On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:23:33 GMT, Telamon
wrote:

In article ,
"Frank Dresser" wrote:


The situation would be much better if the band was split up between
analog and digital.

Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a technology for broadcasting
audio programming in digital form that was designed in the late 1980s.
The original objectives of converting to digital systems were to
enable higher fidelity, greater noise immunity, mobile services, and
new services, but sadly DAB now invariably offers audio quality that
is lower than that available on FM.

The acronym DAB is used both to identify the generic technology of
digital audio broadcasting, and specific technical standards,
particularly the Eureka 147 standard described below. Standardization
of DAB technology is promoted by the World DAB Forum, which represents
more than 30 countries but excluding the United States, which has
opted instead for a system called HD Radio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_broadcasting