In article ,
keith wrote:
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:12:46 +0000, Ken Smith wrote:

In article ,
John Woodgate wrote:
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If the FM is what passes for music these days, it's MUCH better IMHO.

There is very little that is sent in the form of radio waves that is worth
the electrical power to send it.


Hmm, many advertisers would disagree. Since they have real money at stake
and you don't...

They say that 1/2 of all advertising money is just wasted. The problem is
no-one can say which half.

Besides the advertisers don't care about the value of what is sent. They
only care about the wallet of those who are listening.



The really sad thing is that much of
what is send via FM is really "voice grade" material. When FM was new,
the material for FM was specially produced to take advantage of the wide
bandwidth and large dynamic range.

Bandwidth, perhaps. Wide dynamic range? The FCC rules seem to
suggest otherwise.

How do you arrive at that? FCC rules don't specify the nature of the
music programming, really. If the "music" always has the modulation index
at least 30% with rap, the dynamic range actually needed is much less than
for something from BareNakedLadys

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