RF Burns,

Good Post as long as you put IBOC or HD Radio at the Start of
the Subject-Line of these IBOC / HD Radio Posts : You will not
see me posting to them; except to actually make a Comment.

-wrt- Did I Get The Math Right? : Fuzzy Logic =equals= Fuzzy Math

IBOC : "HD" Radio Sales - Getting The Math Right !
http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...be3984e6b529e1

The $400M was spent to Try-and-Influence the 300M present
day Analog "Only" AM/FM Radio Listeners in the USA.

Doing-the-Math - For These Listeners would come out to be
about $1.33 for every 'potential' Radio Listener; that could be
"Sold-on-the-Idea" of "HD" Radio -as- Being Something They
Both "Want" {It's New ! } and Have-to-Have. {It's Digital ! }

$NOTE$ - A $1.33 per Radio Listener per Year with Hourly
and Daily Radio ADZs {PSAs} is : cheap, Cheap. CHEAP !
-note- As soon as Congress / The FCC Mandates All Digital
Mode AM/FM/DS Radios : All the former "HD" Radios ADZs
will be Income-Off-Setting "PSAs" for the Radio Stations.
This is a $-}} = I See Money Big Smile Happy Face $-}}

RF Burns - You are Focused on short-term 'results'.

While the "HD" Radio 'Alliance' is Interested in Long-Term
[Bottom-Line] "Results" over the next Decade for AM/FM Radio.
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/rec..._id=1001614953

The "HD" Radio 'Alliance' has the Money and Commitment for
a 5~10 Year Program to Transition the USA to "HD" AM/FM
Radio; plus the Political Resources to Make-It-Happen by an
Act-of-Congress and/or Rulling by the FCC; which I suspect
is coming in the next 3 Years to require that all 'new' Radios
being Built or Imported in to the USA will be All Digital-Mode
AM/FM/DS "HD" Radios with Dual Mode IBOC and a Built-in
Direct-Satellite Interface.

NOTE - The Price Point of these All Digital-Mode AM/FM/DS
"HD" Radios will Drop Annually over a Period of several Years :
[ Using a 1/3 (-33%) Price Reduction per Year ]
$500 for Year # 1 $335 for Year # 2 $225 for Year # 3
$150 for Year # 4 $100 for Year # 5
SO - At the End of Five (5) Years the Price of the 'new' All
Digital-Mode AM/FM/DS "HD" Radios will be back at the
present day Price to US Consumers for the old Analog "Only'
AM/FM Radio that has been around for 40 Years.

Read - A Revolution in Audio Content Delivery May Be in the
Making . . . The All Digital Mode AM/FM+DS Radio
http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...a8d6de046fe486

Read - IBOC - The Birth of the All Digital Mode AM/FM/DS Radio . . .
http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...2b1c92d4609c30

Read - Will Audio Consumers Want the All Digital Mode
AM/FM/DS Radio ?
http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...92ac1646c73155

Remember - Just Wishing and Hoping Will Not Stop IBOC
http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...182542b2ab763a
"HD" Radio will require an Active effort by those who love
traditional Analog AM Radio to Stop It . . .
and Honestly I Do Not See That Happening.

it's about iboc 'hd' radio ~ RHF
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