On Feb 25, 8:25*am, wrote:
Struble, Eduardo – Listen up.

I went to a Radio Shack store yesterday to pick up something. *In
passing, I asked the clerk if he has HD radios. *He paused for a
moment and then said, “No, we don’t sell them.” *I thought maybe he
didn’t actually know what I meant so I decided to drop it. *But, after
the pause he quickly retorted “HDTV – good idea, HD radio – bad idea –
don’t see the need for it.” * Me either I said.

If HD radio survives it’s only because it’s been force-fed on
consumers. You can spin it all you want but it’s pretty clear now that
most just don’t care and the ones who do don’t want it.

"HD Slowly Passes Into The Night"

"Radio Shack has given up on HD Radio. Their stores have two radios
in
stock and both are on clearance. One radio that sold for $249 is now
on closeout at $82. The other was $149 and now sells for $99. If that
isn’t ‘get this out of here’ pricing what is? It appears no new
models
are coming to replace them. No surprise really... Best Buy, Circuit
City and Fry’s are the same story. They don’t have HD units except
for
some car units and their people don’t have a clue what it does. Just
ask them."


http://tinyurl.com/5s8zfk


Yup, RS has given up on HD Radio. Even any type of mandate for HD
Radio, which will never happen, won't help - very few buy radios,
anymore - even Struble said it himself.


"Crawford Broadcasting: The Local Oscillator"


"Whatever happened to the big HD-R receiver rollout at Wal-Mart?...
This rollout has not happened in Western New York, and chances are,
not in your market either. In fact, recently while Christmas shopping
with my wife, I stopped in several national chain electronics
retailers inquiring about HD-R receivers. Of the three I checked,
Circuit City, Best Buy and Radio Shack, only one had an HD receiver
in
stock, and it was not even displayed along with all of the other
receivers offered for sale. First off, I think that Ibiquity has done
a poor job of educating the public on this medium. In just about all
of the nationally distributed magazines, you will find advertisements
for Sirius/XM radio subscriptions on a continuing basis, but none for
HD-R... Someone has to pick up the ball and get the public educated
and interested in HD-R, or 1,797 stations have made a very poor
investment into the future of radio."


http://tinyurl.com/927svj


Even Crawford Broadcasting has admitted that HD radios can't be
found,
anywhere.