On Dec 28, 6:43�pm, elaich wrote:
"David Eduardo" wrote :

What is dying is AM itself. The major format is moving to FM, and
listening levels are declining faster than ever.

Well, that's funny. I turn on my DX-440 at night, and the AM band is just
as populated as any time I remember. I think you are in denial. These
stations wouldn't be on the air if nobody was listening, would they?

Face it. AM listeners don't need IBOC because they are perfectly happy with
what already exists - a signal that can be listened to with 1920s
technology. It's looking more and more like IBOC was a putup deal with a
corrupt FCC Commissioner, and somewhere down the road, the investigating
body is going to start asking questions about where the money came from.
You wouldn't want to be named then, would you?

IBOC is dying a slow, contracted, but well deserved death. Nobody wanted it
to start with, as sales of receivers will testify.

As a BCB Dxer, I will throw a party the day the last one is shut down.

Eduardo poo-poos AM because AM-HD has been a failure.