"Rupert P Buttsnort" wrote in message
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For god's sake DONT tell the NAB about that! They are still running around
telling everyone that satellite radio is just a fad, its going away and
cant
succeed.

No, they are not. The only thing the NAB has asked is that both satellite
providers fulfil on the promise and the license taht stipulate that there
will be no localization of channels.

Most NAB members realize that satellite has a very good position along side
radio, TV, cable, X-Boxes and microwave ovens as part of the mix of products
available to Americans. There have always been a percentage of Americans who
don't listen to radio (about 5%) and listen lightly (5%) who seek something
other than the fare on terrestrial radio. Reggae in Minneapolis, Classical
in Prescott, Hip Hop in Fargo, Salsa in Des Moines... things that a
nationally significant group want, but which group is insignificant on the
local level.

Satellite complements terrrestrial radio, and it will be a long time before
it competes.

Meanwhile, back at the IBOC ranch they are STILL trying to get it
to work and sound good.

It's working and sounding good on about 400 stations now. And there are over
2000 more committed to adding it in the next few years. Factories are
working overtime to produce the new transmitters and antennas, and orders
are backloged.

Plans to destroy the AM broadcast dial is still in
the works. This is the NAB's answer to a fad that wont be around smile

IBOC was not the NAB's idea. It was invented by a private company, and
invested in by a group of broadcasters.

Meanwhile....XM, Siruis and Worldspace continue to get new customers.

Worldspace is nearly bankrupt, and does not serve the Americas at all.

XM has 2 million subscribers nationally after just short of three years of
marketing. 2 million is less than the cume of one news station in New York
City. One station has more listeners than all the subscribers to XM. Sirius
is so far behind the dust has settled between them and XM, too.

More
and more channels get added, the choice gets better. Car units, home
units,Computer units. Around the corner are "Walkman" style radios,
armband
holders for XM's Roadie. It will be easy to listen to satellite radio
everywhere.

No, it won't. The satellite signal does not work well on hand held devices
that are in motion, and in office reception is, at best, tricky. I know. I
had 6 units in a building 2 misles form a repeater, and they hardly ever
worked.

Here is whats going away....Multipath distortion,commercials,stupid
DJ's,commercials,stale traffic reports,commercials,dumb contests,
commercials and did I mention commercial

Well, how 'botu this: 95% of Americans listen to land based radio weekly.


EAT **** NAB!!!! hear the driving public, were tired of your manhandling
of
the radio offerings.

The NAB is a trade association. It does not dictate programming, commercial
policy or music. Market forces do that.

The satellite providers are giving us what we want.

That, then, is why only 1 out of every 150 Americans has it, and evne those
people listen to twice as much land based radio as XM or Sirius?

Programming, news,talk,traffic,weather,comedy,albums,all genre of music
WHERE we want, WHEN we want it and how we want it and its here NOW and
getting better all the time.

Great. Go listen some more.

As far as IBOC goes, GO SUCK AN EGG, yep...it will take off just like AM
STEREO (another failure).

AM stereo was too late to market, when no one cared about AM. IBOC is dual
band, digital and has the backing of thousands of stations and dozens
ofreceiver manufacturers.

KISS OFF NAB! you have trashed the public listener
way too long, we now have a choice and will exercise it. Oh sure! you will
have holdouts that wont pay for radio. Remember when they wouldnt pay for
television too?

Cable stated when the average person had 3 TV choices or less, often with
snow and static. LA has 87 commercial radio choices. There is no comparison.

Other "Fads" that wouldnt make it either...Color TV....Microwave
Oven...Cable TV..personal computer (who the hell would even need one).

IBOC.

Radio today has as much per-person weekly listening as it had the year
before the TV freeze was lifted, when less than 43% of Americans could
receive one TV signal. We have had the transistor, TV, color TV, CATV,
Cable, video games, the Internet, and lots of other entertainment sources.
Radio is very resilient.