Re: [IRCA] HD Radio - WGN response

["Gerry Bishop" <gerryb4991@xxxxxxx>]

Well, that pretty much takes the Cubs off the car radio...no, wait.  XM will
take care of that for me.  So this only takes WGN off the car radio.  Well,
nice. 

Interesting, though, that WGN is one of the once clear stations that I would
listen to with some frequency, but the broadcast industry and the FCC don't
see a need for that any longer.  

Strangely, I've never heard WOR here, save for the buzz on 700 and 720.  

A most interesting response.  A problem that never existed was given a cure
that no one seems to want.  Like being able to get something to eat 24 hours
a day or driving from Philly to Daytona and only stopping for gas, radio
stations that covered 38 states were something great about America.  I
suppose this means that we'll have to keep an eye on the hours at Denny's
next, and see if I-95 is redesignated as a series of local toll roads.  A
national treasure once, our great radio stations, infected now with some
kind of slow spreading blindness that no doctor can cure.  

I don't suppose the simple fact that vinyl record sales are slowly going up
has any relevance.  That archaic, analog format once condemned to the same
scrap heap as Edison's wax cylinders and playtapes, is enjoying a bit of a
revival.  Mostly because of the quality of the content and the ambience it
provides the listener, of course.  Not germane to the discussion of digital
radio, not at all.

GerryB
Niceville, FL

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Marc DeLorenzo
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:19 PM
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Subject: [IRCA] HD Radio - WGN response

Interesting response.  IF IBOC (AM-HD) survives and IF digital radios are
mandated by the FCC, he's probably right.  But those are 2 mighty big IFs!

Marc DeLorenzo
South Dennis, MA
http://hometown.aol.com/midcapemarc/myhomepage/profile.html


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Karl J. Zuk" <karlzuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> "You will never be able to hear WGN again...!"
>  
> On September 14, HD radio on the AM band became available at night. HD
radio is 
> a digital transmission that is transmitted adjacent to a station's normal 
> frequency. In the case of WGN, the conventional anlalog radio that you
have 
> always listened to is on 720 Kilohertz. Since the morning of September 14,
WOR 
> radio, which operates on 710 Kilohertz, has also been transmitting a
digital 
> signal on 720 Kilohertz and 700 Kilohertz. The digital transmission on 720

> Kilohertz will cover up WGN's analog transmission because you are closer
to WOR 
> than to WGN. I don't think you will ever be able to hear WGN again on your

> radio. We are available 24 hours a day on the internet at:
www.wgnradio.com. 
> The broadcast industry and the FCC have decided that it is more important
to 
> enhance AM and FM radio listening with digital technology than it is to
maintain 
> skywave service to areas that are far away from a station's core listening
area. 
> It does not mean that you can never hear WGN Radio again but you would
have to 
> listen on the internet from now on. I hope you are able to do that and
that you 
> will occasionally listen in to WGN Radio. 
> James J. Carollo
> Director of Engineering
>  
> WGN Radio
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