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Old March 18th 07, 05:00 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default What KSL listeners had to say about HD Radio !

On Mar 18, 2:14�pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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What KSL listeners had to say about HD Radio !


The fact is that Bonneville is slowly moving KSL to FM anyway.


Let's see, how much interest that USA Today article this week on HD
Radio generated (select range of 3M and smoothness of -1):


There are two separate issues here... AM and HD.


AM is fading away. It is used by older folks, mostly, and there are only
largely successful stations in one format area: talk. Talk is now moving
to
FM, and when the transition is over, there will be no mass appeal format
on
AM and no younger listeners.


HD improves FM audio, adds a second program channel, and vastly improves
AM
Audio. Nearly every FM can benefit. Only a few AMs can, as only a few
have
decent signals.


That HD sure improves the QRM as well.


If very few people are listening to AM, and even less to AMs outside their
local market area or community, why would this matter?- Hide quoted text -

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Most "clears" AMs are ranked in the top 5. HD Radio is dead,
especially on AM.