Re: [IRCA] HD

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> So I wouldn't expect the 200 or so stations that have HD in place and
> 
> working to turn it off any time soon. The effect, if any, of the
> public 
> apathy will be to dissuade additional stations from joining the early
> 
> adopters. I'll be very interested to hear what the "buzz," if you'll 
> pardon the pun, is like in a couple of weeks when I head to Charlotte
> 
> for the NAB Radio Show.
> 
>

*** What I see is that at some point, the loss of listenership owing to
interference from adjacent channels for many stations will at some
point become a problem - whether or not they are HD themselves. HD
radio sales aren't going to suddenly spike upward over AM. 

When it hits the bottom line is when things may happen but how badly it
hits when is variable as is how it hits any given station vs. another.

If AM HD is going to die, that's the most likely, although it remains
distinctly possible that listeners will simply leave and never come
back, in which case AM overall might not outlive AM HD by much.

And yes, it is possible this could stretch out over a period of years.



Russ Edmunds
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[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
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