On 21 Aug 2004 15:09:19 GMT, "Dr. Who" wrote:

Then the guy asks, "What's IBOC?". I said that High Def digital radio.
He then says No. We don't broadcast that kind of radio. You need to
subscibe to Satellite radio to listen to digital radio.

Would you call a radio station and ask the receptionist how many
towers they use? Why would you expect an ordinary employee, not in the
engineering department, to know about IBOC? At this point, it's highly
experimental and not promoted heavily.

I worked at WOR for 10 years. It's a big place with a lot going on. If
you want to know about IBOC, talk to their Director of Engineering,
Tom Ray. He can tell you more than you'll ever remember about the
system.

Rich

Rich Wood wrote:
On 21 Aug 2004 15:09:19 GMT, "Dr. Who" wrote:

Then the guy asks, "What's IBOC?". I said that High Def digital radio.
He then says No. We don't broadcast that kind of radio. You need to
subscibe to Satellite radio to listen to digital radio.

Would you call a radio station and ask the receptionist how many
towers they use? Why would you expect an ordinary employee, not in the
engineering department, to know about IBOC? At this point, it's highly
experimental and not promoted heavily.

That's the basic point. Why ISN'T it promoted heavily? And what is the
sense of using it if it isn't?

I worked at WOR for 10 years. It's a big place with a lot going on. If
you want to know about IBOC, talk to their Director of Engineering,
Tom Ray. He can tell you more than you'll ever remember about the
system.

If there's only one guy at the station that really knows anything about
IBOC, how can the man on the street be expected to know anything at all
about it? And if the end user doesn't know anything at all about it, how can
it make money for the station? And if it doesn't make money for the station,
what good is it?
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On 8 Sep 2004 19:01:01 GMT, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

If there's only one guy at the station that really knows anything about
IBOC, how can the man on the street be expected to know anything at all
about it? And if the end user doesn't know anything at all about it, how can
it make money for the station? And if it doesn't make money for the station,
what good is it?

There's still a lot of serious controversy about IBOC. A station would
be foolish to promote it heavily until the bugs have been worked out
and they know it's going to fly. At this moment, nothing is certain
and interference could cause the FCC to shut some IBOC services down.

In my opinion, no good at all. In the opinion of those who stand to
make millions with the technology, it's God's gift to radio.

Rich

On 11 Sep 2004 17:48:54 GMT, Rich Wood
wrote:



There's still a lot of serious controversy about IBOC. A station would
be foolish to promote it heavily until the bugs have been worked out
and they know it's going to fly. At this moment, nothing is certain
and interference could cause the FCC to shut some IBOC services down.

They should shut it all down, but won't, because

In the opinion of those who stand to
make millions with the technology, it's God's gift to radio.

At today's FCC, sound engineering practice is irrelevant. Only money
talks.

Mark Howell

The U.S. has already roled out terrestrial digital. For quite a long time now,
(several months) WKKY 104.7 FM in Geneva, Ohio has been broadcasting digitally.

They announce it on the air all the time since they started broadcasting
digitally months ago.