David Eduardo wrote:

Funny, but I am in management and I know a lot of other people in
management. I have never heard any kind of "mission" to convert to digital
discussed. I have heard the occasional, "wouldn't it be nice if AM was all
digital" comments but we all know this is either impossible or a decade
down the road. I wonder if AM will make it that far, with or without HD.


David, iBiquity, itself, has stated that the HD (Which stands for
Hybrid Digital--not High Definition, btw) system will facilitate the
transition from the current analog broadcast to an all digital medium.

Hybrid. That's your first clue that this is a transitional system.

Now, this is FROM iBiquity. It's been said many times. It was said
in the presentation to FCC, and presented as a key selling point, after
FCC's mandate that all future modulation schemes for broadcast be digital.

It's been openly discussed at every radio station I've walked into
in the last 10 years, and was even forecast by Mel Karmazin at a staff
breakfast when I was at CBS.

It's being discussed. It's been discussed. And discussed openly.

If you've not heard it, Brother, then you need to widen your
circle. It's all but been up on billboards.

Figures I've heard have ranged from 5-8 years.

Which is an interesting coincidence, given that you, yourself have
forecast AM HD's implementation would take 5-8 years to revitalize AM
Radio.