"David Eduardo" wrote in message
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"Frank Dresser" wrote in message
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"David Eduardo" wrote in message

That was June, 2007. It was a requirement for manufactureers to begin
development, even if there was no FCC approval and few receivers


They started making and retailing radios before the start date?

"They" is a few second or third tier specialty manufacturers and one or
two
others with a single offering at a high price to satisfy a need for a
monitor receiver at the converting stations.

Ibiquity was blowing smoke back then? I'm shocked!!!



The $200 million radio ad campaign was a year and a half before the
start
date?

This was one of the requirements of the interested manufacturers.... and
it
actually started about 9 months prior to FCC approval of HD. The $200
million figure is the value of airtime contributed by HD Alliance
stations... by no means all the HD stations on the air at the time.


The dateline on the linked page is Feb. 21, 2006. To be fair, the article
said the ad campaign was "As promised and ahead of schedule". I know I was
hearing the ads in March or April. So maybe it was more like a year than a
year and a half. You like nine months, fine. Just for the hell of it, we
can call it six months.

That's not the point.

The point is that HD radio, for whatever reason, was being widely promoted
before the buying public even knew it was well before the offical "start
date".



"HD digital radio receivers are currently manufactured by more than 15
companies, including Audio Design Associates, Kenwood, Alpine,
Panasonic,
Boston Acoustics, Polk, Day Sequerra, Radiosophy, Delphi, Rotel, DICE,
Sanyo, Eclipse (Fujitsu), Yamaha, JVC and Visteon."

Very limited lines, totaling less than a dozen models, some hard to get.
Many were first generation, like the dreadful BA Receptor.



Yeah, those pre-starts were rough. A big promotion for expensive, crummy
radios to receive mostly simulcasts and also-ran programming.

Good luck with your next few start dates!


Frank Dresser