"Bill would force satellite radio units to go digital"

"The Federal Communications Commission is asking for public comment on
whether to require satellite radio receivers to pick up digital radio
signals. But Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) said the answer should be yes,
and he's not waiting for the FCC to make the call. Markey's 'Radio All
Digital Channel Receiver Act' (H.R. 7157) would mandate that devices
designed to receive both the new merged Sirius XM Radio service and
terrestrial AM/FM radio be able to receive digital radio too."

http://tinyurl.com/44gqsr

"Rep. Markey launches bill for HD Radio mandate in all Satellite
Radios"

"Here's the key fact: Even the 'satellite ready' car stereos don't
actually receive satellite radio. The satellite radio signal is
received, decoded, and converted to audio by a separate receiver
that's connected to your car's stereo via an aux-in jack (and remotely
controlled by your car stereo.) Without this external box, the car
stereo is incapable of receiving satellite signals, so this
legislation doesn't apply to our car stereos, either!"

http://tinyurl.com/4srtmb

"Radio: Isolationism - NAB style"

"Take the NAB’s effort to push for a law, which would make AM, FM, and
HD reception on all Sirius XM satellite receivers mandatory. The
bipartisan Radio All Digital Channel Receive Act is led by Rep. Ed
Markey (D-MA)... Keep in mind that this is just another grandstand
play just to make the NAB look like it’s doing something for its
member stations. The FCC and the DOJ already approved the merger of
Sirius and XM – and the NAB has zero influence to force this issue
now."

http://tinyurl.com/3reqd6

Perhaps, Markey will become the complete fool!

On Sep 30, 3:07*pm, KaitoWRX911 wrote:
"Bill would force satellite radio units to go digital"

"The Federal Communications Commission is asking for public comment on
whether to require satellite radio receivers to pick up digital radio
signals. But Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) said the answer should be yes,
and he's not waiting for the FCC to make the call. Markey's 'Radio All
Digital Channel Receiver Act' (H.R. 7157) would mandate that devices
designed to receive both the new merged Sirius XM Radio service and
terrestrial AM/FM radio be able to receive digital radio too."

http://tinyurl.com/44gqsr

"Rep. Markey launches bill for HD Radio mandate in all Satellite
Radios"

"Here's the key fact: Even the 'satellite ready' car stereos don't
actually receive satellite radio. The satellite radio signal is
received, decoded, and converted to audio by a separate receiver
that's connected to your car's stereo via an aux-in jack (and remotely
controlled by your car stereo.) Without this external box, the car
stereo is incapable of receiving satellite signals, so this
legislation doesn't apply to our car stereos, either!"

http://tinyurl.com/4srtmb

"Radio: Isolationism - NAB style"

"Take the NAB’s effort to push for a law, which would make AM, FM, and
HD reception on all Sirius XM satellite receivers mandatory. The
bipartisan Radio All Digital Channel Receive Act is led by Rep. Ed
Markey (D-MA)... Keep in mind that this is just another grandstand
play just to make the NAB look like it’s doing something for its
member stations. The FCC and the DOJ already approved the merger of
Sirius and XM – and the NAB has zero influence to force this issue
now."

http://tinyurl.com/3reqd6

Perhaps, Markey will become the complete fool!

All analog radios won't be far behind. Bet on it..

On Sep 30, 4:54*pm, Pocket-Radio wrote:
On Sep 30, 3:07*pm, KaitoWRX911 wrote:





"Bill would force satellite radio units to go digital"

"The Federal Communications Commission is asking for public comment on
whether to require satellite radio receivers to pick up digital radio
signals. But Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) said the answer should be yes,
and he's not waiting for the FCC to make the call. Markey's 'Radio All
Digital Channel Receiver Act' (H.R. 7157) would mandate that devices
designed to receive both the new merged Sirius XM Radio service and
terrestrial AM/FM radio be able to receive digital radio too."

http://tinyurl.com/44gqsr

"Rep. Markey launches bill for HD Radio mandate in all Satellite
Radios"

"Here's the key fact: Even the 'satellite ready' car stereos don't
actually receive satellite radio. The satellite radio signal is
received, decoded, and converted to audio by a separate receiver
that's connected to your car's stereo via an aux-in jack (and remotely
controlled by your car stereo.) Without this external box, the car
stereo is incapable of receiving satellite signals, so this
legislation doesn't apply to our car stereos, either!"

http://tinyurl.com/4srtmb

"Radio: Isolationism - NAB style"

"Take the NAB’s effort to push for a law, which would make AM, FM, and
HD reception on all Sirius XM satellite receivers mandatory. The
bipartisan Radio All Digital Channel Receive Act is led by Rep. Ed
Markey (D-MA)... Keep in mind that this is just another grandstand
play just to make the NAB look like it’s doing something for its
member stations. The FCC and the DOJ already approved the merger of
Sirius and XM – and the NAB has zero influence to force this issue
now."

http://tinyurl.com/3reqd6

Perhaps, Markey will become the complete fool!

All analog radios won't be far behind. Bet on it..- Hide quoted text -

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"The U.S. government cannot force a manufacturer to buy a licensed
item from a private party (Ibiquity) which is the sole supplier of HD
Radio chips."

Will never happen.