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Eduardo - fellow IBOC-shill diputes your claims about AM ratings.
Radio World to Ibiquity: Reconsider AM HD
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's akin to what's happening with the war in Iraq, as one former "cheerleader" of the cause after another changes their tune. One of the biggest cheerleaders of all things HD (and Ibiquity), Radio World Magazine, has, in an editorial in the latest issue, changed their mind about AM HD. They cite coverage issues (reports of people being able to see the damn tower(s), but not receive the signal), numerous stations which have abruptly stopped transmitting (AM) HD because of interference reports from neighboring stations, and studies which indicate that AM HD will turn the lucrative "cash cow" signals of 50kw flamethrower outlets owned by Clear Channel, Infinity, etc. into cash poor calves...with signals which are a shadow of their former selves. This last point, plus the fact that there is still no nighttime authorization for AM HD, is what Radio World believes is stalling adoption of AM HD even by the large broadcasters who have championed it. While lower power, local AM stations are in trouble, big-signal 50kw am outlets are anything but. They often dominate their markets, with more audience share and cash-flow than any fm music station. The idea of reducing coverage area (with increased interference...which is now no longer theory, but established in practice by several big-signal stations which have ceased HD operation) in order to present TALK programming in "HD" is quite nauseating to station owners. For these reasons, Radio World now urges Ibiquity to form an alliance with DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale), and rethink AM HD...choosing a system that's both more robust, AND causes less interference. Talk about an about face! (Observatons on the state of AM HD are those of Radio World, which I have paraphrased, not quoted...I don't have the editorial page in front of me. These are not my own opinions, as I still haven't heard AM HD.) http://archive2.avsforum.com/avs-vb/...d.php?t=771426 Eduardo - it's amazing your can even function, lugging around all of those bags of ****! |
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Eduardo - fellow IBOC-shill diputes your claims about AM ratings.
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, gallant17 wrote: Radio World to Ibiquity: Reconsider AM HD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- It's akin to what's happening with the war in Iraq, as one former "cheerleader" of the cause after another changes their tune. One of the biggest cheerleaders of all things HD (and Ibiquity), Radio World Magazine, has, in an editorial in the latest issue, changed their mind about AM HD. They cite coverage issues (reports of people being able to see the damn tower(s), but not receive the signal), numerous stations which have abruptly stopped transmitting (AM) HD because of interference reports from neighboring stations, and studies which indicate that AM HD will turn the lucrative "cash cow" signals of 50kw flamethrower outlets owned by Clear Channel, Infinity, etc. into cash poor calves...with signals which are a shadow of their former selves. This last point, plus the fact that there is still no nighttime authorization for AM HD, is what Radio World believes is stalling adoption of AM HD even by the large broadcasters who have championed it. Yeah they got the night time authorization but after one week most stations turned it back off nights due to the huge amount of interference. While lower power, local AM stations are in trouble, big-signal 50kw am outlets are anything but. They often dominate their markets, with more audience share and cash-flow than any fm music station. The idea of reducing coverage area (with increased interference...which is now no longer theory, but established in practice by several big-signal stations which have ceased HD operation) in order to present TALK programming in "HD" is quite nauseating to station owners. For these reasons, Radio World now urges Ibiquity to form an alliance with DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale), and rethink AM HD...choosing a system that's both more robust, AND causes less interference. Talk about an about face! SNIP The only problem here is that DRM is no better than IBOC. This is not rocket science. I told the readers of RRS years ago that these schemes would work poorly. In past posts I outlined what the problems would be and they have all come to pass. I was able to do this as a natural consequence of those systems specifications. These systems suck as they do not use enough bandwidth to provide the quality of service along with improved sound quality. You have to have bandwidth and power to create a solid communications link. Ibiquity and the DRM consortium will lie right to your face because they have an investment in the technology. These groups are just a bunch of pointy haired marketing and management idiots. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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(OT) Eduardo - fellow IBOC-shill diputes your claims about AMratings.
Telamon wrote: In article , gallant17 wrote: Radio World to Ibiquity: Reconsider AM HD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- It's akin to what's happening with the war in Iraq, as one former "cheerleader" of the cause after another changes their tune. One of the biggest cheerleaders of all things HD (and Ibiquity), Radio World Magazine, has, in an editorial in the latest issue, changed their mind about AM HD. They cite coverage issues (reports of people being able to see the damn tower(s), but not receive the signal), numerous stations which have abruptly stopped transmitting (AM) HD because of interference reports from neighboring stations, and studies which indicate that AM HD will turn the lucrative "cash cow" signals of 50kw flamethrower outlets owned by Clear Channel, Infinity, etc. into cash poor calves...with signals which are a shadow of their former selves. This last point, plus the fact that there is still no nighttime authorization for AM HD, is what Radio World believes is stalling adoption of AM HD even by the large broadcasters who have championed it. Yeah they got the night time authorization but after one week most stations turned it back off nights due to the huge amount of interference. While lower power, local AM stations are in trouble, big-signal 50kw am outlets are anything but. They often dominate their markets, with more audience share and cash-flow than any fm music station. The idea of reducing coverage area (with increased interference...which is now no longer theory, but established in practice by several big-signal stations which have ceased HD operation) in order to present TALK programming in "HD" is quite nauseating to station owners. For these reasons, Radio World now urges Ibiquity to form an alliance with DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale), and rethink AM HD...choosing a system that's both more robust, AND causes less interference. Talk about an about face! SNIP The only problem here is that DRM is no better than IBOC. This is not rocket science. I told the readers of RRS years ago that these schemes would work poorly. In past posts I outlined what the problems would be and they have all come to pass. I was able to do this as a natural consequence of those systems specifications. These systems suck as they do not use enough bandwidth to provide the quality of service along with improved sound quality. You have to have bandwidth and power to create a solid communications link. Ibiquity and the DRM consortium will lie right to your face because they have an investment in the technology. These groups are just a bunch of pointy haired marketing and management idiots. Oh come on now, 'Eduardo' has 'Bozo' hair! |
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