Re: [IRCA] AM down the road..

["Bill Harms" <wharms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The suggestion of having Digital Radio move to its own band has been 
around for a while, but was rejected by the NAB and others.  I am not 
sure why.  There are issues involving copyrighted material when 
broadcasting with Craig's scenario.

I still claim that the best solution would be to open up some 
spectrum for digital broadcasting and leave the AM band alone, 
despite the earlier rejection.  That way more people "win" in the 
long run.

Bill Harms

On 20 Mar 2006 at 18:49, Dave Marthouse wrote:

> Craig makes lots of good points.  One thing however regarding wireless
> internet and streaming audio as they are implemented is the bandwidth
> problem.  Every person who listens to a stream is served up their own
> individual feed.  The higher the audio quality the higher the bandwidth
> and corresponding cost.  The more listeners you have the more it will cost
> you. The only way that Craig's scenario will work is when a method of
> distribution will be developed letting an extremely large amount of users
> share a single stream.  That is the present advantage of over-the-air
> radio. You can have one listener or 1 million listeners and the bandwidth
> will stay the same.


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