"A Brown" wrote in message
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It's too late for HD radio.

I recall people saying the same thing about FM. (And "stereo").

Neither took off until the FCC mandated inclusion of FM.


The FCC NEVER mandated the inclusion of FM.


http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWebSite/
FCC Requires AM Radios To Also Carry FM - 1974
By Chuck Taylor

Imagine how HD radio would receive a much-needed jump-start if the feds
required moving forward that all radios include the technology.

That's exactly what the government mandated in 1974 to push along
acceptance of FM amid a broadcast landscape that was still dominated by
the AM band. That year, the Senate passed a bill to give the FCC authority
to require that all radios selling for more than $15 be able to receive AM
and FM. The bill followed a pattern set years earlier when Congress passed
legislation requiring that UHF and VHF reception be built into TV sets.
Sen. Frank Moss, D-Utah, sponsor of the bill, said at the time, "The
American consumer is probably not aware that we have reached the limit on
AM frequencies and that virtually all new radio stations will be on the FM
band. People buy radios today unaware that they are limiting their
listening opportunities."


This error of R&R has been widely criticized. The Senate bill made it. It
never passed in any version in the House, and never became law.