IBOC : Part 2 - The Present Day Media Corporations that FocusSolely on Radio Broadcasting may be Dinosaurs in the Making
 

On Feb 19, 3:21*am, RHF wrote:
IBOC : Part 2 - The Present Day Media Corporations
that Focus Solely on Radio Broadcasting may be
Dinosaurs in the Making - But Only Time Will Tellhttp://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/msg/06bf7078e60a9220
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yes - it's about iboc 'hd' radio ~ RHF
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On Feb 18, 9:16 pm, Steve wrote:http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...79166a5a8d4b03
- - IBOC : The Present Day Media Corporations that Focus Solely
- - on Radio Broadcasting may be Dinosaurs in the Making
- -http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/msg/c5e1cab41d458e2e





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On Feb 18, 6:27 am, Steve wrote:
Point-of-Fact : Consumers Are Buying "HD" Radios !
- How Is This Bad News For "HD" Radio ?http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...dabdf90232868d

- S N I P -

- I understand this, but you must understand that the current
- problems facing broadcasters, which are in no way addressed
- by HD radio, are also deeply entrenched.

Steve - That is True.

- An HD bandaid isn't going to solve the industry's problems.

Steve - That is Equally True.

- And the public's acceptance of HD radio will be a function
- of its acceptance of other forms of radio, which have sound
- business models and superior programming.

- - I do not know of any New Media Business Models that
- - actually produce the Income Streams that present day
- - AM & FM Radio do - Enlighten Me Please !

- I didn't think we were talking about today. I thought we
- were talking about the future, when HD radio will be pitted
- against alternatives that are actually desired by the
- listening public.

Today is all I have - Who Truly Knows . . .
What The Future May Bring.

We're not talking about what the precise temperature will be in
Sacramento on Aug 3, 2056. It's more akin to whether the earth will
still be revolving around the sun in 2056, or whether helium atoms
will still contain the same number of protons.

- Other media offer thousands of audio streams.

But 'Free' Over-the-Air AM/FM Radio is so easy to acces
and Listen to;and for me it is a technology that I 'feel'
comfortable with. *Maybe a younger Consumer of Audio
will find and use all those thousand of Audio Streams
-but- Not 'i' in the Digital Here-and-Now.

Again, this is true today but in the not-too-distant future the
landscape could look very different. And with HD your access might not
be as easy as you think unless you live a block away from the station.


- - Actually -imho- It is hard for IBOC "HD" Radio not to succeed
- - as part of the declining Media which is AM & FM Radio.

- If "succeed" simply means destroying analog AM and
- despoiling a big chunk of spectrum, sure.

For the Media Corporations who own "The Franchise"
{AM & FM {Radio Stations} and for the AM & FM Radio
Listening Public who simply Listen to their Local Radio
Broadcasting : Your Statement Has No Value.

As compared to what alternative statement?


* The "HD" Radio Stations will have a Sellable Product
that they believe is better than old Analog.

They don't believe that it is better than analog, unless "better" =
"more likely to make them lots of money in a hurry"

* The "HD" Radio Listeners will have an Audio Product
that they believe is better that the old Analog.

There may be a handful of people who believe this, but that's it.

+ To Both Groups Destroying 'old' Analog AM Radio will
be a Good Thing "In The Name of Digital Progress"
- A Big Chuck of Spectrum is something that Your
Basic Radio Listener does not understand :

They'll come to understand it pretty quick when, all of a sudden,
there's nothing to listen to on the radio.

They Know the AM and FM Radio Bands and the
Value that they place on them is the : 2, 3, 4, 5 or
maybe 6 Local Radio Stations that : "They Call Their Own".
# Radio Listening : It's About 'Choice' : It's About "Me"
It's Can Be A Selfish Act -especially- When the Radio
Listener puts on a Pair of Headphones and Isolates
Themselves {IN} Their Own Little World {Audio Cocoon}.

- However, if it means surviving and flourishing as a
- business, it has no chance and does not even appear
- to have been intended for success.

That is clearly not My View of the Future of "Free"
Over-the-Air AM & FM Radio : I Believe [Have Faith]
that "Free" Over-the-Air AM & FM Radio will be around
for many more Years; and that a Significant Number
{Large Percentage} of Audio Consumers in the Future
will 'choose' "Free" Over-the-Air AM & FM Radio as
one of their major {if not their primary} sources of
Audio Entertainment.


I think that over the air radio might have a great future ahead of it,
especially if the threats posed by HD can be squashed.

- - "HD" Radio may simply keep the Patient Alive Longer
- - -and- At-the-Same-Time allow the present AM & FM
- - Radio Broadcasts {Media Corporations} to Expand
- - into 'New' Media themselves.

- My guess is that HD radio will be a form of euthanasia.
- It will quicken the overall decline.

That would not be "My Guess" -but- That is just a 'guess'
for I am only a Simple Consumer of "Free" Over-the-Air
AM & FM Radio.

- - Examples of Dinosaur Business Thinking :
- - * Railroads did not think of themselves as a Transportation
- - Business and naturally expand into the Airline Industry.
- - * Kodak though of itself as a Photo Company and naturally
- - not expand into the Imaging {Zerox} Industry.
- - * Silicon Valley was born because AT&T and IBM thought
- - that their business was their business and they both lost
- - business and market share as a result of that thinking.

- I would add HD radio to the list.

time will tell... Yes Only Time Will Tell ! ~ RHF
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IBOC : Part 2 - Wishing That IBOC Will Fail : Ain't Going to MakeIBOC Fail
 

On Feb 19, 3:53*am, RHF wrote:
IBOC : Part 2 - Wishing That IBOC Will Fail :
Ain't Going to Make IBOC Failhttp://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/msg/06bf7078e60a9220
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On Feb 18, 9:23*pm, Steve wrote:http://groups.google.com/group/rec.r...f4c8b81051ee67

- Well, you can extend the series still further and eventually
- you'll have more HD radios being sold each year than can
- fit within the confines of the earth and its atmosphere; but
- I just don't think it's gonna happen.

Dang you read my Play Book -and- As a Matter-of-Fact :
The Earth Itself will be make entirely of "HD" Radios.

- If success here means a quick, short term profit for the
- parties whose necks are most on the line, then sure.

Like Tomorrow - Future Profits are Promised To No One.

Promised, no; but they'll certainly be collected by someone.


- If it means anything more than that, no way.

time will tell - Yes Only Time Will Tell !

- And I guess this is frequently what results
- when vision is lacking.

I Trust that the Radio People : Know the Radio Business.
Some Do It Well and naturally some do it poorly.

Their Challenge is to Leverage their current Media
Market Position and Capital Investment -into- a
Future diversified Pan-Media Market Position and
secure their Capital Investment across a broader
array of Media Ventures {Stay In Business}.

- What's going to be interesting is to see where the
- "vision" is with other, alternative media.

That is something that I do not focus on.

Understood, but I suspect we're in agreement that they'll have a
significant impact.


- Long after people have ceased thinking about or
- even remembering HD radio, what will pique their
- interest and capture their imaginations?

Ah - You have 'interests' beyond mine. - Alas I am
simply a Consumer of "Free" Over-the-Air AM & FM
Radio and nothing more.

You're not even *interested* in the things that will shape the future
of radio? This leaves me unsure what you are interested in....

Point-of-Fact : Consumers Are Buying "HD" Radios ! - How Is ThisBad News For "HD" Radio ?
 

On Feb 18, 2:08*am, RHF wrote:
On Feb 17, 8:10*pm, Steve wrote:

- S N I P -

-http://digital-am-fm.com/2008/02/hd_radio_sales_restated.html

Steve your Link was "HD Radio Sales Restated"http://digital-am-fm.com/2008/02/hd_radio_sales_restated.html
Industry Analyst says HD Radio Sales were far Lower
than previously Stated and Projected

Steve - So the revised Numbers using your Link are :

2006 ~ 40 K Units Sold
[2006 being the Baseline Year]

2007 ~ 330 K Units Sold {Mostly in Cars Year # 1}
[ 725% Increase over the Baseline Year ]

2008 ~ 500 K Units 'Estimated' Sales {Mostly in Cars Year # 2}
{ 52% Increase over the Prior Year }
[ 1150% Increase over the Baseline Year ]
Note - That is still less-than a Million Total Units Sold.

BAD NEWS - "HD" Radios in Automobiles : Which was
one of the main Backdoors for the Introduction and the
beginning of the Public Acceptance of FM Radio in the
1950s, 1960s and 1970s. {Spread Over Three Decades}

Remember that One (1) Rental Car Puts "HD" Radio
into the Ears of at least 50 Radio Listeners each Year.

Now Looking Forward to the Year 2020 {~15 Years}

2009 ~ 750 K Units 'Estimated' Sales {Mostly in Cars Year # 3}
{ Assuming the same 50% Increase over the Prior Year }
That is about 1.6 Million Total Units Sold.

2010 ~ 1,125 K Units 'Estimated' Sales {Mostly in Cars Year # 4}
{ Assuming the same 50% Increase over the Prior Year }
That is about 2.7 Million Total Units Sold.

2011 ~ 1,688 K Units 'Estimated' Sales {Mostly in Cars Year # 5}
{ Assuming the same 50% Increase over the Prior Year }
That is about 4.4 Million Total Units Sold.

2012 ~ 3.4 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{After 5 Years of mostly Selling "HD" Radios in Cars
the Number of "HD" Radios being sold for In-Home and
Office Use Equals or Exceeds the Number being Sold
in Cars}
{ Assumption Changes - Now assuming a 100% Increase
over the Prior Year due to expanded in Non-Auto Sales. }
That is about 7.8 Million Total Units Sold.

-ps- This is "HD" Radio's Tipping-Point toward Acceptance.

2012 ~ 3.4 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 7.8 Million Total Units Sold.

2013 ~ 6.8 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 14.6 Million Total Units Sold.

2014 ~ 13.5 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 28.0 Million Total Units Sold.

2015 ~ 27.0 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 55.1 Million Total Units Sold.

2016 ~ 54 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 109 Million Total Units Sold.

2017 ~ 108 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 217 Million Total Units Sold.

2018 ~ 216 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 433 Million Total Units Sold.

2019 ~ 432 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 865 Million Total Units Sold.

2020 ~ 864 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 1,729 Million Total Units Sold.

By the Year 2020 "HD" Radio Use reaches Saturation
with roughly an "HD" in every Home and in every Car.

Steve - I don't have to be For -or- Against Something
to Honestly Evaluate It. *Wishing thatIBOCand "HD"
Radio will Fail : Ain't Gona Make It Fail.

IBOCcrock presented some 'numbers' and claimed
that those 'numbers' met thatIBOC"HD" Radio is
Doomed to Failure : Those same Numbers can Mean
a Slow and Steady Growth forIBOC"HD" Radio for a
Decade of more. -ps- You don't have to like the Numbers
to give them an Honest Look.

As I have said beforeIBOC"HD" Radio will Succeed
or Fail with it's Public Acceptance of FM "HD" Radio
and AM/MW "HD" Radio will simply be dragged along
with FM "HD" Radio.

FM "HD" Radio is not about better Audio Sound :
Is is about a Second 'Sellable" Audio Stream [HD-2]
for the Radio Station to Market to Consumers and
Sell to Advertisers.

What FM "HD" Radio needs is a Killer Application to
make the HD-2 Radio Audio Stream "That Something"
that Radio Listeners {Audio Consumers} both
WANT and NEED !

Presently there is Only One Audio Product that
America's Listening Consumers Want-and-Need
more than Radio :
It Ain't Talk Radio.
It Ain't Music Radio.
It's More Common Then Both -and- American's
Listening Consumers Listen to "IT" more than
all types and kinds of Radio combined.

It Is ________________________________ [.]

it's a 'vision' thing and these forward looking statements
are based on sheer conjecture on my part ~ RHF
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Point-of-Fact : Consumers Are Buying "HD" Radios ! - How Is ThisBad News For "HD" Radio ?
 

On Feb 18, 9:18*am, Steve wrote:
On Feb 18, 2:08*am, RHF wrote:





On Feb 17, 8:10*pm, Steve wrote:

- S N I P -

-http://digital-am-fm.com/2008/02/hd_radio_sales_restated.html

Steve your Link was "HD Radio Sales Restated"http://digital-am-fm.com/2008/02/hd_radio_sales_restated.html
Industry Analyst says HD Radio Sales were far Lower
than previously Stated and Projected

Steve - So the revised Numbers using your Link are :

2006 ~ 40 K Units Sold
[2006 being the Baseline Year]

2007 ~ 330 K Units Sold {Mostly in Cars Year # 1}
[ 725% Increase over the Baseline Year ]

2008 ~ 500 K Units 'Estimated' Sales {Mostly in Cars Year # 2}
{ 52% Increase over the Prior Year }
[ 1150% Increase over the Baseline Year ]
Note - That is still less-than a Million Total Units Sold.

BAD NEWS - "HD" Radios in Automobiles : Which was
one of the main Backdoors for the Introduction and the
beginning of the Public Acceptance of FM Radio in the
1950s, 1960s and 1970s. {Spread Over Three Decades}

Remember that One (1) Rental Car Puts "HD" Radio
into the Ears of at least 50 Radio Listeners each Year.

Now Looking Forward to the Year 2020 {~15 Years}

2009 ~ 750 K Units 'Estimated' Sales {Mostly in Cars Year # 3}
{ Assuming the same 50% Increase over the Prior Year }
That is about 1.6 Million Total Units Sold.

2010 ~ 1,125 K Units 'Estimated' Sales {Mostly in Cars Year # 4}
{ Assuming the same 50% Increase over the Prior Year }
That is about 2.7 Million Total Units Sold.

2011 ~ 1,688 K Units 'Estimated' Sales {Mostly in Cars Year # 5}
{ Assuming the same 50% Increase over the Prior Year }
That is about 4.4 Million Total Units Sold.

2012 ~ 3.4 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{After 5 Years of mostly Selling "HD" Radios in Cars
the Number of "HD" Radios being sold for In-Home and
Office Use Equals or Exceeds the Number being Sold
in Cars}
{ Assumption Changes - Now assuming a 100% Increase
over the Prior Year due to expanded in Non-Auto Sales. }
That is about 7.8 Million Total Units Sold.

-ps- This is "HD" Radio's Tipping-Point toward Acceptance.

2012 ~ 3.4 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 7.8 Million Total Units Sold.

2013 ~ 6.8 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 14.6 Million Total Units Sold.

2014 ~ 13.5 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 28.0 Million Total Units Sold.

2015 ~ 27.0 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 55.1 Million Total Units Sold.

2016 ~ 54 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 109 Million Total Units Sold.

2017 ~ 108 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 217 Million Total Units Sold.

2018 ~ 216 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 433 Million Total Units Sold.

2019 ~ 432 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 865 Million Total Units Sold.

2020 ~ 864 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 1,729 Million Total Units Sold.

By the Year 2020 "HD" Radio Use reaches Saturation
with roughly an "HD" in every Home and in every Car.

Steve - I don't have to be For -or- Against Something
to Honestly Evaluate It. *Wishing thatIBOCand "HD"
Radio will Fail : Ain't Gona Make It Fail.

No, but I get the sense that you are wanting to promote HD radio
simply because you're posting about it here, on a shortwave group.
That's your prerogative, but I personally don't get it.



IBOCcrock presented some 'numbers' and claimed
that those 'numbers' met thatIBOC"HD" Radio is
Doomed to Failure : Those same Numbers can Mean
a Slow and Steady Growth forIBOC"HD" Radio for a
Decade of more. -ps- You don't have to like the Numbers
to give them an Honest Look.

Giving the numbers an honest look means looking at more than the
numbers themselves. It means looking at the development of Wimax and
the fate (good or bad) of satellite radio. It means looking at the
fact that HD doesn't address any of the real (i.e., programming)
problems that explain the current sad state of much commercial
broadcast radio.







As I have said beforeIBOC"HD" Radio will Succeed
or Fail with it's Public Acceptance of FM "HD" Radio
and AM/MW "HD" Radio will simply be dragged along
with FM "HD" Radio.

FM "HD" Radio is not about better Audio Sound :
Is is about a Second 'Sellable" Audio Stream [HD-2]
for the Radio Station to Market to Consumers and
Sell to Advertisers.

What FM "HD" Radio needs is a Killer Application to
make the HD-2 Radio Audio Stream "That Something"
that Radio Listeners {Audio Consumers} both
WANT and NEED !

Presently there is Only One Audio Product that
America's Listening Consumers Want-and-Need
more than Radio :
It Ain't Talk Radio.
It Ain't Music Radio.
It's More Common Then Both -and- American's
Listening Consumers Listen to "IT" more than
all types and kinds of Radio combined.

It Is ________________________________ [.]

it's a 'vision' thing and these forward looking statements
are based on sheer conjecture on my part ~ RHF

If broadcasters had vision, we wouldn't even need to be talking about
HD.- Hide quoted text -

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Broadcasters want to do it on-the-cheap with HD Radio and not invest
anything worthwhile in the main and HD channels - radio is too busy
firing talent, in order to please stockholders. Boy, they must be
happy as pigs-in-****, with stocks down 90%! How about you, Eduardo?

Point-of-Fact : Consumers Are Buying "HD" Radios ! - How Is ThisBad News For "HD" Radio ?
 

On Feb 21, 9:22*am, IBOCcrock wrote:
On Feb 18, 2:08*am, RHF wrote:





On Feb 17, 8:10*pm, Steve wrote:

- S N I P -

-http://digital-am-fm.com/2008/02/hd_radio_sales_restated.html

Steve your Link was "HD Radio Sales Restated"http://digital-am-fm.com/2008/02/hd_radio_sales_restated.html
Industry Analyst says HD Radio Sales were far Lower
than previously Stated and Projected

Steve - So the revised Numbers using your Link are :

2006 ~ 40 K Units Sold
[2006 being the Baseline Year]

2007 ~ 330 K Units Sold {Mostly in Cars Year # 1}
[ 725% Increase over the Baseline Year ]

2008 ~ 500 K Units 'Estimated' Sales {Mostly in Cars Year # 2}
{ 52% Increase over the Prior Year }
[ 1150% Increase over the Baseline Year ]
Note - That is still less-than a Million Total Units Sold.

BAD NEWS - "HD" Radios in Automobiles : Which was
one of the main Backdoors for the Introduction and the
beginning of the Public Acceptance of FM Radio in the
1950s, 1960s and 1970s. {Spread Over Three Decades}

Remember that One (1) Rental Car Puts "HD" Radio
into the Ears of at least 50 Radio Listeners each Year.

Now Looking Forward to the Year 2020 {~15 Years}

2009 ~ 750 K Units 'Estimated' Sales {Mostly in Cars Year # 3}
{ Assuming the same 50% Increase over the Prior Year }
That is about 1.6 Million Total Units Sold.

2010 ~ 1,125 K Units 'Estimated' Sales {Mostly in Cars Year # 4}
{ Assuming the same 50% Increase over the Prior Year }
That is about 2.7 Million Total Units Sold.

2011 ~ 1,688 K Units 'Estimated' Sales {Mostly in Cars Year # 5}
{ Assuming the same 50% Increase over the Prior Year }
That is about 4.4 Million Total Units Sold.

2012 ~ 3.4 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{After 5 Years of mostly Selling "HD" Radios in Cars
the Number of "HD" Radios being sold for In-Home and
Office Use Equals or Exceeds the Number being Sold
in Cars}
{ Assumption Changes - Now assuming a 100% Increase
over the Prior Year due to expanded in Non-Auto Sales. }
That is about 7.8 Million Total Units Sold.

-ps- This is "HD" Radio's Tipping-Point toward Acceptance.

2012 ~ 3.4 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 7.8 Million Total Units Sold.

2013 ~ 6.8 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 14.6 Million Total Units Sold.

2014 ~ 13.5 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 28.0 Million Total Units Sold.

2015 ~ 27.0 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 55.1 Million Total Units Sold.

2016 ~ 54 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 109 Million Total Units Sold.

2017 ~ 108 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 217 Million Total Units Sold.

2018 ~ 216 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 433 Million Total Units Sold.

2019 ~ 432 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 865 Million Total Units Sold.

2020 ~ 864 M Units 'Estimated' Sales
{ Now assuming a 100% Increase over the Prior Year}
That is about 1,729 Million Total Units Sold.

By the Year 2020 "HD" Radio Use reaches Saturation
with roughly an "HD" in every Home and in every Car.

Steve - I don't have to be For -or- Against Something
to Honestly Evaluate It. *Wishing thatIBOCand "HD"
Radio will Fail : Ain't Gona Make It Fail.

IBOCcrock presented some 'numbers' and claimed
that those 'numbers' met thatIBOC"HD" Radio is
Doomed to Failure : Those same Numbers can Mean
a Slow and Steady Growth forIBOC"HD" Radio for a
Decade of more. -ps- You don't have to like the Numbers
to give them an Honest Look.

As I have said beforeIBOC"HD" Radio will Succeed
or Fail with it's Public Acceptance of FM "HD" Radio
and AM/MW "HD" Radio will simply be dragged along
with FM "HD" Radio.

FM "HD" Radio is not about better Audio Sound :
Is is about a Second 'Sellable" Audio Stream [HD-2]
for the Radio Station to Market to Consumers and
Sell to Advertisers.

What FM "HD" Radio needs is a Killer Application to
make the HD-2 Radio Audio Stream "That Something"
that Radio Listeners {Audio Consumers} both
WANT and NEED !

Presently there is Only One Audio Product that
America's Listening Consumers Want-and-Need
more than Radio :
It Ain't Talk Radio.
It Ain't Music Radio.
It's More Common Then Both -and- American's
Listening Consumers Listen to "IT" more than
all types and kinds of Radio combined.

It Is ________________________________ [.]

it's a 'vision' thing and these forward looking statements
are based on sheer conjecture on my part ~ RHF
*.
CAUTION : This Post Has Not Been "Approved"
-by- Telamon. -http://tinyurl.com/yshplv
-ps- So Read It Only -If- You Are "Clueless".
-back-at-cha- Teli-Baby that is # 237 for the Month.
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- You are a ****ing crazy lunatic without a life - get a life!
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I B OC'Deed and Half-Crocked,

U B Looken in a Mirror again -and- Talken At Your-Self !

now 'please' go enjoy your radios ~ RHF