In article
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D Peter Maus wrote:

Telamon wrote:
In article . com,
IBOCcrock wrote:

" Ibiquity's "Gag Order" on engineers"

Quote from: DavidEduardo on Today at 01:31:09 pm:

"...HD will only benefit full market signals as the rest generally
can't compete anyway. There are probably less than 250 stations in the
top 50 markets that are viable based on having a competitive full
metro (MSA) signal."

hipporadio
« Reply #25 on: Today at 03:13:48 pm »

"Exactly the reason the IBOC system was cynically-flawed from the git-
go - and very-possibly for a surreptitious agenda! Considering the
consortium of its developers [monolithic corporate radio]; its
otherwise cash-conscience customers [monolithic corporate radio]; and
those that promote it to a point that defies reason [monolithic
corporate radio] - one can surly wonder what the motes really is.
"Only full market signals" is high-kW corporate radiospeak for: "My
transmitter on the skyscraper downtown is bigger and more important
than yours behind the mall in the 'burbs, so only I get to benefit"...
You stealthily-stated as much, David!"

"Remember, the Telecom Corporate Radio Monopoly Act and dreams of the
"cluster" were not [yet] a reality when the intercourse that created
IBOC was occurring... HOLY COW - what a demonstrative incident of
unsafe sex that was Could said consortium have manipulated radio's
digital future [taking advantage of an FCC still "smarting" from the
AM-Stereo debacle] to preclude smaller broadcasters from attaining the
very-slightest measure of parody out in lower-power AM and Class A FM
territory? Simply-stated for those living in Rio Linda: The current
flavor of "HD" Radio may never have been intended for "the small
guy"! Before you scream Art Bell and conspiracy, reflect on the past
conduct of the NAB-now there's a Radio Shack with very-telling answers
in the form of their continuous barrage of misadventure directed at
smaller stations and proposed services!"

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I'm starting to think that HD is a way to trash AM talk radio. The only
consistently conservative media outlet.



You're not the first one to bring that up.

I'm not surprised someone else has thought of this but now I'm starting
to think this way. This whole HD implementation is just to screwed up to
be believed without an alternate motive. Nobody can be this stupid. Well
OK there are some news group poster children that could but they don't
run things.

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Telamon
Ventura, California