________| | Boston, MA | WJIB 96.9 | | Baltimore, MD | WLIF 101.9 | | Chicago, IL | WBMX 102.7 | | Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX| KPLX 99.5 | | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | WWJF 106.7 | | Houston, TX | KPFT 90.1 | | Los Angeles, CA | KLVE 107.5 | | New York, NY | WLTW 106.7 | | Philadelphia, PA | WEAZ 101.1 | | San Francisco, CA | KQED 88.5 | | Washington, D.C. | WPFW 89.3 | |______________________|______________________________________| -- =============================================================================== Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass - (312)979-5414