Re: [IRCA] CBA Comments and Info.

["Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> CBA used to be open and clear on 1070. After CHOK was established, it
> became much harder to hear around my QTH north of New York City.
> Losing CBL 740 Toronto was a blow, as well. When WTIC 1080 Hartford
> put on its IBOC embarrassment, it really became difficult to hear
> especially with any sort of pleasure. The complete resolution?
> Internet access in our cars. Wait a few decades and get back to me.

I really agree with this.  Losing CBC to both shut-off and IBOC jamming is
sad.  I will have to look for the internet link, or perhaps when the
XM/Sirius merger finally happens a CBC channel will show up on XM.

We will see mobile internet much more quickly now.  The trimming of the TV
band and it's likely use to provide radio-derived internet will speed that
up.  Some providers already sell mobile 3G CDMA access, and the prices are
dropping.

Now, how will this affect radio?  Not only will it give another access point
to existing content providers, it will also allow personal streaming.  Right
now I run my own private 24/7 music stream which plays things I want to
hear.  No commercials, no yapping announcers.  This is not shared anywhere,
so the RIAA and SoundExchange can go pound sand.  Were they to hack into my
personal stream, I would sue them for violation of the DCMA.

The personal stream capability also allows me to listen to a receiver
remotely.  I heard some interesting things when I set that up at a New
Bedford, MA location.  It is quite handy and not hard or expensive to set
up.

So, while radio does provide content, the new competition comes from the
listeners themselves.  With iPhone/Blackberry type devices allowing direct
access to news/traffic/navigation, there isn't as much that's unique to
radio.  Now if some of the satellite mules that carry essentially no local
content would vanish, things would improve.  And, of course, IBOC fails as
many expect it will.

Craig Healy
Providence, RI


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