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Old March 9th 11, 11:10 PM posted to ba.broadcast,rec.radio.shortwave,alt.radio.digital
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Default IBOC FM HD-Radio Implementation : The FCC Is Planning For Failure [NoMandated Plan of Action]

On Mar 9, 12:44*pm, J G Miller wrote:
On Wednesday, 09 Mar 2011 09:21:44h -0800, SMS wrote:
Ten years is _nothing_ in the rollout of a new broadcast technology.
Look how long it took for FM radio or color TV to become ubiquitous.


Indeed, look how long it took for ATSC to become the universal standard
digital terrestrial broadcast TV standard in the USofA, 11 years from
the first broadcast.

So is it unreasonable to expect similar with digital radio, when the
cost of an HD radio is significantly less than an HDTV?