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
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