On Mar 14, 11:27*pm, wrote:
B.S. from ibiquity short timer Hal Kneller - "These are the reasons
that broadcasters in the U.S. embraced it, and the reason that, over
time, more and more broadcasters around the world will see its
advantages. Our job today at iBiquity’s International Broadcast
Business Development department is to show the world that HD Radio
technology is not a U.S. standard, but rather, a global standard that
just happened to be developed in the U.S."

Hal Kneller - been with iBiquity since February 2008. * This freakin
guy is a has-been - making stupid (and false) statements that
ibiquitys faltering system is embraced by broadcasters in the U.S.
That's just plain misleading and ibiquity knows it. *What a dufus.
Gonna be fun to see how long he stays around.

Here is a quote from a broadcaster about him and iBiquity:

"Our radio stations, a small chain of medium and fringe to major
market stations, chose not to buy into HD radio. We were pressured
heavily and even threatened, ever so nicely, to participate. We did
not see the upside and history has now proven us right."

Of course, conversions have stalled and some are turning off HD - more
to follow:

"They’re turning off HD in Washington, DC"

"Well, this time it’s not an anomaly or a digital exciter glitch—at
least not that we can see. For weeks now the Washington, DC market has
been turning off its HD Radio signals en masse. There is no longer any
station in the market on AM broadcasting in HD. ESPN Deportes Radio/
Red Zebra’s 730 WXTR-AM long ago shut off the signal. But now that
list includes 630 WMAL (Citadel); 570 WTNT (Clear Channel); Red
Zebra’s 980 ESPN Radio; and 1500 WFED-AM (Bonneville). The FM list now
includes 106.7 WJFK-FM (CBS Radio); 102.3 WWMJ-FM (Radio One); 104.1
WPRS-FM (Radio One) and 107.7 WWWT-FM (Bonneville)."

http://www.rbr.com/radio/12018.html

"Editorial: More Than Half Full"

"AM-HD continues to fight uphill... Yet the growth of AM-HD stations
coming on the air appears stalled and we hear murmurings about some
broadcasters pulling back on AM-HD or wishing to renegotiate their
commitments with Ibiquity."

http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0044/t.13363.html