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Night time AM IBOC - not a question of "If," it's a question of "When."
On Feb 23, 5:26�pm, "Guerite�" wrote:
"A recent Arbitron/Edison Media Research study found that more than one-third of Americans are interested in HD Radio, but nearly half said they would only purchase an HD Radio if it cost $100 or less." http://www.hdradio.com RW: What are your thoughts about whether or how AM should go digital at night? Mathews: I think there are problematic issues. The long and short of it is a lot of AM stations, just like FMs, have been getting reception in areas where they aren't really technically protected. . But, at some point . they' re going to have to give up what they've been sort of getting for free all this time anyway, that sort of non-protected listening area. . [TRANLATION (in the voice of Don La Fontaine): *AM IBOC DXing IS FOR REAL!] RW: Because AM has to go digital at night. . Mathews: It's one of those things where everybody is saying, "It can't happen." And I've said this from the beginning on HD, none of this is a question of "If," it's a question of "When." RW: Do your listeners notice when you go digital? Mathews: They have no concept unless they have an HD Radio. http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0049/t.352.html Just as " has no concept. -- __________________________________________________ _________________ Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces est videre quod credis.http://www.FrontPageMag.comhttp://Ch...onTheMovie.com "Digital radio in Canada" http://americanbandscan.blogspot.com...in-canada.html And, since I am in Maryland, worst-case-scenario, I can AM DX to Canada, because digital radio has failed to gain consumer interest, as in the US, but Canada will not put up with interference. HD/IBOC will eventually go the way of the failed AM Stereo of the 1980s - no one cares about terrestrial radio, because it is just a convenience, not entertainment such as, iPods/MP3s, gaming-systems, cell phones, the Internet, etc... |
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