Re: [IRCA] More IBOC

["Russ Johnson" <k3pi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The FCC only goes through the process of gathering comments, etc to pretend they are interested.  It's a sham.  They do what they want to do.  I am sure the small time stations know this and probably don't even bother anymore.  Having watched amateur proceedings for years, it's really a waste of time.  They have an agenda and facts and/or public opinion don't get in their way.

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Bob Young" <youngbob53@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:58:53 -0400

>If Iblock sticks, the vast majority of AM stations will go under, maybe with 
>50 left in the US and we all know who those will be: the big boys, the 50 KW 
>stations. This is of course what they want, they are afraid of the internet 
>stealing their listeners away, so to keep a decent share of the ever 
>dwindling amount of listeners, they want to wipe out 99% of the rest. AM 
>radio will be like TV was 50 years ago, three stations in every city in 
>wonderful IBUZZ.
>The only thing I wonder is if the FCC is really that cowed at this point 
>that they would allow an obviously suicidal ¿technology? like Iblock to 
>completely ruin the AM spectrum to allow the big bucks stations to keep on 
>making their big bucks. If they ignore the obvious and allow this to happen 
>it will be a sad day in radio history, the beginning of the end. Dr. Z is 
>correct, it is the big bucks broadcasters and Inequity itself who are to 
>blame and it is all for greed nothing else, it certainly isn't for the good 
>of the public which I assumed was a big part of the reason for the FCC's 
>existence, so the whole spectrum could coexist peacefully. Patrick is also 
>correct everything he predicts will happen. I wonder why the small AMer's of 
>which there are many more total than there are Big Buck Broadcasters don't 
>get together and petition the FCC and enlighten them to what will happen?
>
>Bob Young
>Analog, Ma
>
>>From: mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Martin)
>>Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of 
>>America<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Mailing list for the International Radio Club 
>>ofAmerica)
>>Subject: Re: [IRCA] More IBOC
>>Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:42:14 -0700
>>
>>Craig,
>>
>>As we all have said before, if night IBOC gets widespread, we can say
>>goodbye to long range reception. It will be noise from end to end. Our
>>only options will be to move. Few of us will do that. I don't expect us
>>to move to Kauai of Northern Alaska. hi. But there is always longwave,
>>shortwave, TV DX.  But this will totally kill the AM band. More people
>>will be listening to radio on the internet. IBOC is a total waste of
>>spectrum and it useless as it has such poor coverage. After night IBOC
>>gets implimented, why even continue with analog? The band will be full
>>of noise that in most cases the analog signal will not have a prayer to
>>make it out 50 miles. So if IBOC does stick, within a few years, most
>>everything left on AM with be IBOC only I would presume. At least it
>>looks like it would be pointing that way. But time will tell.
>>
>>Patrick
>>
>>Patrick Martin
>>KAVT Reception Manager
>>
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