On Dec 22, 7:12 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"PocketRadio" wrote in message

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Eduardo - I find it amusing that you never reply to some of my HD
Radio threads, especially the latest from Crawford that blasts
iBiquity, and that indictes that HD radios can't be found in any of
the major retailers. LOL!

For starters, I don't work for iBiquity. When you engage in ad hominem
insults of executives of iBiquity, that's a game I don't play... it's not my
fight anyway.

I believe FM HD is a very good idea. In the current economy, everything you
wish for may actually come true, but not because HD is bad or stations don't
want a path to digital... it's that nobody has money for capex items of any
kind this year and next, so HD may "be postponed" and we saw what happened
in the late 70s' when AM Stereo was "postponed" and, eventually, of no
impact.

AM has too many economic problems in this recession to be worried about HD
or, in fact, to benefit from it. The recession is hastening the end to major
AM players, while benefitting the lower cost FM stations.

It appears form the muddled reports that Sirius XM will be off a half
million subscribers this year, and things will get worse as families tighten
their budgets. Consumer electronics is highly discretionary, and we will
likely see declines in new computer sales, music player sales and tv and
radio sales. But none of this has to do with the merits or lack of same of
HD Radio... it's all about the economy.

So, Eduardo, does that mean you think there's a possibility that HD
radio might not be successful? If so I can't believe you would even
entertain such a position.

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So, Eduardo, does that mean you think there's a possibility that HD
radio might not be successful? If so I can't believe you would even
entertain such a position.

Yes, I think that the current economic environment will not only slow or
stop HD, it will kill many radio companies and even lots of owner-operated
small market stations. Whether it be the recession and the slow-down of
advertising, the lack of credit, or a slowing of consumer buying of
durables, HD will be among lots of things teetering on the edge due to the
economy, not the technology.