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![]() wrote in message oups.com... You realize if they ever turn on HD at night, DXing will be history. And the couple of hundred AM DXers left, most of whom are anti-radio and luddites, will just be SOL. |
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"David Eduardo" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... You realize if they ever turn on HD at night, DXing will be history. And the couple of hundred AM DXers left, most of whom are anti-radio and luddites, will just be SOL. Overly harsh assessment. I listen to stations out of the area for content. Other people also fall into this group. Some advertising is regional and national not just local so distant advertising does work. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 23:51:26 GMT, Telamon
wrote: In article , "David Eduardo" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... You realize if they ever turn on HD at night, DXing will be history. And the couple of hundred AM DXers left, most of whom are anti-radio and luddites, will just be SOL. Overly harsh assessment. I listen to stations out of the area for content. Other people also fall into this group. Some advertising is regional and national not just local so distant advertising does work. Indeed. The only local I have is 1220, KHTS. |
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![]() Telamon wrote: In article , "David Eduardo" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... You realize if they ever turn on HD at night, DXing will be history. And the couple of hundred AM DXers left, most of whom are anti-radio and luddites, will just be SOL. Overly harsh assessment. I listen to stations out of the area for content. Other people also fall into this group. Some advertising is regional and national not just local so distant advertising does work. -- Telamon Ventura, California ************************************************** ************************** The explanation of profit maximization is rather depressing. Three items of note a (1) CKLW was ordered by the CRTC to cease and desist in its whoring of the Detroit market and to follow Canadian broadcast regulations. It complied and is now serving Windsor as a less profitable operation. (2) CFRB (Canada's First Rogers Batteryless) is a private station but has operated CFRX (6070) to serve the boondocks for at least half a century. As the skip lengthens out at night, it is heard all over the world. How does this fit the business model of maximum profits? (3) More and more stations are simulcasting on the internet. Why are they doing this if it doesn't maximize profits in their trading area? It is amusimg that so many listerers who jeered at the BBC method of financing the radio service are now rushing to pay the satellite broadcasters $10 to get commercial-free programs. I am afraid that quality programming will get lost in all this maximum profit drive. Will the vast wasteland sound any better in digital? |
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![]() "David Eduardo" wrote in message . net... wrote in message oups.com... You realize if they ever turn on HD at night, DXing will be history. And the couple of hundred AM DXers left, most of whom are anti-radio and luddites, will just be SOL. I'm not aware of any anti-radio luddites, but if I ever meet one, I'll be sure to remind him to get rid of both his radios and his internet connection. However, to an Alex Jones SWL-type distrustful paranoid, Ibiquity's IBOC looks hidden adgenda-ish. It's not about "CD quality sound" it's about multicasting. So, if I've got it wrong, please tell me. Is it impossible for the IBOC-AM scheme to be used for multicasting? Frank Dresser |
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"Frank Dresser" wrote: "David Eduardo" wrote in message . net... wrote in message oups.com... You realize if they ever turn on HD at night, DXing will be history. And the couple of hundred AM DXers left, most of whom are anti-radio and luddites, will just be SOL. I'm not aware of any anti-radio luddites, but if I ever meet one, I'll be sure to remind him to get rid of both his radios and his internet connection. However, to an Alex Jones SWL-type distrustful paranoid, Ibiquity's IBOC looks hidden adgenda-ish. It's not about "CD quality sound" it's about multicasting. So, if I've got it wrong, please tell me. Is it impossible for the IBOC-AM scheme to be used for multicasting? It is about making money. If a station, equipment vendor or the two of them together can get an advantage in the market over a competitor then they will do it. If they can put a competitor at a disadvantage they will do it. The entire conspiracy is to make money. That the whole story. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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![]() "Frank Dresser" wrote in message ... "David Eduardo" wrote in message . net... wrote in message oups.com... You realize if they ever turn on HD at night, DXing will be history. And the couple of hundred AM DXers left, most of whom are anti-radio and luddites, will just be SOL. I'm not aware of any anti-radio luddites, but if I ever meet one, I'll be sure to remind him to get rid of both his radios and his internet connection. As to DXers, I find that most today are very opposed to changes in radio, whether formatically or technically, and are very negative towards the way stations operate. I have disassociate myself form DX organisaions as they almost all seem to be out to change radio to the detriment of those of us who work in the field. Since essentially no radio listening, in terms of percentage, is skywave night listening, the other poings are moot. However, to an Alex Jones SWL-type distrustful paranoid, Ibiquity's IBOC looks hidden adgenda-ish. It's not about "CD quality sound" it's about multicasting. It is about all of this. It is about giving radio the digital buzzword, more channels, and improved AM quality. So, if I've got it wrong, please tell me. Is it impossible for the IBOC-AM scheme to be used for multicasting? Pretty much so. Not enough bandwidth unless analog is dropped and all the signal is devoted to digital. |
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![]() David "La Gringa" Gleason wrote: "Frank Dresser" wrote in message ... "David Eduardo" wrote in message . net... wrote in message oups.com... You realize if they ever turn on HD at night, DXing will be history. And the couple of hundred AM DXers left, most of whom are anti-radio and luddites, will just be SOL. I'm not aware of any anti-radio luddites, but if I ever meet one, I'll be sure to remind him to get rid of both his radios and his internet connection. As to DXers, I find that most today are very opposed to changes in radio, whether formatically or technically, and are very negative towards the way stations operate. I have disassociate myself form DX organisaions as they almost all seem to be out to change radio to the detriment of those of us who work in the field. Or was it a case of the DX organizations disassociating themselves from you? Seems to me like you got your ass handed to you in most any discussion you entered into. Remember: IBOC = QRM dxAce Michigan USA |
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![]() "dxAce" wrote in message ... David "La Gringa" Gleason wrote: "Frank Dresser" wrote in message ... "David Eduardo" wrote in message . net... wrote in message oups.com... You realize if they ever turn on HD at night, DXing will be history. And the couple of hundred AM DXers left, most of whom are anti-radio and luddites, will just be SOL. I'm not aware of any anti-radio luddites, but if I ever meet one, I'll be sure to remind him to get rid of both his radios and his internet connection. As to DXers, I find that most today are very opposed to changes in radio, whether formatically or technically, and are very negative towards the way stations operate. I have disassociate myself form DX organisaions as they almost all seem to be out to change radio to the detriment of those of us who work in the field. Or was it a case of the DX organizations disassociating themselves from you? Both the NRC, of which I was a member going back to the 50's and the IRCA, which I helped found, are increasingly populated by anti-radio people who are antagonistic towards the stations and the industry they DX. Add that to the fact that all I seem to see at our AMs are faked DX reports (last one was a "definite" ID for a name KTNQ has not used for 13 years) and I am quite down on AM DXers as a group. Clarification: except for you and a couple of Brother Stari kooks, SW DXers are as a whole a really interesting group, and have a much less insular view of things. Seems to me like you got your ass handed to you in most any discussion you entered into. Hardly. The fact that a bunch of radio haters is against the progress of radio actually supports my argument against the majority of AM (MW) DXers. Remember: IBOC = QRM HD = radio's best bet for the future. |
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I prefer Analog Radio and Analog TV and the old fashioned tried and true
CRT TV sets and CRT computer monitors.I dont care for that new fangled digital crap. cuhulin |
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