IBOC obsolete out of the box.
"A Browne" wrote in message ... Yes a small percentage of markets like Boston have stepped out of their comfort zone to introduce formats, like the Irish Channel. Will the Irish Channel, playing 24/7 Irish hits deliver ratings? Who says it has to be a ratings hit? It doesn't. It's an ancillary service that offers added value and choices. (Like a stations web page) All those so-called ancillary feeds on the HD2 and HD3 channels (which are poor quality at best) will eventually HAVE to garner ratings and pay their own way. The royalty boards are requiring radio stations to pay much higher royalties and per-song play fees for all their digital formats (regardless of whether anyone is even listening!!) All that stuff and more is available online anyway, and nobody has to buy an expensive radio to listen to whatever they want. Out of all the folks I know personally, in RL, not online, nobody has any interest whatsoever in digital radio, and very little even in regular radio that you can get on a 1 dollar garage sale pocket radio. |
IBOC obsolete out of the box.
On Oct 1, 10:16 pm, "Brenda Ann" wrote:
All those so-called ancillary feeds on the HD2 and HD3 channels (which are poor quality at best) will eventually HAVE to garner ratings and pay their own way. The royalty boards are requiring radio stations to pay much higher royalties and per-song play fees for all their digital formats (regardless of whether anyone is even listening!!) Doesn't digital tv have the same problem - all those sub-channels have to pay their own way? Yet here in Central California, we already have one station, digital channel 44, broadcasting FIVE programs at one time, 24/7. The younger generation might not care about radio, but with all the baby boomers now coming up for retirement, markets will change. I, for one, don't give a hoot about ipods or internet radio or satellite radio. I like my free over-the-air radio programming just fine. Although I don't need digital radio, I welcome new technology. It gives me more choices. As far as interference on analog radio, tv did the same thing to me when they allowed all those low-powered transmitters that caused me to lose many distant tv signals. And digital tv, with it benefits, will also cause me to lose some of the stations I now get in analog because of their distance from me. Where I can watch a marginal signal on analog, the signal must be stronger to get it on digital. That's technology. |
(OT) : Multi-Channel Over-the-Air HDTV Can Be Great for PBS Viewers
On Oct 2, 9:39*am, wrote:
On Oct 1, 10:16 pm, "Brenda Ann" wrote: All those so-called ancillary feeds on the HD2 and HD3 channels (which are poor quality at best) will eventually HAVE to garner ratings and pay their own way. The royalty boards are requiring radio stations to pay much higher royalties and per-song play fees for all their digital formats (regardless of whether anyone is even listening!!) Doesn't digital tv have the same problem - all those sub-channels have to pay their own way? *Yet here in Central California, we already have one station, digital channel 44, broadcasting FIVE programs at one time, 24/7. The younger generation might not care about radio, but with all the baby boomers now coming up for retirement, markets will change. *I, for one, don't give a hoot about ipods or internet radio or satellite radio. *I like my free over-the-air radio programming just fine. Although I don't need digital radio, I welcome new technology. *It gives me more choices. *As far as interference on analog radio, tv did the same thing to me when they allowed all those low-powered transmitters that caused me to lose many distant tv signals. *And digital tv, with it benefits, will also cause me to lose some of the stations I now get in analog because of their distance from me. *Where I can watch a marginal signal on analog, the signal must be stronger to get it on digital. *That's technology. (OT) : Multi-Channel Over-the-Air HDTV Can Be Great for PBS Viewers SF BAY AREA's KQED {Analog Channel 9} DTV Channels : * KQED's Main HDTV Channel Digital 9.1 All high-definition and widescreen programs http://www.kqed.org/tv/schedules/hd.jsp * KQED's "Life" - Digital 54.3 Arts, food, how-to, gardening, travel http://www.kqed.org/tv/schedules/life.jsp * KQED's "World" - Digital 9.3 History, world events, news, science, nature http://www.kqed.org/tv/schedules/world.jsp * KQED's - "V-me" Digital 54.5 24-hour national Spanish-language network http://www.kqed.org/tv/schedules/vme.jsp * KQED's "Kids" Digital 54.4 Quality children's programming parents love too http://www.kqed.org/tv/schedules/kids.jsp * KQED's - KTEH TV Digital 9.2 from San Jose in Silicon Valley http://www.kteh.org/tv/ |
(OT) : Multi-Channel Over-the-Air HDTV Can Be Great for PBSViewers
On Oct 2, 4:04�pm, wrote:
The NEW HD Radio^3 is going to be 5.1 channel surround sound. You heard it here first! Right - good-luck picking up the elusive digital signals! |
IBOC obsolete out of the box.
wrote in message ... On Oct 1, 10:16 pm, "Brenda Ann" wrote: All those so-called ancillary feeds on the HD2 and HD3 channels (which are poor quality at best) will eventually HAVE to garner ratings and pay their own way. The royalty boards are requiring radio stations to pay much higher royalties and per-song play fees for all their digital formats (regardless of whether anyone is even listening!!) Doesn't digital tv have the same problem - all those sub-channels have to pay their own way? Yet here in Central California, we already have one station, digital channel 44, broadcasting FIVE programs at one time, 24/7. The younger generation might not care about radio, but with all the baby boomers now coming up for retirement, markets will change. I, for one, don't give a hoot about ipods or internet radio or satellite radio. I like my free over-the-air radio programming just fine. Although I don't need digital radio, I welcome new technology. It gives me more choices. As far as interference on analog radio, tv did the same thing to me when they allowed all those low-powered transmitters that caused me to lose many distant tv signals. And digital tv, with it benefits, will also cause me to lose some of the stations I now get in analog because of their distance from me. Where I can watch a marginal signal on analog, the signal must be stronger to get it on digital. That's technology. You have never read Eduardo's speil, have you? Us Boomers don't count. Nobody markets to us. |
IBOC obsolete out of the box.
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(OT) : Multi-Channel Over-the-Air HDTV Can Be Great for PBSViewers
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IBOC obsolete out of the box.
Yes a small percentage of markets like Boston have stepped out of their comfort zone to introduce formats, like the Irish Channel. Will the Irish Channel, playing 24/7 Irish hits deliver ratings? Who says it has to be a ratings hit? It doesn't. It's an ancillary service that offers added value and choices. (Like a stations web page) All those so-called ancillary feeds on the HD2 and HD3 channels (which are poor quality at best) will eventually HAVE to garner ratings and pay their own way. 1.) It's relatively inexpensive to operate. 2.) There are nplenty of stations on the air with no ratings that make money. All that stuff and more is available online anyway, and nobody has to buy an expensive radio to listen to whatever they want. Sure, I'll just bring my computer on the next camping trip. I'll bring it up on a ladder while I'm painting my house. I'll bring the computer into the shower with me. BTW...Is $79 an "expensive radio"? Out of all the folks I know personally, in RL, not online, nobody has any interest whatsoever in digital radio As someone pointed out before...I dont recall anyone rushing out to by FM's when that was new either. |
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