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Old March 1st 08, 03:36 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Just Read That iBiquity Has Hired a New V.P. of Sales!

On Mar 1, 3:42Â*am, Rfburns wrote:
On Mar 1, 12:09 am, IBOCcrock wrote:





On Feb 29, 10:00 pm, Rfburns wrote:


On Feb 29, 2:31 pm, IBOCcrock wrote:


On Feb 29, 1:03�am, Rfburns wrote:


Took a trip to the local Best Buy to check on the status of HD radiosales. �Same three units still there - imagine that. �This stuff is
hot - and a college town at �that.


JustreadthatiBiquityhashiredanewV.P.ofsales�- �a Mr. Stocks
from MyerEmco. �Seems I've seen that guy on TV a few years back
selling Ginsu knives or something like that. �OK, maybe it was laundry
detergent.


In making the announcement, Bernie Sapienza,iBiquity'sVice President
of Retail Business Development, said, "We are happy to bring JR on
board at this important time, when the growth in HD Radio products at
retail is increasing. We will rely on him to work with our retail and
manufacturing partners to build HD Radio technology's presence at
retail."


SeemsiBiquitymight want to start with a little honesty about their
current state ofsales, or lack of. � The dudes atiBiquityare spin-
masters. �At least Ginsu knives work.


AlsoreadthatiBiquitywill not support any further development of AM
HD beyond the current state. �That should send a shiver to those boys
currently transmitting AM HD.


TheseiBiquitydudes are techno-wizards. �Even a school boy with a
rudimentary understanding of amplitude modulation schemes knows there
is no way to transition from an analog signal to a digital one without
taking huge chunks of bandwidth. Unless you want if to sound like a
cell phone.


Welcome aboard the Titanic JR.


jw


From:
To:
Subject: Google Finance Post
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:46:45 +0000


"Hey, we are all entitled to our opinions. Â*I would appreciate your
not having attacked me in your post on the google finance site.
Perhaps you would be kind enough to remove it if that is at all
possible. If I knew you or you knew me, Â*or perhaps I had a done
something that deserved such a comment, that would be one thing. Â*I am
sure you have your opinions on IBOC, and are entitled to those. Â*You
are not entitled to an opinion of me when you do not know me."


Best Regards,
J. R. Stocks


http://finance.google.com/group/goog...rowse_thread/t....


I referred to Stocks as a loser on iNiquity's Google Finance site,
because MyerEmco was a loser that went out of business. Yea, a real
nice guy that should be considered a criminal, along with the rest of
iNiquity's employees, for this monopoly to take over our airways
through adjacent-channel interference! Â*Maybe, he doen't realize that
since he has been in the news, he is considered a public figure, and
is legally open to criticism.


J. R. Stocks must be second rate if he wants to spar with people on
Goggle Newsgroups, etc. Â*Pretty low class, but than again typical for
a second rate company with a second rate product like iBiquiity HD.
Especially with their questionable ethics. They have first-rate
spinmasters though. Â* Just my opinion on all this though.


Also Interesting that Â* feels the need to sound so
threatening. Â*Who is that fellow anyway?


J. R., you’ve got your hands full convincing retail and manufacturing
partners to make and sell a blatantly defective product. Â*I think you
should return to Ginsu knives and laundry detergent myself. Â*But then
again just my opinion.


Let me know if I can help you with your new venture J. R. Â*I’m always
available


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Well, look who's selling these empty radios:


"Introducing HD Radio at MyerEmco"


http://www.myer-emco.com/hd_radio/


I love it. Â*Major stores like Best Buy and Radio Shack can't sell
them. Â*No-name companies like Radiosophy can't sell them. Â*QVC and
Ford couldn't give them away. Â*Now they've moved on to this Myer-Emco
that neither I or anybody else has heard of. Â*I swear I remember them
years ago selling gimmicky products like radio-toaster combinations
and other junk that no one wanted.

Ibiquity HD radio investors must be pulling their hair out at this
nonsense. Â*All the while, goofballs like this Bernie Sapienza spin
their BS about Â*"this important time, when the growth in HD Radio
products at retail is increasing." Â*This J. R. Stocks can't have much
on the ball either if he connects himself up with iBiquity.

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JR and Stocks are two loser peas-in-a-pod. It is interesting that
iNiquity just hired Stocks for retail and another clown to stir up
international interest in HD, which there is zero in Europe. Digital
radio is failing everywhere, including on SW, but someone/something is
continuing to feed the HD monster. If INiquity backed-out, IBOC would
die a sudden death. I'm in the DC area, and I believe that MyerEmco
has ten stores in DC - they were bought out, and the new company
decided to keep the MyerEmco nameplate. Funny, how many hits, or lack
thereof, MyerEmco gets on their website. In the long run, there is no
way the MyerEmco shell can compete with the likes of Best Buy and
Circuit City. They are a loser company, right JR? Yes, I wonder why
iNiquity's investors haven't stepped in and force Struble out -
Struble keeps losing money by beating this dead horse. Yea, how long
has this nonsense been going on - two to three years, with sales
figures that are pathetic. Hipporadio on Radio-Info's board, who is
connected to the broadcast industry and electonic sales, reports that
only 130,000 HD radios have been sold, which probably doesn't account
for returns, giveaways, and "trade" purchases. This has to be the
farce of the century, but look who/what is running the show. I guess
that a Harvard MBA buys a lot of spinmisting. This all will eventually
implode, and I hope that those responsible are prosecuted for fraud.