"iBiquity signals the end of NAB's satellite radio merger opposition"

"This is, in other words, a Hail Mary pass designed to achieve an 'if
we can't beat em, join em' outcome. This is the best indication yet
that HD Radio's progress with the Detroit automakers is in trouble,
folks... If iBiquity's argument was to compel the FCC - and I really
doubt it will - it would be a smart and easy way to introduce HD radio
to tons of new cars as standard equipment, by piggybacking off the
blood, sweat, tears, deals, and dollars of the satellite radio
industry. Nice try, but don't count on it."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

On Dec 24, 3:08*am, IBOCcrock wrote:
"iBiquity signals the end of NAB's satellite radio merger opposition"

"This is, in other words, a Hail Mary pass designed to achieve an 'if
we can't beat em, join em' outcome. This is the best indication yet
that HD Radio's progress with the Detroit automakers is in trouble,
folks... If iBiquity's argument was to compel the FCC - and I really
doubt it will - it would be a smart and easy way to introduce HD radio
to tons of new cars as standard equipment, by piggybacking off the
blood, sweat, tears, deals, and dollars of the satellite radio
industry. Nice try, but don't count on it."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

DOH ! - I B OC'D and Half Crocked Once Again You Got It Wrong !
http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...6b5c8de38a1e08

In Fact the actual Title of the Article Reads :
iBiquity Signals The End of NAB's Satellite Radio Merger Opposition
http://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

The whole intent of this action by iBiquity is to 'gain'
"Leverage" with the Automakers to make IBOC "HD" AM&FM
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on all new Cars and Trucks
sold in the USA. The Financial 'linkage between the US
Automakers and XM/SIRIUS Satellite Radio providers is a
natural Anti-Trust Monopoly situation for iBiquity to
Exploit. Once any Automaker makes XM/SIRIUS Satellite
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on any new Cars and
Trucks sold in the USA : iBiquity Can Take Them To Court
-and- IMHO Win !

After All "Free" Over-the-Air AM&FM Radio In-Your-Car is
a 'basic' Human Right in the USA and Most-of-the-World.

On Dec 24, 12:56�pm, RHF wrote:
On Dec 24, 3:08�am, IBOCcrock wrote:

"iBiquity signals the end of NAB's satellite radio merger opposition"

"This is, in other words, a Hail Mary pass designed to achieve an 'if
we can't beat em, join em' outcome. This is the best indication yet
that HD Radio's progress with the Detroit automakers is in trouble,
folks... If iBiquity's argument was to compel the FCC - and I really
doubt it will - it would be a smart and easy way to introduce HD radio
to tons of new cars as standard equipment, by piggybacking off the
blood, sweat, tears, deals, and dollars of the satellite radio
industry. Nice try, but don't count on it."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

DOH ! - I B OC'D and Half Crocked Once Again You Got It Wrong !http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...6b5c8de38a1e08

In Fact the actual Title of the Article Reads :
iBiquity Signals The End of NAB's Satellite Radio Merger Oppositionhttp://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

The whole intent of this action by iBiquity is to 'gain'
"Leverage" with the Automakers to make IBOC "HD" AM&FM
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on all new Cars and Trucks
sold in the USA. �The Financial 'linkage between the US
Automakers and XM/SIRIUS Satellite Radio providers is a
natural Anti-Trust Monopoly situation for iBiquity to
Exploit. �Once any Automaker makes XM/SIRIUS Satellite
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on any new Cars and
Trucks sold in the USA : iBiquity Can Take Them To Court
-and- IMHO Win !

After All "Free" Over-the-Air AM&FM Radio In-Your-Car is
a 'basic' Human Right in the USA and Most-of-the-World.
�.
hy dee ray-dee-oh ~ RHF
Hello and Welcome to the "HD Radio" NewsGroup
HD RADIO =http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/
�.
And Rememeber -ABbH- AnyBody but Hillary* !
* Stay Out The Clintoons ! ~ RHF
�.

The FCC's giveaway to iBiquity/HD Alliance is a monopoly.The same can
be said for standard in-dash HD Radio. Ford making Sync standard/
optional, without including HD Radio, could also be considered a
monopoly. The FCC has made it clear that it is up to the marketplace
to determine the fate of HD Radio, not regulatory schemes:

"Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the
Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service "

15. We will not establish a deadline for radio stations to convert to
digital broadcasting. Stations may decide if, and when, they will
provide digital service to the public. Several reasons support this
decision. First, unlike television licensees, radio stations are under
no statutory mandate to convert to a digital format. Second, a hard
deadline is unnecessary given that DAB uses an in-band technology that
does not require the allocation of additional spectrum. Thus, the
spectrum reclamation needs that exist for DTV do not exist here.
Moreover, there is no evidence in the record that marketplace forces
cannot propel the DAB conversion forward, and effective markets tend
to provide better solutions than regulatory schemes.

16. iBiquity argues that in the early stages of the transition, the
Commission should favor and protect existing analog signals. It states
that this could be accomplished by limiting the power level and
bandwidth occupancy of the digital carriers in the hybrid mode. 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. At that time, broadcasters
will no longer need to protect analog operations by limiting the
digital signal and stations should have the option to implement all-
digital broadcasts. 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.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPA...-15/i15922.htm

Ramsey is correct - this is just a last-ditch effort by iBiquity,
because no one wants their junk technology.

On Dec 24, 6:33Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:
On Dec 24, 12:56�pm, RHF wrote:





On Dec 24, 3:08�am, IBOCcrock wrote:

"iBiquity signals the end of NAB's satellite radio merger opposition"

"This is, in other words, a Hail Mary pass designed to achieve an 'if
we can't beat em, join em' outcome. This is the best indication yet
that HD Radio's progress with the Detroit automakers is in trouble,
folks... If iBiquity's argument was to compel the FCC - and I really
doubt it will - it would be a smart and easy way to introduce HD radio
to tons of new cars as standard equipment, by piggybacking off the
blood, sweat, tears, deals, and dollars of the satellite radio
industry. Nice try, but don't count on it."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

DOH ! - I B OC'D and Half Crocked Once Again You Got It Wrong !http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...6b5c8de38a1e08

In Fact the actual Title of the Article Reads :
iBiquity Signals The End of NAB's Satellite Radio Merger Oppositionhttp://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

The whole intent of this action by iBiquity is to 'gain'
"Leverage" with the Automakers to make IBOC "HD" AM&FM
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on all new Cars and Trucks
sold in the USA. �The Financial 'linkage between the US
Automakers and XM/SIRIUS Satellite Radio providers is a
natural Anti-Trust Monopoly situation for iBiquity to
Exploit. �Once any Automaker makes XM/SIRIUS Satellite
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on any new Cars and
Trucks sold in the USA : iBiquity Can Take Them To Court
-and- IMHO Win !

After All "Free" Over-the-Air AM&FM Radio In-Your-Car is
a 'basic' Human Right in the USA and Most-of-the-World.
�.
hy dee ray-dee-oh ~ RHF
Hello and Welcome to the "HD Radio" NewsGroup
HD RADIO =http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/
�.
And Rememeber -ABbH- AnyBody but Hillary* !
* Stay Out The Clintoons ! ~ RHF
�.

The FCC's giveaway to iBiquity/HD Alliance is a monopoly.The same can
be said for standard in-dash HD Radio. Ford making Sync standard/
optional, without including HD Radio, could also be considered a
monopoly. The FCC has made it clear that it is up to the marketplace
to determine the fate of HD Radio, not regulatory schemes:

"Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the
Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service "

15. We will not establish a deadline for radio stations to convert to
digital broadcasting. Stations may decide if, and when, they will
provide digital service to the public. Several reasons support this
decision. First, unlike television licensees, radio stations are under
no statutory mandate to convert to a digital format. Second, a hard
deadline is unnecessary given that DAB uses an in-band technology that
does not require the allocation of additional spectrum. Thus, the
spectrum reclamation needs that exist for DTV do not exist here.
Moreover, there is no evidence in the record that marketplace forces
cannot propel the DAB conversion forward, and effective markets tend
to provide better solutions than regulatory schemes.

16. iBiquity argues that in the early stages of the transition, the
Commission should favor and protect existing analog signals. It states
that this could be accomplished by limiting the power level and
bandwidth occupancy of the digital carriers in the hybrid mode. 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. At that time, broadcasters
will no longer need to protect analog operations by limiting the
digital signal and stations should have the option to implement all-
digital broadcasts. 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.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPA...-15/i15922.htm

Ramsey is correct - this is just a last-ditch effort by iBiquity,
because no one wants their junk technology.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I B OC'D and Half-Crocked,

You are Beginning to Believe Your Own Rhetoric.

have a merry christmas ~ RHF

On Dec 25, 2:50Â*am, RHF wrote:
On Dec 24, 6:33Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:





On Dec 24, 12:56�pm, RHF wrote:

On Dec 24, 3:08�am, IBOCcrock wrote:

"iBiquity signals the end of NAB's satellite radio merger opposition"

"This is, in other words, a Hail Mary pass designed to achieve an 'if
we can't beat em, join em' outcome. This is the best indication yet
that HD Radio's progress with the Detroit automakers is in trouble,
folks... If iBiquity's argument was to compel the FCC - and I really
doubt it will - it would be a smart and easy way to introduce HD radio
to tons of new cars as standard equipment, by piggybacking off the
blood, sweat, tears, deals, and dollars of the satellite radio
industry. Nice try, but don't count on it."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

DOH ! - I B OC'D and Half Crocked Once Again You Got It Wrong !http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...6b5c8de38a1e08

In Fact the actual Title of the Article Reads :
iBiquity Signals The End of NAB's Satellite Radio Merger Oppositionhttp://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

The whole intent of this action by iBiquity is to 'gain'
"Leverage" with the Automakers to make IBOC "HD" AM&FM
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on all new Cars and Trucks
sold in the USA. �The Financial 'linkage between the US
Automakers and XM/SIRIUS Satellite Radio providers is a
natural Anti-Trust Monopoly situation for iBiquity to
Exploit. �Once any Automaker makes XM/SIRIUS Satellite
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on any new Cars and
Trucks sold in the USA : iBiquity Can Take Them To Court
-and- IMHO Win !

After All "Free" Over-the-Air AM&FM Radio In-Your-Car is
a 'basic' Human Right in the USA and Most-of-the-World.
�.
hy dee ray-dee-oh ~ RHF
Hello and Welcome to the "HD Radio" NewsGroup
HD RADIO =http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/
�.
And Rememeber -ABbH- AnyBody but Hillary* !
* Stay Out The Clintoons ! ~ RHF
�.

The FCC's giveaway to iBiquity/HD Alliance is a monopoly.The same can
be said for standard in-dash HD Radio. Ford making Sync standard/
optional, without including HD Radio, could also be considered a
monopoly. The FCC has made it clear that it is up to the marketplace
to determine the fate of HD Radio, not regulatory schemes:

"Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the
Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service "

15. We will not establish a deadline for radio stations to convert to
digital broadcasting. Stations may decide if, and when, they will
provide digital service to the public. Several reasons support this
decision. First, unlike television licensees, radio stations are under
no statutory mandate to convert to a digital format. Second, a hard
deadline is unnecessary given that DAB uses an in-band technology that
does not require the allocation of additional spectrum. Thus, the
spectrum reclamation needs that exist for DTV do not exist here.
Moreover, there is no evidence in the record that marketplace forces
cannot propel the DAB conversion forward, and effective markets tend
to provide better solutions than regulatory schemes.

16. iBiquity argues that in the early stages of the transition, the
Commission should favor and protect existing analog signals. It states
that this could be accomplished by limiting the power level and
bandwidth occupancy of the digital carriers in the hybrid mode. 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. At that time, broadcasters
will no longer need to protect analog operations by limiting the
digital signal and stations should have the option to implement all-
digital broadcasts. 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.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPA...-15/i15922.htm

Ramsey is correct - this is just a last-ditch effort by iBiquity,
because no one wants their junk technology.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I B OC'D and Half-Crocked,

You are Beginning to Believe Your Own Rhetoric.

have a merry christmas ~ RHF
Â*.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Obstacles to an XM, Sirius Merger"

Satellite Slowdown

The public chatter gives rise to a host of questions that will have to
be worked out when and if the two sides consummate a deal. For
starters, would a merger make financial sense, how would it be
structured, and will regulators concerned about the formation of a
monopoly let a deal go through? And importantly, will larger-than-life
executive personalities get in the way?

Sirius' Karmazin fired the start gun on a round of merger speculation
in June when he expressed interest in buying XM at a fair price. And
judging from the slump in XM's stock, the price is getting fairer all
the time. The shares closed at $14.81 on Dec. 7, giving XM a market
value of less than $4 billion, or about half of what it was at this
time a year ago. Slowing sales growth and losses that have widened
each year of its existence have hammered the stock, making it one of
the worst performers on the NASDAQ stock market this year.

The picture at Sirius isn't much better. Sirius stock closed at $3.88
on Dec. 7, up 5 cents, or more than 1%, on the merger talk. It had
taken a beating two days earlier on news that the company wouldn't add
as many subscribers as expected this year (see BusinessWeek.com,
12/5/06, "Sirius Sings the Holiday Blues"). The company said it would
finish 2006 with 5.9 million to 6.1 million customers, vs. a
previously forecast 6.3 million.

http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...208_079766.htm

"Mergers fail to lift media stocks"

Despite consolidation in the sector, media stocks underperformed the
broader market in the first half of 2007.

The worst media stocks of 2007
Music, newspaper and radio stocks lead this year's media laggards.
Company YTD change
McClatchy -41.0%
Warner Music Group -37.0%
Citadel Broadcasting -36.8%
Lee Enterprises -32.1%
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia -22.0%
XM Satellite Radio -20.0%
Sirius Satellite Radio -14.7%

http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/29/news...half/index.htm

Even if HD Radio forces itself in-dash with the satrad merger, all
three are bleeding big-time! Ha! Ha! Screw you!

On Dec 24, 6:33Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:
On Dec 24, 12:56�pm, RHF wrote:





On Dec 24, 3:08�am, IBOCcrock wrote:

"iBiquity signals the end of NAB's satellite radio merger opposition"

"This is, in other words, a Hail Mary pass designed to achieve an 'if
we can't beat em, join em' outcome. This is the best indication yet
that HD Radio's progress with the Detroit automakers is in trouble,
folks... If iBiquity's argument was to compel the FCC - and I really
doubt it will - it would be a smart and easy way to introduce HD radio
to tons of new cars as standard equipment, by piggybacking off the
blood, sweat, tears, deals, and dollars of the satellite radio
industry. Nice try, but don't count on it."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

DOH ! - I B OC'D and Half Crocked Once Again You Got It Wrong !http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...6b5c8de38a1e08

In Fact the actual Title of the Article Reads :
iBiquity Signals The End of NAB's Satellite Radio Merger Oppositionhttp://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

The whole intent of this action by iBiquity is to 'gain'
"Leverage" with the Automakers to make IBOC "HD" AM&FM
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on all new Cars and Trucks
sold in the USA. �The Financial 'linkage between the US
Automakers and XM/SIRIUS Satellite Radio providers is a
natural Anti-Trust Monopoly situation for iBiquity to
Exploit. �Once any Automaker makes XM/SIRIUS Satellite
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on any new Cars and
Trucks sold in the USA : iBiquity Can Take Them To Court
-and- IMHO Win !

After All "Free" Over-the-Air AM&FM Radio In-Your-Car is
a 'basic' Human Right in the USA and Most-of-the-World.
�.
hy dee ray-dee-oh ~ RHF
Hello and Welcome to the "HD Radio" NewsGroup
HD RADIO =http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/
�.
And Rememeber -ABbH- AnyBody but Hillary* !
* Stay Out The Clintoons ! ~ RHF
�.

The FCC's giveaway to iBiquity/HD Alliance is a monopoly.The same can
be said for standard in-dash HD Radio. Ford making Sync standard/
optional, without including HD Radio, could also be considered a
monopoly. The FCC has made it clear that it is up to the marketplace
to determine the fate of HD Radio, not regulatory schemes:

"Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the
Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service "

- 15. We will not establish a deadline for radio stations to convert
to
digital broadcasting. Stations may decide if, and when, they will
provide digital service to the public. Several reasons support this
decision. First, unlike television licensees, radio stations are under
no statutory mandate to convert to a digital format. Second, a hard
deadline is unnecessary given that DAB uses an in-band technology that
does not require the allocation of additional spectrum. Thus, the
spectrum reclamation needs that exist for DTV do not exist here.
Moreover, there is no evidence in the record that marketplace forces
cannot propel the DAB conversion forward, and effective markets tend
to provide better solutions than regulatory schemes.

- 16. iBiquity argues that in the early stages of the transition, the
Commission should favor and protect existing analog signals. It states
that this could be accomplished by limiting the power level and
bandwidth occupancy of the digital carriers in the hybrid mode. 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. At that time, broadcasters
will no longer need to protect analog operations by limiting the
digital signal and stations should have the option to implement all-
digital broadcasts. 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.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPA...-15/i15922.htm

Ramsey is correct - this is just a last-ditch effort by iBiquity,
because no one wants their junk technology.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I B OC'D and Half-Crocked - '15.' '16.' Counting Off Numbers
makes you sound like d'Eduardo. -ps- that's an insult ~ RHF

On Dec 25, 3:55Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:
On Dec 25, 2:50Â*am, RHF wrote:





On Dec 24, 6:33Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:

On Dec 24, 12:56�pm, RHF wrote:

On Dec 24, 3:08�am, IBOCcrock wrote:

"iBiquity signals the end of NAB's satellite radio merger opposition"

"This is, in other words, a Hail Mary pass designed to achieve an 'if
we can't beat em, join em' outcome. This is the best indication yet
that HD Radio's progress with the Detroit automakers is in trouble,
folks... If iBiquity's argument was to compel the FCC - and I really
doubt it will - it would be a smart and easy way to introduce HD radio
to tons of new cars as standard equipment, by piggybacking off the
blood, sweat, tears, deals, and dollars of the satellite radio
industry. Nice try, but don't count on it."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

DOH ! - I B OC'D and Half Crocked Once Again You Got It Wrong !http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...6b5c8de38a1e08

In Fact the actual Title of the Article Reads :
iBiquity Signals The End of NAB's Satellite Radio Merger Oppositionhttp://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

The whole intent of this action by iBiquity is to 'gain'
"Leverage" with the Automakers to make IBOC "HD" AM&FM
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on all new Cars and Trucks
sold in the USA. �The Financial 'linkage between the US
Automakers and XM/SIRIUS Satellite Radio providers is a
natural Anti-Trust Monopoly situation for iBiquity to
Exploit. �Once any Automaker makes XM/SIRIUS Satellite
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on any new Cars and
Trucks sold in the USA : iBiquity Can Take Them To Court
-and- IMHO Win !

After All "Free" Over-the-Air AM&FM Radio In-Your-Car is
a 'basic' Human Right in the USA and Most-of-the-World.
�.
hy dee ray-dee-oh ~ RHF
Hello and Welcome to the "HD Radio" NewsGroup
HD RADIO =http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/
�.
And Rememeber -ABbH- AnyBody but Hillary* !
* Stay Out The Clintoons ! ~ RHF
�.

The FCC's giveaway to iBiquity/HD Alliance is a monopoly.The same can
be said for standard in-dash HD Radio. Ford making Sync standard/
optional, without including HD Radio, could also be considered a
monopoly. The FCC has made it clear that it is up to the marketplace
to determine the fate of HD Radio, not regulatory schemes:

"Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the
Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service "

15. We will not establish a deadline for radio stations to convert to
digital broadcasting. Stations may decide if, and when, they will
provide digital service to the public. Several reasons support this
decision. First, unlike television licensees, radio stations are under
no statutory mandate to convert to a digital format. Second, a hard
deadline is unnecessary given that DAB uses an in-band technology that
does not require the allocation of additional spectrum. Thus, the
spectrum reclamation needs that exist for DTV do not exist here.
Moreover, there is no evidence in the record that marketplace forces
cannot propel the DAB conversion forward, and effective markets tend
to provide better solutions than regulatory schemes.

16. iBiquity argues that in the early stages of the transition, the
Commission should favor and protect existing analog signals. It states
that this could be accomplished by limiting the power level and
bandwidth occupancy of the digital carriers in the hybrid mode. 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. At that time, broadcasters
will no longer need to protect analog operations by limiting the
digital signal and stations should have the option to implement all-
digital broadcasts. 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.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPA...-15/i15922.htm

Ramsey is correct - this is just a last-ditch effort by iBiquity,
because no one wants their junk technology.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I B OC'D and Half-Crocked,

You are Beginning to Believe Your Own Rhetoric.

have a merry christmas ~ RHF
Â*.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Obstacles to an XM, Sirius Merger"

Satellite Slowdown

The public chatter gives rise to a host of questions that will have to
be worked out when and if the two sides consummate a deal. For
starters, would a merger make financial sense, how would it be
structured, and will regulators concerned about the formation of a
monopoly let a deal go through? And importantly, will larger-than-life
executive personalities get in the way?

Sirius' Karmazin fired the start gun on a round of merger speculation
in June when he expressed interest in buying XM at a fair price. And
judging from the slump in XM's stock, the price is getting fairer all
the time. The shares closed at $14.81 on Dec. 7, giving XM a market
value of less than $4 billion, or about half of what it was at this
time a year ago. Slowing sales growth and losses that have widened
each year of its existence have hammered the stock, making it one of
the worst performers on the NASDAQ stock market this year.

The picture at Sirius isn't much better. Sirius stock closed at $3.88
on Dec. 7, up 5 cents, or more than 1%, on the merger talk. It had
taken a beating two days earlier on news that the company wouldn't add
as many subscribers as expected this year (see BusinessWeek.com,
12/5/06, "Sirius Sings the Holiday Blues"). The company said it would
finish 2006 with 5.9 million to 6.1 million customers, vs. a
previously forecast 6.3 million.

http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...tc20061208_079...

"Mergers fail to lift media stocks"

Despite consolidation in the sector, media stocks underperformed the
broader market in the first half of 2007.

The worst media stocks of 2007
Music, newspaper and radio stocks lead this year's media laggards.
Company YTD change
McClatchy -41.0%
Warner Music Group -37.0%
Citadel Broadcasting -36.8%
Lee Enterprises -32.1%
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia -22.0%
XM Satellite Radio -20.0%
Sirius Satellite Radio -14.7%

http://money.cnn.moc/2007/06/29/news...half/index.htm

- Even if HD Radio forces itself in-dash with the satrad merger,
- all three are bleeding big-time! Ha! Ha! Screw you!

I B OC'D and Half-Crocked -proclaims- Ha! Ha! Screw You!

Is this your Half-Crocked way of saying 'Merry Christmas' ?

Dear I B OC'Deed - Tis the Season to be Joy and Enjoy
Listening to the Wonderful Christmas Music on the "Free'
Over-the-Air AM & FM Radio. Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas !

Wishing Everyone - The Enjoyment of Listening to all
your Radios this Christmas Season and Good DX in
the coming New Year.

On Dec 26, 5:31Â*am, RHF wrote:
On Dec 25, 3:55Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:





On Dec 25, 2:50Â*am, RHF wrote:

On Dec 24, 6:33Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:

On Dec 24, 12:56�pm, RHF wrote:

On Dec 24, 3:08�am, IBOCcrock wrote:

"iBiquity signals the end of NAB's satellite radio merger opposition"

"This is, in other words, a Hail Mary pass designed to achieve an 'if
we can't beat em, join em' outcome. This is the best indication yet
that HD Radio's progress with the Detroit automakers is in trouble,
folks... If iBiquity's argument was to compel the FCC - and I really
doubt it will - it would be a smart and easy way to introduce HD radio
to tons of new cars as standard equipment, by piggybacking off the
blood, sweat, tears, deals, and dollars of the satellite radio
industry. Nice try, but don't count on it."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

DOH ! - I B OC'D and Half Crocked Once Again You Got It Wrong !http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...6b5c8de38a1e08

In Fact the actual Title of the Article Reads :
iBiquity Signals The End of NAB's Satellite Radio Merger Oppositionhttp://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

The whole intent of this action by iBiquity is to 'gain'
"Leverage" with the Automakers to make IBOC "HD" AM&FM
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on all new Cars and Trucks
sold in the USA. �The Financial 'linkage between the US
Automakers and XM/SIRIUS Satellite Radio providers is a
natural Anti-Trust Monopoly situation for iBiquity to
Exploit. �Once any Automaker makes XM/SIRIUS Satellite
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on any new Cars and
Trucks sold in the USA : iBiquity Can Take Them To Court
-and- IMHO Win !

After All "Free" Over-the-Air AM&FM Radio In-Your-Car is
a 'basic' Human Right in the USA and Most-of-the-World.
�.
hy dee ray-dee-oh ~ RHF
Hello and Welcome to the "HD Radio" NewsGroup
HD RADIO =http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/
�.
And Rememeber -ABbH- AnyBody but Hillary* !
* Stay Out The Clintoons ! ~ RHF
�.

The FCC's giveaway to iBiquity/HD Alliance is a monopoly.The same can
be said for standard in-dash HD Radio. Ford making Sync standard/
optional, without including HD Radio, could also be considered a
monopoly. The FCC has made it clear that it is up to the marketplace
to determine the fate of HD Radio, not regulatory schemes:

"Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the
Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service "

15. We will not establish a deadline for radio stations to convert to
digital broadcasting. Stations may decide if, and when, they will
provide digital service to the public. Several reasons support this
decision. First, unlike television licensees, radio stations are under
no statutory mandate to convert to a digital format. Second, a hard
deadline is unnecessary given that DAB uses an in-band technology that
does not require the allocation of additional spectrum. Thus, the
spectrum reclamation needs that exist for DTV do not exist here.
Moreover, there is no evidence in the record that marketplace forces
cannot propel the DAB conversion forward, and effective markets tend
to provide better solutions than regulatory schemes.

16. iBiquity argues that in the early stages of the transition, the
Commission should favor and protect existing analog signals. It states
that this could be accomplished by limiting the power level and
bandwidth occupancy of the digital carriers in the hybrid mode. 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. At that time, broadcasters
will no longer need to protect analog operations by limiting the
digital signal and stations should have the option to implement all-
digital broadcasts. 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.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPA...-15/i15922.htm

Ramsey is correct - this is just a last-ditch effort by iBiquity,
because no one wants their junk technology.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I B OC'D and Half-Crocked,

You are Beginning to Believe Your Own Rhetoric.

have a merry christmas ~ RHF
Â*.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Obstacles to an XM, Sirius Merger"

Satellite Slowdown

The public chatter gives rise to a host of questions that will have to
be worked out when and if the two sides consummate a deal. For
starters, would a merger make financial sense, how would it be
structured, and will regulators concerned about the formation of a
monopoly let a deal go through? And importantly, will larger-than-life
executive personalities get in the way?

Sirius' Karmazin fired the start gun on a round of merger speculation
in June when he expressed interest in buying XM at a fair price. And
judging from the slump in XM's stock, the price is getting fairer all
the time. The shares closed at $14.81 on Dec. 7, giving XM a market
value of less than $4 billion, or about half of what it was at this
time a year ago. Slowing sales growth and losses that have widened
each year of its existence have hammered the stock, making it one of
the worst performers on the NASDAQ stock market this year.

The picture at Sirius isn't much better. Sirius stock closed at $3.88
on Dec. 7, up 5 cents, or more than 1%, on the merger talk. It had
taken a beating two days earlier on news that the company wouldn't add
as many subscribers as expected this year (see BusinessWeek.com,
12/5/06, "Sirius Sings the Holiday Blues"). The company said it would
finish 2006 with 5.9 million to 6.1 million customers, vs. a
previously forecast 6.3 million.

http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...tc20061208_079...

"Mergers fail to lift media stocks"

Despite consolidation in the sector, media stocks underperformed the
broader market in the first half of 2007.

The worst media stocks of 2007
Music, newspaper and radio stocks lead this year's media laggards.
Company YTD change
McClatchy -41.0%
Warner Music Group -37.0%
Citadel Broadcasting -36.8%
Lee Enterprises -32.1%
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia -22.0%
XM Satellite Radio -20.0%
Sirius Satellite Radio -14.7%

http://money.cnn.moc/2007/06/29/news...half/index.htm

- Even if HD Radio forces itself in-dash with the satrad merger,
- all three are bleeding big-time! Ha! Ha! Screw you!

I B OC'D and Half-Crocked -proclaims- Ha! Ha! Screw You!

Is this your Half-Crocked way of saying 'Merry Christmas' ?

Dear I B OC'Deed - Tis the Season to be Joy and Enjoy
Listening to the Wonderful Christmas Music on the "Free'
Over-the-Air AM & FM Radio. Â*Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas !

Wishing Everyone - The Enjoyment of Listening to all
your Radios this Christmas Season and Good DX in
the coming New Year.
Â*.
Wishing All of America's Peace Loving Friendly Forces
a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year )
God Bless Them : One-and-All - Amen
Â*.
ho ho ho - hy dee ho de ray-dee-oh ~ RHF
Â*.
And Remember "ABbH" AnyBody but Hillary* in 2008 !
* Stay Out The Clintoons !
Â*.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"How Sirius & XM Would Look As a Merged Company (Revision)"

"The balance sheets represent a huge problem. Sirius has almost $1.1
billion in long-term debt. At XM that number is over $1.3 billion.
Sirius has cash and securities of $350 million. XM has $285 million.
So, combined debt would be $2.4 billion against about $600 million in
cash. Payables and accrued expenses of the combined company would be
over $500 million. To have a significant value to shareholders, the
combined business would have to pay down at least $200 million in debt
per year. None of the debt is due until 2009, but the majority is due
by 2013. The combined company would be able to partially use cash on
hand and could go to the capital markets with a new debt issue with
the sole purpose of refinancing that amount due in 2009 (and with
convertible debt if they were smart and/or able)."

http://www.247wallst.com/2007/02/how_sirius_xm_w.html

"IBiquity sees digital radio signaling changes to come"

"The company has yet to turn a profit and does not expect to do so in
2007 or 2008, Struble said... Mass marketing and consumer adoption is
the last hurdle, Struble said... Representatives of investment firms
that have spots on iBiquity's board of directors could not be reached
for comment, but Struble said they are excited about the progress the
company is making. The focus is not on exit strategies yet, he said."

http://tinyurl.com/3don5y

On Dec 26, 5:31Â*am, RHF wrote:
On Dec 25, 3:55Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:





On Dec 25, 2:50Â*am, RHF wrote:

On Dec 24, 6:33Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:

On Dec 24, 12:56�pm, RHF wrote:

On Dec 24, 3:08�am, IBOCcrock wrote:

"iBiquity signals the end of NAB's satellite radio merger opposition"

"This is, in other words, a Hail Mary pass designed to achieve an 'if
we can't beat em, join em' outcome. This is the best indication yet
that HD Radio's progress with the Detroit automakers is in trouble,
folks... If iBiquity's argument was to compel the FCC - and I really
doubt it will - it would be a smart and easy way to introduce HD radio
to tons of new cars as standard equipment, by piggybacking off the
blood, sweat, tears, deals, and dollars of the satellite radio
industry. Nice try, but don't count on it."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

DOH ! - I B OC'D and Half Crocked Once Again You Got It Wrong !http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...6b5c8de38a1e08

In Fact the actual Title of the Article Reads :
iBiquity Signals The End of NAB's Satellite Radio Merger Oppositionhttp://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

The whole intent of this action by iBiquity is to 'gain'
"Leverage" with the Automakers to make IBOC "HD" AM&FM
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on all new Cars and Trucks
sold in the USA. �The Financial 'linkage between the US
Automakers and XM/SIRIUS Satellite Radio providers is a
natural Anti-Trust Monopoly situation for iBiquity to
Exploit. �Once any Automaker makes XM/SIRIUS Satellite
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on any new Cars and
Trucks sold in the USA : iBiquity Can Take Them To Court
-and- IMHO Win !

After All "Free" Over-the-Air AM&FM Radio In-Your-Car is
a 'basic' Human Right in the USA and Most-of-the-World.
�.
hy dee ray-dee-oh ~ RHF
Hello and Welcome to the "HD Radio" NewsGroup
HD RADIO =http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/
�.
And Rememeber -ABbH- AnyBody but Hillary* !
* Stay Out The Clintoons ! ~ RHF
�.

The FCC's giveaway to iBiquity/HD Alliance is a monopoly.The same can
be said for standard in-dash HD Radio. Ford making Sync standard/
optional, without including HD Radio, could also be considered a
monopoly. The FCC has made it clear that it is up to the marketplace
to determine the fate of HD Radio, not regulatory schemes:

"Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the
Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service "

15. We will not establish a deadline for radio stations to convert to
digital broadcasting. Stations may decide if, and when, they will
provide digital service to the public. Several reasons support this
decision. First, unlike television licensees, radio stations are under
no statutory mandate to convert to a digital format. Second, a hard
deadline is unnecessary given that DAB uses an in-band technology that
does not require the allocation of additional spectrum. Thus, the
spectrum reclamation needs that exist for DTV do not exist here.
Moreover, there is no evidence in the record that marketplace forces
cannot propel the DAB conversion forward, and effective markets tend
to provide better solutions than regulatory schemes.

16. iBiquity argues that in the early stages of the transition, the
Commission should favor and protect existing analog signals. It states
that this could be accomplished by limiting the power level and
bandwidth occupancy of the digital carriers in the hybrid mode. 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. At that time, broadcasters
will no longer need to protect analog operations by limiting the
digital signal and stations should have the option to implement all-
digital broadcasts. 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.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPA...-15/i15922.htm

Ramsey is correct - this is just a last-ditch effort by iBiquity,
because no one wants their junk technology.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I B OC'D and Half-Crocked,

You are Beginning to Believe Your Own Rhetoric.

have a merry christmas ~ RHF
Â*.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Obstacles to an XM, Sirius Merger"

Satellite Slowdown

The public chatter gives rise to a host of questions that will have to
be worked out when and if the two sides consummate a deal. For
starters, would a merger make financial sense, how would it be
structured, and will regulators concerned about the formation of a
monopoly let a deal go through? And importantly, will larger-than-life
executive personalities get in the way?

Sirius' Karmazin fired the start gun on a round of merger speculation
in June when he expressed interest in buying XM at a fair price. And
judging from the slump in XM's stock, the price is getting fairer all
the time. The shares closed at $14.81 on Dec. 7, giving XM a market
value of less than $4 billion, or about half of what it was at this
time a year ago. Slowing sales growth and losses that have widened
each year of its existence have hammered the stock, making it one of
the worst performers on the NASDAQ stock market this year.

The picture at Sirius isn't much better. Sirius stock closed at $3.88
on Dec. 7, up 5 cents, or more than 1%, on the merger talk. It had
taken a beating two days earlier on news that the company wouldn't add
as many subscribers as expected this year (see BusinessWeek.com,
12/5/06, "Sirius Sings the Holiday Blues"). The company said it would
finish 2006 with 5.9 million to 6.1 million customers, vs. a
previously forecast 6.3 million.

http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...tc20061208_079...

"Mergers fail to lift media stocks"

Despite consolidation in the sector, media stocks underperformed the
broader market in the first half of 2007.

The worst media stocks of 2007
Music, newspaper and radio stocks lead this year's media laggards.
Company YTD change
McClatchy -41.0%
Warner Music Group -37.0%
Citadel Broadcasting -36.8%
Lee Enterprises -32.1%
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia -22.0%
XM Satellite Radio -20.0%
Sirius Satellite Radio -14.7%

http://money.cnn.moc/2007/06/29/news...half/index.htm

- Even if HD Radio forces itself in-dash with the satrad merger,
- all three are bleeding big-time! Ha! Ha! Screw you!

I B OC'D and Half-Crocked -proclaims- Ha! Ha! Screw You!

Is this your Half-Crocked way of saying 'Merry Christmas' ?

Dear I B OC'Deed - Tis the Season to be Joy and Enjoy
Listening to the Wonderful Christmas Music on the "Free'
Over-the-Air AM & FM Radio. Â*Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas !

Wishing Everyone - The Enjoyment of Listening to all
your Radios this Christmas Season and Good DX in
the coming New Year.
Â*.
Wishing All of America's Peace Loving Friendly Forces
a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year )
God Bless Them : One-and-All - Amen
Â*.
ho ho ho - hy dee ho de ray-dee-oh ~ RHF
Â*.
And Remember "ABbH" AnyBody but Hillary* in 2008 !
* Stay Out The Clintoons !
Â*.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hmmmmmm... I wonder, what the interest would be on $2.4 billion in
debt - can you say, at 8%, it would be $192,000,000/yr.

On Dec 26, 4:12Â*am, IBOCcrock wrote:
On Dec 26, 5:31Â*am, RHF wrote:





On Dec 25, 3:55Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:

On Dec 25, 2:50Â*am, RHF wrote:

On Dec 24, 6:33Â*pm, IBOCcrock wrote:

On Dec 24, 12:56�pm, RHF wrote:

On Dec 24, 3:08�am, IBOCcrock wrote:

"iBiquity signals the end of NAB's satellite radio merger opposition"

"This is, in other words, a Hail Mary pass designed to achieve an 'if
we can't beat em, join em' outcome. This is the best indication yet
that HD Radio's progress with the Detroit automakers is in trouble,
folks... If iBiquity's argument was to compel the FCC - and I really
doubt it will - it would be a smart and easy way to introduce HD radio
to tons of new cars as standard equipment, by piggybacking off the
blood, sweat, tears, deals, and dollars of the satellite radio
industry. Nice try, but don't count on it."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

DOH ! - I B OC'D and Half Crocked Once Again You Got It Wrong !http://groups.google.com/group/hd-ra...6b5c8de38a1e08

In Fact the actual Title of the Article Reads :
iBiquity Signals The End of NAB's Satellite Radio Merger Oppositionhttp://www.hear2.com/2007/12/in-every-challe.html

The whole intent of this action by iBiquity is to 'gain'
"Leverage" with the Automakers to make IBOC "HD" AM&FM
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on all new Cars and Trucks
sold in the USA. �The Financial 'linkage between the US
Automakers and XM/SIRIUS Satellite Radio providers is a
natural Anti-Trust Monopoly situation for iBiquity to
Exploit. �Once any Automaker makes XM/SIRIUS Satellite
Radios 'Standard' OEM Equipment on any new Cars and
Trucks sold in the USA : iBiquity Can Take Them To Court
-and- IMHO Win !

After All "Free" Over-the-Air AM&FM Radio In-Your-Car is
a 'basic' Human Right in the USA and Most-of-the-World.
�.
hy dee ray-dee-oh ~ RHF
Hello and Welcome to the "HD Radio" NewsGroup
HD RADIO =http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/
�.
And Rememeber -ABbH- AnyBody but Hillary* !
* Stay Out The Clintoons ! ~ RHF
�.

The FCC's giveaway to iBiquity/HD Alliance is a monopoly.The same can
be said for standard in-dash HD Radio. Ford making Sync standard/
optional, without including HD Radio, could also be considered a
monopoly. The FCC has made it clear that it is up to the marketplace
to determine the fate of HD Radio, not regulatory schemes:

"Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems and Their Impact on the
Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Service "

15. We will not establish a deadline for radio stations to convert to
digital broadcasting. Stations may decide if, and when, they will
provide digital service to the public. Several reasons support this
decision. First, unlike television licensees, radio stations are under
no statutory mandate to convert to a digital format. Second, a hard
deadline is unnecessary given that DAB uses an in-band technology that
does not require the allocation of additional spectrum. Thus, the
spectrum reclamation needs that exist for DTV do not exist here.
Moreover, there is no evidence in the record that marketplace forces
cannot propel the DAB conversion forward, and effective markets tend
to provide better solutions than regulatory schemes.

16. iBiquity argues that in the early stages of the transition, the
Commission should favor and protect existing analog signals. It states
that this could be accomplished by limiting the power level and
bandwidth occupancy of the digital carriers in the hybrid mode. 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. At that time, broadcasters
will no longer need to protect analog operations by limiting the
digital signal and stations should have the option to implement all-
digital broadcasts. 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.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPA...-15/i15922.htm

Ramsey is correct - this is just a last-ditch effort by iBiquity,
because no one wants their junk technology.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I B OC'D and Half-Crocked,

You are Beginning to Believe Your Own Rhetoric.

have a merry christmas ~ RHF
Â*.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"Obstacles to an XM, Sirius Merger"

Satellite Slowdown

The public chatter gives rise to a host of questions that will have to
be worked out when and if the two sides consummate a deal. For
starters, would a merger make financial sense, how would it be
structured, and will regulators concerned about the formation of a
monopoly let a deal go through? And importantly, will larger-than-life
executive personalities get in the way?

Sirius' Karmazin fired the start gun on a round of merger speculation
in June when he expressed interest in buying XM at a fair price. And
judging from the slump in XM's stock, the price is getting fairer all
the time. The shares closed at $14.81 on Dec. 7, giving XM a market
value of less than $4 billion, or about half of what it was at this
time a year ago. Slowing sales growth and losses that have widened
each year of its existence have hammered the stock, making it one of
the worst performers on the NASDAQ stock market this year.

The picture at Sirius isn't much better. Sirius stock closed at $3.88
on Dec. 7, up 5 cents, or more than 1%, on the merger talk. It had
taken a beating two days earlier on news that the company wouldn't add
as many subscribers as expected this year (see BusinessWeek.com,
12/5/06, "Sirius Sings the Holiday Blues"). The company said it would
finish 2006 with 5.9 million to 6.1 million customers, vs. a
previously forecast 6.3 million.

http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...tc20061208_079....

"Mergers fail to lift media stocks"

Despite consolidation in the sector, media stocks underperformed the
broader market in the first half of 2007.

The worst media stocks of 2007
Music, newspaper and radio stocks lead this year's media laggards.
Company YTD change
McClatchy -41.0%
Warner Music Group -37.0%
Citadel Broadcasting -36.8%
Lee Enterprises -32.1%
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia -22.0%
XM Satellite Radio -20.0%
Sirius Satellite Radio -14.7%

http://money.cnn.moc/2007/06/29/news...half/index.htm

- Even if HD Radio forces itself in-dash with the satrad merger,
- all three are bleeding big-time! Ha! Ha! Screw you!

I B OC'D and Half-Crocked -proclaims- Ha! Ha! Screw You!

Is this your Half-Crocked way of saying 'Merry Christmas' ?

Dear I B OC'Deed - Tis the Season to be Joy and Enjoy
Listening to the Wonderful Christmas Music on the "Free'
Over-the-Air AM & FM Radio. Â*Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas !

Wishing Everyone - The Enjoyment of Listening to all
your Radios this Christmas Season and Good DX in
the coming New Year.
Â*.
Wishing All of America's Peace Loving Friendly Forces
a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year )
God Bless Them : One-and-All - Amen
Â*.
ho ho ho - hy dee ho de ray-dee-oh ~ RHF
Â*.
And Remember "ABbH" AnyBody but Hillary* in 2008 !
* Stay Out The Clintoons !
Â*.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

"How Sirius & XM Would Look As a Merged Company (Revision)"

"The balance sheets represent a huge problem. Sirius has almost $1.1
billion in long-term debt. At XM that number is over $1.3 billion.
Sirius has cash and securities of $350 million. XM has $285 million.
So, combined debt would be $2.4 billion against about $600 million in
cash. Payables and accrued expenses of the combined company would be
over $500 million. To have a significant value to shareholders, the
combined business would have to pay down at least $200 million in debt
per year. None of the debt is due until 2009, but the majority is due
by 2013. The combined company would be able to partially use cash on
hand and could go to the capital markets with a new debt issue with
the sole purpose of refinancing that amount due in 2009 (and with
convertible debt if they were smart and/or able)."

http://www.247wallst.com/2007/02/how_sirius_xm_w.html

"IBiquity sees digital radio signaling changes to come"

"The company has yet to turn a profit and does not expect to do so in
2007 or 2008, Struble said... Mass marketing and consumer adoption is
the last hurdle, Struble said... Representatives of investment firms
that have spots on iBiquity's board of directors could not be reached
for comment, but

- Struble said they are excited about the progress the company is
making.

The focus is not on exit strategies yet, he said."

http://tinyurl.com/3don5y
- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I B O C'Deed and Half-Crocked - Once Again You Got It Wrong.
- There is the Good
- There is the Bad
-and- There is You... Just Plain Ugly !

iBiquity is working many angles to move HD Radio toward ubiquity,
including creating more digital radio receivers, putting them in more
places, and getting more stations to move to digital broadcasts.
http://tinyurl.com/3don5y
- - - Robert Struble, CEO of iBiquity Digital Corp.,