"IBOCcrock" wrote in message
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"Radio: You don't want HD Radio's Bilk-o in your foxhole."

You can't make this stuff up.

How would you like it if one you believed to be a business partner did
an about face and supported the very thing your industry is fighting
against?

Memo to terrestrial radio: iBiquity and the HD Radio Alliance just
double-crossed you.

The dynamic duo closed their dismal year by firing off a letter to the
FCC on December 20 urging that if the merger between XM and Sirius
satellite radio companies is approved - HD Radios must be included in
all satellite receivers.

Riiiiight!

That means when terrestrial radio promotes HD Radio it'll be pushing
satellite radio, too.


No, what it actually means is that satellite radios, finally getting to a
decent price point, will have to add IBOC, which will bring that price point
back up a minimum of $100, and force consumers to buy something they don't
want, and are ignoring in droves.

And before someone says something about FM... nobody EVER forced
manufacturers to put FM on all the AM radios they built or sold.
(interesting, that, though, considering that they HAVE required, in turn,
UHF tuners, CATV tuners and ATSC tuners in television sets (at least above
the 13" size) over the years.)