"David Eduardo" wrote in message
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Credibility has been a life long problem you.


No, credibility has not been a problem for me. It's a problem for you and
dxAss and Brenda and a couple of others, who don't know fact from fiction.
I, frankly, find this amusing. It is like the "tentadero" I went to
occasionally in Ecuador; a tentadero is a "gentle" bullfight where there
are no swords and picas and one can wave a cape in front of rather docile,
old bulls for a few minutes. Olé.

Fact: IBOC radio sales are in the dumpster- nobody cares.

Fact: There are millions of radio listeners who do not live inside a city
contour and yet still listen to the radio. Even in places where there is a
local rural station (i.e. Richfield, UT, home of KSVR), many listen to 'out
of market' radio in Provo, Orem, and even Salt Lake City.

Fact: There are many places where a city contour (or even any sort of
discernable signal) does not exist within a market, even for high power
(100KW IERP) FM's. Portland, OR is a prime example of this.

Fact: AM radio is still a primary service in a great many areas, especially
rural areas, throughout the country. I know that these people mean nothing
to you bean counter types.. but for anyone else, anyone who is important,
these people count.

Fact: Those of us over 50 still have more disposable income than most folks
in your precious 18-35 demo. This is because we don't have to worry about
raising a family, paying a mortgage (most of us have long since paid that
off) or paying for our kids' college. Those who are 50 still have, on
average, another 17 years of productive work and another decade or more
after that of life wherein a great many will wish to have a comfortable life
with all the niceties. In other words, we have over a quarter of a century
of consumerism. We buy things. We DO buy things that are advertised on the
radio and television (cars, beverages, radios and televisions, nutritional
supplements, exercise gear, etc.).

Until you begin to recognize that all these folks exist, and that they
count, and that they have everything to offer, then you cannot expect anyone
to believe anything you say, or have any form of respect for you. That's
just the way it is. If you don't like that pointed out to you, then you
always have the option of taking your speil to someone that would be more
receptive to it (like the IBOC consortium).