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CAwriter wrote:
For digital radio, DRM is not the only game in the world. To be
popular worldwide, digital radio needs a standard.

For DRM you need a new receiver, but it's only popular in the UK and
Europe.
For satellite radio - XM or Sirius - you need both a new receiver and
a monthly subscription.
HD Radio from iBiquity is for the stereophile and you need a new
receiver.
I think the receiver is different for each of these.

Well if they get their act together, just new software, as it's
all down to the code the Digital Signal Processor chip is running.

Depending on where you live and your listening preferences, your
results may vary. But the major broadcasters do seem to be abandoning
shortwave.

For example, the BBC World Service stopped shortwave transmissions to
North America years ago, but is on both XM and Sirius here.

Doesn't the BBC own a chunk of XM?

Mark Zenier Washington State resident