On Dec 27, 11:10�pm, " wrote:
On Dec 27, 7:20�pm, Mike wrote:

I generally avoid the IBOC discussions in this newsgroup, but it
appears that another 50 kW clear channel station has turned it off, at
least at night. WHAS (840 kHz) in Louisville, KY, has had their
nighttime IBOC turned off for at least the last three days. It's been
a great Christmas surprise to be able to clearly receive WCCO (830-
Minneapolis) and KOA (850-Denver) without having to tune out the
annoying IBOC trash.

Way to go!

You might want to drop WCCO and KOA a note about how you like your DX
back again. I always suspected IBOC was there to destroy the distant
stations to protect the local market.

"Editorial on the recent approval of HD Radio (IBOC) in the USA"

"The reason the big boys in the big markets are so pro-IBOC is because
they like the hash as it wipes out distant signals getting into their
market. There is no way to stop skip, but if the IBOC hash wipes the
signal out, then the locals will have to listen to their local
station. Kind of like legal jamming. Considering that, then even if
the public does not buy the radios, keeping the IBOC signal might be
worth their while."

http://www.am-dx.com/amiboc.htm

Yup! With HD Radio receiver sales still in the toilet, there is no ROI
for HD Radio, but the empty digital saddlebags continue to jam, which
was IBOC's design from the beginning.