On Nov 23, 11:19Â*am, IBOCcrock wrote:
On Nov 23, 2:59Â*am, RHF wrote:





On Nov 22, 5:16Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:

On Nov 21, 10:52Â*pm, D Peter Maus wrote:

IBOCcrock wrote:
On Nov 21, 2:07�pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"IBOCcrock" wrote in message

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On Nov 21, 2:00 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"D Peter Maus" wrote in
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� �About 90% of the population still listens to the radio. �Even those
with access to, and regular use of, other technologies.
Actually, it is over 95%. Roughly the same as it was in 1965.
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2015 2020
Ah, you called Miss Cleo. Ask what Google stock will be at, will you?

In the mid-60's, pundits said FM would never make it and radio would die due
to TV. Those predictions are as accurate as yours. The satellite numbers are
totally bogus, as sat radio has hit a brick wall on new subscriptions and
the churn rate is huge after the free trial offers expire.

Poor argument - the 1960's didn't have cell phone/streaming, Satellite
Radio, the Internet, Internet Radio, etc...no nearly the same
situation Bud!

Â* Â*What's not acknowledged is that FM failed. Twice.

Â* Â*Before it didn't. FCC mandates were in part responsible..

Â* Â*Don't underestimate the power of commitment.

Â* Â*There's been a huge investment in this technology. There's been an
FCC mandate that all new modulation schemes be digital. Â*And there's
been a half a billion dollars spent in promotion. The point is not that
HD's success is assured, but rather that HD's demise is not assured
either. This is not going away anytime soon. It may go away, but it's
far from over.

Â* Â*And the forces that have sway are in a good position to make it a
full-on madated conversion.

Â* Â*If you really want to fight this, you'll not be successful by
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"6/1/07 - FCC Releases Detailed Digital Audio Broadcast Rules"

"At some point in the future, when the Commission determines there is
sufficient market penetration of digital receivers, iBiquity asserts
that the public interest will be best served by reversing this
presumption to favor digital operations....We decline to adopt
iBiquity’s presumption policy because it is too early in the DAB
conversion process for us to consider such a mechanism. We find that
such a policy, if adopted now, may have unknown and unintended
consequences for a new technology that has yet to be accepted by the
public or widely adopted by the broadcast industry."

http://www.diymedia.net/archive/0607.htm

“4/4/07 - FCC: Market to Decide Fate of HD Radio�

"Though it appears that the FCC has stopped short of a full-on,
enthusiastic endorsement of the technology, it has removed all
marketplace barriers to its proliferation. I don't believe this is
because the FCC thinks it's the best DAB technology available, but it
is the horse that the broadcast industry has its money on. We'll now
see whether that bet is a good investment or not, and we'll be forced
to learn the hard way whether the technology's shortfalls are as
egregious as feared."

http://www.diymedia.net/archive/0407.htm

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- As I stated, it is up to the marketplace to determine the fate
- of HD Radio - with total consumer apathy and zero uptake of
- HD radios in two years, HD/IBOC will never happen
- I win!
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IBOC Crock -proclaims- I Win !

DOH ! - Your Hate of All-Things-Radio Makes
You An A#1 Loser - now crock on ~ RHF
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WiMAX edges closer to a radio near you

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IBOC is going to look as old as the butter churn once WiMax is fully
deployed. It's a done deal.