On Sep 22, 7:29*pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
In a conference at the NAB in Austin last week,

Oh Lord...lol...here we go- I knew it before I saw it. rolling my
eyes


AM is the equivalent of black and white tv. Only people who grew up before
FM became a factor can even tolerate it.

You all so full of crap...lol...it is like because you say it that it
is the truth. You simply are either #1 lying or #2 mentally retarded.
Not that there is anything wrong with being retarded- you can't help
it you/he/she were/was born that way. You can pick. I already know the
answer. Dave- I don't care how 'smart' you think you may be or try an
lead on but the bottom line is simply this IMO. If on AM it 'truly'
sounded better - I would listen to it- I would embrace it. But alas -
it didn't/doesn't and it never will. This 'strategy' of HD is about
convincing stupid people (I only speak of the AM side of it) that they
need it and it is better. It simply is not IMO. You can respond and
quote all kinds of stats and go on one of your diatribes but you are
not convincing me so maybe save the bandwidth.


Almost all AM listening is by
people over 50.

For what it is worth, which isn't much, I am 42 yrs. old. I can just
speak from my personal experience. I can't quote a survey of over
2,000 people etc. because I don't have 2,000 friends but for what it
is worth 11 people that I personally know - and 10 of them listen to
FM more than AM said that there is simply no difference in their car
steroes or their office radios. That says it all IMO. People that have
no reason to lie whatsoever being asked a rather simple question. My
Dad who is an avid AM talk show listener as is myself said the same
thing. Again remember- you can quote and hammer that keyboard in a
response to convince because.....err....well because you are saying
it. But it doesn't make it true.


As to coverage, the leading radio data and analysis firm in the country
shows only about 225 "viable" AMs out of well over 2000 AMs in the top 100
market metros in the US. Viable means a good enough signal to cover most or
all the market, day or night. That means there are only an average of 2
decent AM signals in each market, while the rest are not able to compete and
can only be marginally successful if at all.

shaking my head and 'really' rolling my eyes. sigh


Nobody ever intended HD to *be adopted quickly.

Of course not. People are not quickly fooled. Gotta fool em' slowly.
That is where the ding dong heads sit in a board room and hook up with
the media and little by little hit the public with every type of lie
about HD via radio/tv/newspapers etc. etc. and shills via the internet
newsgroupsahem. Like I said earlier, if it was better I would listen
to it and I would love it. But sadly for the morons who invested
millions and millions of dollars it is not working and it does NOT
sound better than just straight up amplitude modulation. Why is this
so hard to understand Dave? I have not personally met anyone or know
of anyone or know of anyone that knows someone ;-) that says
everything you say in this group in regards to HD. sigh That is how
I know I am right...lol.


The window for AM is closed,
anyway... with the new PPM ratings system, AMs are lower than ever as a
group, and have even less under-55 appeal.

Again sigh you are speaking out of your behind IMO. In my own little
survey of 11 members of my immediate family whom everyone other than
four of them listen to FM radio every day of their lives - the others
basically only listen to AM. Two of the girls and one of the guys were
duped into purchasing the HD radios. Neither of the three have them
anymore. Nuff' said IMO.