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On May 2, 4:15*am, "
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On May 1, 12:09*pm, RHF wrote:





IBOCcrock -of- HD Radio Farce
Blog-Spothttp://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com/ *. DOH ! Quoting a
Blog/Newsgroup : AIN'T NEWS -or- FACTUAL [.] *. Hoping, Wanting
and Dreaming That IBOC Will Go Away : Ain't Going To Make It
Happen . ~ RHF *. IBOC : HD-Radio May Suck -but- It Is The
Suckers That Will Make It a Success ! -by-
RHFhttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/0ce2564e
2517a12c *. HD-Radio : May Suck -but- The Suckers Will Make It a
Success ! *. Just be Honest and Think About It for a Minute. [
Thinking With-In The {Radio} Box ] *. To the Average
{non-technical} AM/FM Radio Listener : *. Who Lives in a Major
Metro Area; and *. Listens only to a Few (3~4) or Several (6~8)
of *. Their Local AM/FM "Analog" Radio Stations; *. For Now IBOC
AM/FM "HD" Radio has Changed Nothing. *. Cause - They can still
hear their good old "Analog" Local AM/FM Radio Stations inspite
of IBOC. *. IBOC - Passes the First Test of "Dual Mode" Analog
and Digital AM/FM Radio Reception : People being able to Still
Hear the Analog Mode. [No Diruption in Their Present Analog Radio
Listening.] *. Sometime in the 'future' these Average Metro Area
AM/FM Radio Listeners with have the Need -of- 'feel' the Want and
Need to Buy a New "HD" AM/FM Radio. *. Note - Maybe a heard an
New "HD" AM/FM Radio in a Rental Car -or- They bought a New Car
and it came with an "HD" AM/FM Radio -but- They Liked what they
Heard on the "HD" AM/FM Radio. So Now the Want to have "Their
Own" *"HD" AM/FM Radio in their Home to show "Their Family and
Friends" I GOT AN "HD" AM/FM Radio. *. FWIW : This Is The Natural
Consumer Process of : feel it Want It NEED IT ! *. So- These
Average Metro Area AM/FM Radio Listeners Will Buy a "HD" AM/FM
Radio. *. IBOC - Passes the Second Test of "Dual Mode" Analog and
Digital AM/FM Radio Reception : People Transitioning to the
Digital Mode. { The Process Has Begun Slowly and over the Next
Decade : It Will Continue To It's Conclusion With AM/FM "Digital"
HD-Radio 'Being' the Primary Mode of AM/FM Radio Reception by the
Vast Majority of Radio Listeners. } *. IBOC AM/FM HD-Radio Will
Happen For Two Reasons : * Most Radio Listeners {Audio Consumers}
Will Hear No Change in What They Hear With HD-Radio {It Ain't
Bad} * Some Radio Listeners {Audio Consumers} Will Hear a Change
"Think It Sounds Better" with HD-Radio {It's Good} *. change
happens, Change Happens. CHANGE HAPPENS ! *. IBOC by iBiquity and
HD-Radio : Keep Searching : The Truth Is Out There ! *. IBOC :
The Killer-App for FM "HD" Radio's HD-2
Channelshttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/08e
05095a43 bec... *. The Second 'best' use of the HD-2 Channels on
the new "Digital" FM HD-Radio Band would be... another
currenthttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/726c
1a11c04b 60... Audio Sound Product with an Loyal Radio Listener
Base and Established Advertisers : 1 - Simulcasting AM Radio
Sound on the FM HD-2 Channels 2 - Transitioning AM Radio Stations
to an Expanded FM HD-Radio Band. *. Is HD-Radio "The Answer" to
AM/FM Radio's Youth Erosion Problem ? - "NO" The Answer is
Inter-Active Web-based Content Driven Radio
Programming.http://groups.google.com/group/alt.radio.broadcasting/
msg/a51f 1d45ea5... *. IBOC & HD-Radio = Follow-the-Money =
Bu$ine$$ & Politi¢$ *. the truth is out-there - riding on a
radio-wave ~ RHF *. - - - the digital divide : i draw the line @
iboc 'hd' radio - -
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-band_on-channel *.
Find-Out-for-Yourself - Google Search Results : HD-Radio
-http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=HD-Radio *.
Read-the-News-for-Yourself Google News Results : HD-Radio
-http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=HD-Radio *. CopyRight © RHF
{Radio High Frequency} All Rights Reserved. *. Fair Use Notice :
This Entire Message in Part or Entirety may be Copied and
Reposted on/in All Media : Provided the Source the
"Rec.Radio.Shortwave" Newsgroup and the Author RHF {Radio High
Frequency} are both identified. *. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *. On May 1,
7:55 am, IBOCcrock wrote: "Whatever is
said, whatever is written, IBOC will be over sooner
rather than later. *Radio is becoming a financial train wreck,
and Congress is putting the thumbscrews on the corrupt FCC. *A
federal court just ruled that the FCC ignored interference
problems with broadband-over-power-lines (BPL) and IBOC is also
being pointed to by the House Commerce Committee. *Very shortly
the massive failure of HD Radio in the marketplace, its endless
technical faults, the confiscatory licensing, and the lousy
receivers will all be revealed for all to see. IBOC is already
a bad consumer-electronics joke. *And its fortunes are about to
take a decided turn for the worse. *Say and believe what you
will, IBOC's fate is no longer in the dirty hands of iBiquity,
the Alliance and the NAB."

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You talk as though IBOC is the only game in town. It is not.

It remains to be seen whether IBOC can overcome its own, endemic
problems. However, even If it does, then it faces a far tougher
challenge: having to compete, head on, against satellite radio,
Wimax, etc.--media that offer vastly more, and better, content. Of
course, there is the tired old refrain that, since IBOC will still
be "free" radio (actually, that remains to be seen), it will still
have some role to play. However, before long Wimax will strike most
listeners as "as good as free" insofar as it will only require
equipment and internet access that people will already have, for
independent reasons. The choice for consumers then boils down to
"Do I want very limited, and for the most part crappy, programming
or do I want an ocean of programming options, many of which are
superb and even tailored to my specific tastes?"

The power of the free market should not be underestimated. Line up
all the powerful corporate/government interests you like and put
them squarely behind IBOC. Their money and influence won't make a
whit of difference if IBOC is unable to compete effectively in the
marketplace. With IBOC's crappy, constrained programming as an
unavoidable weight around its neck, it's hard to see how it can do
anything but sink. Putting IBOC into the free market is like
sending a two year old into Falluja.

- The moral of the story is just this. - At the end of the day, it
all boils down to content, content, CONTENT. - And this is where IBOC
will always come up short. Always.

JW 32,

All your Points are Valid -but-

SNIP

All your points are bull crap.

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Telamon
Ventura, California