"David Eduardo" wrote in message
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"Frank Dresser" wrote in message
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Oh, my. A bunch of entrepreneurs started a bunch of radio stations
which
now hardly have any listeners and don't make a cent.

Actually, the owners of most 80-90 stations were already owners in other
markets. All they did was file for as many of these things as they could.
Or, in some cases, entrepreneurs filed, and then, when granted, sold to
existing broadcasters.

They're just
interfering with the radio establishment.

They were the radio establishment. In fact, the original case of Bonita
Springs saw a single owner, Dick Friedman, lose the license to Beasley,
who
had the FCC limit of staitons.

Good thing nobody will be much
bothered when the bigger station's IBOC generators light up. Sheesh.

There are already over a thousand HD stations on the air. There is more
theoretical complaining here than among listeners.

The complaining concerns IBOC AM. Aren't most of the current IBOC stations
FM?


Interestingly, two years ago KFI reduced bandwidth to prepare for HD.
Since
they did that, their ratings have increased from bottom of the top 10 in
LA
to #2. As I said, this group complains far more than the listeners who
simply will have better quality and more format options.



Well, yeah. Audiophiles are listening to recordings, not broadcasts -- and
I don't think anybody has any audiophile expectations of talk stations,
anyway.

The usual IBOC complaint is about it's interference. The IBOC sound
complaint comes up as a counterpoint to the claim that IBOC sound is much
better than radio sound, although listeners seem to find radio sound at
least tolerable.

I haven't heard demodulated IBOC so I can't comment much on the sound. I
have heard digital audio from CDs to cellphones. I'll assume the IBOC sound
falls somewhere in between.

Frank Dresser