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Re: [IRCA] IBOC/analog reception comparisons.
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBOC/analog reception comparisons.
- From: The Kaskey Family <kaskeyfamily@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:17:13 -0800
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I second Chris' opinions below...
don kaskey
Chris Black wrote:
> But we sure don't deserve IBOC. I'll probably get sent to the
> principal's office again and be forced to listen to a full season of
> Tony Danza re-runs, and I will probably say good bye to the IRCA also,
> but for the reason that I am not into being treated like a four year
> old. I will be looking for a club (if there is one) with a little
> wider focus and breadth, not a politically correct sewing circle. I
> think someone like Paul is a breath of fresh air. And if the IBOC
> hacks on the list don't like it then that's tough. If someone wants to
> call me a putz on or off a list, I am perfectly capable of dealing
> with it myself. I don't need to whine to anybody that my feelings are
> hurt. Good grief, Charlie Brown. Semper Fi Chris BlackCape Cod
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jack McAlister
> To: david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Mailing list for the
> International Radio Club of America
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 10:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBOC/analog reception comparisons.
> David,It is people like myself that lose by you removing
> yourself from this thread. I am a Newbie Ham and love Radio,
> both communicating and listening. I personally wish you
> would reconsider your decision.73Jack "gunny"KE7FMD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> David Gleason
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 8:43 PM
> To: 'Mailing list for the International Radio Club
> of America'
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBOC/analog reception
> comparisons.
>
> This is my last message on this reflector, as I
> have unsubscribed and also asked my IRCA
> membership to be terminated. DXing is not the
> radio friendly hobby it once was, living a
> symbiotic and friendly relationship. Members of
> both clubs are antagonistic to radio, and qualify
> as grouchy old men in most cases. No wonder
> stations don?t verify any more!
>
> In my discussions with Mr. Mangled English, I have
> been asked by Lynn to ?simmer down? when I was the
> one called a liar, cheat, thief of a billion
> radios, ad nauseum. Obviously, someone who is in
> radio who actually knows what is going on in the
> industry has no place in this club or on this
> group.
>
> W: I run a multi million dollar research
> department, and our job is to find out what
> listeners want. When we see research done by
> others (as in the iPod issue) we independently
> verify it, using the highest standards of polling
> with a national staff of over 60 people who only
> do radio research. Or job is to protect $3.5
> billion in radio properties and we do that by
> giving the listeners what they want, and we do it
> well because our sector listens an average of 24
> hours a week, 25% more than the general market. We
> are not out to prove an untruth, as that would
> totally violate or reason for existence. But there
> are a few people in here with absurdly and
> bizarrely wrong ideas about radio and radio
> listeners who have no interest in learning truth,
> and insult the character and values of any who
> disagree.
>
> You all deserve each other.
> ---------------------------------------------------
> From: irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of W. Curt Deegan
>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 7:09 PM
> To:Mailing list for the International Radio Club
> of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBOC/analog reception
> comparisons.
>
> Thanks? Sure!
>
> Thank you, for substantiating my point.
>
>
>
> W. Curt Deegan
>
> Boca Raton, (Southeast) Florida
>
> David Gleason wrote:
> Thanks. I did the poll myself with my in house
> call center.
> ---------------------------------------------------
> From: irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of W. Curt Deegan
>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 6:53 PM
> To:Mailing list for the International Radio Club
> of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBOC/analog reception
> comparisons.
>
> Sounds like nonsense to me. Just like most poll
> results, it reflects the results wanted by those
> who pay for the poll.
>
> No ads, no fading from obstructions, play what you
> want when you want. A play list is more than just
> content, it is the order and frequency played as
> well. You collect all the songs you can, but you
> listen to what you like.
>
> Curt
>
> David Gleason wrote:
>
> There is definitely an element of "it's my list"
> but the fact is, extensive
>
> research showed the average number of songs on an iPod is 300 and they
>
> closely mirror the playlist of the radio station the iPod user listens to.
>
>
>
> The key issue is that carrying an iPod is cool, while a (analog) radio is
>
> not. iPod = cool. Digital = Cool. Make radio digital, it is cooler than it
>
> was and moves up in image among entertainment choices.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>
> On Behalf Of W. Curt Deegan
>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 5:47 PM
>
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBOC/analog reception comparisons.
>
>
>
> It doesn't have anything to do with digital, except as a means to an
>
> end. It is their play list, not someone else's, that's why they like it.
>
>
>
> W. Curt Deegan
>
> Boca Raton, (Southeast) Florida
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> David Gleason wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Put a frame around those comments! Very nicely
> > stated, Russ.
> >
> >
> >
> > Perception is reality, or why would people prefer the ultra compressed
> >
> >
> >
> audio
>
>
>
> > on an iPod to CDs and FM? It's because it's an
> > iPod and it's digital!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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