"David Eduardo" wrote in message
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"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
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"David Eduardo" wrote:


"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message
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"David Eduardo" wrote:


In this case, I defer to the M Street data. M Street's Directory has
the
credibility today that the Boradcasting Yearbook had from 938 to the
early
90's.


Frankly, no matter what reference you quoted, if you said the sky was
blue I'd go outside to double-check.

Please double check all my facts. You will find that they are totally
verifiable, except those I label sepcifically as coming from proprietary
research.

"Facts" like IBOC is great and doesn't cause interference, or no one
ever ever listens outside of your arbitrary lines on a map?

HD does not interefere with listened to signals. It interferes with
signals that are below the accepted listenability threshold.

There _are_ listeners outside the metro areas of some stations. they are
very few in all but a few dozen cases. That listenership is so small as to
be more an exception to the rule, and in most cases, it is to very big
signals that will continue to be big signals, HD or no HD. The signals
that HD is covering are not being listened to in any significant number,
but the gain from HD is perceived to be a far better proposition than
saving a handful of listeners... it is a trade-off to move radio into
digital, where it has to be.

Begging your pardon, Eduardo.. but you're full of yourself and of something
else that decorum doesn't allow me to mention. I don't live in the middle of
cities, and most places I HAVE lived, the so called "city contour" doesn't
reach where I live.. and some of those places have even been within city
limits. IBOC DOES INTERFERE WITH LISTENED TO SIGNALS. Not everyone lives in
your perfect radio world. And the FCC, Ibiquity, and station engineers that
run stations with IBOC shouldn't be arbitrarily deciding that I or anyone
else is not important. It's a very good way to get a portion of their
anatomy handed to them financially.