dxAce wrote:
** U S A. Strong rumor from allegedly reliable sources is that the FCC will be
making an across-the-board authorization for nighttime IBOC on MW within the
next two weeks. Better enjoy your nighttime MW listening and DXing while you
can. More and more ``clear`` channel stations have been testing it in the
daytime, and once they all start running it at night, large portions of the AM
band will be devoted to noise (Glenn Hauser, July 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I should note similar strong rumors from allegedly reliable sources flew
around the time of the NAB Convention in April - and nothing happened.

I'm sure nighttime IBOC *will* be authorized eventually, but I'll
believe it when I see (hear) it!

(the fact that approval has taken this long leads me to believe there's
a major tug-of-war going on at the FCC, that there are large parts of
the staff that believe it's a REALLY bad idea. I don't *think* anyone
on the Engineering staff will quit over this approval but I won't be
stunned if it happens.)
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com