Re: [IRCA] IBOC

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Lee Reynolds <kd1sq@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


> 
> It doesn't matter whether or not the public want it provided that the
>  
> FCC can be induced to do an end run around public wants and needs by 
> 
> unilaterally declaring that analog AM and FM will be phased out by a 
> 
> certain date. If that's done, IBOC is here to stay. And thus will the
>  
> terrestrial equivalents of Sirius and XM come into existence.

> 
> Shutting down free-to-air AM and FM within a certain time frame is a 
> 
> tricky gamble for IBOC proponents - the timing is particularly  
> critical because they need the current corporate-friendly,  
> listener-unfriendly FCC in place - but if they manage it then there's
>  
> a pot of money to be made for corporate interests.



*** If that occurs, consider AM dead as a doornail. AM audience is
dwindling daily as those of us old enough to know what it is and listen
to it die. AM has no relevance to most people under 40. I cannot
believe any significant number of people would purchase AM HD radios.

For FM, it is useful to remember that this isn't like TV where some of
the space is being sold off to other services - services which people
use and want. Based on many things I've read, most people under 40
would also sacrifice their FM radios for other media if that occurred.

Either is a golden gift to satellite radio, streaming audio, iPods and
the like. I really believe such a mandate has the potential to kill off
both AM and FM terrestrial radio - the one will die much fster than the
other...



Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop


       
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