"Dave" wrote in message
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On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:48:57 -0400, Anonymous wrote:



If you notice there is no outcry of complaints among radio
listeners....only here in geek groups.

So why doesn't Citadel use IBOC at night on many stations out west?

Most of the AMs they suspended night HD on have come back. Some they are not
bringing back, due to interference issues.

The fact is that HD can not slow down or halt the decline of AM usage... the
band is beyond that. When, market after market, usage by the age groups that
sustain radio (meaning 18 to 54 years of age) is dropping into single digit
shares of listening in the daytime and even thinner listening in the night
daypart.

With AM's only major formats, news/talk and sports talk, moving steadily to
FM, we will end up with market after market filled with AMs broadcasting
brokered shows, religious formats and very niche ethnic formats (like Farsi
in LA or Polish in Chicago).

Whether one company does or does not use HD on AM is irrelevant as the mass
appeal talk formats move to FM.