On Dec 28, 6:54*am, PocketRadio wrote:
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.

PocketRadio - Oh did that Light Bulb just go 'ON'.
Yes IBOC helps to insure a Local Radio Market
and Noises-Out the Distant Radio Stations.

- 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.

PocketRadio - Dang that Light Bulb just went 'ON'
again. Yes IBOC helps to insure a Local Market
and Noises Out the Distant Radio Stations.

- 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."

All Radio Advertising is 'local' as with Politics
their may be National and Regional Buys -but-
The Target is the "Local" Radio Listener.

CCRadios may be a National Advertiser on C2C AM
-but- It is a "Local" Advertiser on each of the 500+
'Local' Radio Stations which rebroadcast the ADZ.

- 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.

PocketRadio - That's Three Light Bulb in a Day :
You are Doing Good and Catching On

but, But. BUT ! All this only really applies to AM/MW
and the Real Intent of IBOC "HD-Radio" is FM Radio
Stations and HD-2 Secondary Broadcasting Channels
and Additional Income Streams from the One Radio
Station License.

Plus remember with rare exceptions there is 'No' DX
in the FM Radio Band like there is almost every Night
in the AM/MW Radio Band : So FM Radio always has
be a Local Only Media Marketing System. FM IBOC
is just another level of insurance that it remains that way.

Like It Or Not IBOC : It's All About 'Local' Radio
Marketing System and DXing Be Damned ! ~ RHF