[Swprograms] US HD Radio adoption at public radio stations means wider BBCWS availability

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

With "HD Radio" (IBOC) now gaining traction in the US, public radio
stations are getting into the multicasting act.

In most instances these stations are also web streaming their
multicast channels.

WHYY FM in Philadelphia now offers a second audio channel, with
classical music at night and, more interestingly to this crowd, the
BBC World Service by day.

With a one-hour exception at 12 noon ET (1700 UTC), the BBCWS is
offered weekdays from 7 AM to 6 PM local time (1200-2300 UT).

It will be interesting to see if other public radio stations increase
their non-overnight airing of the BBC.

One example is WKSU out of Ohio -- the BBCWS is now carried weekdays
on a second news channel beginning at 8 PM local time (0100 UTC). 
While WKSU isn't offering HD Radio yet, my guess is that this will be
one of their offerings.  A nice feature of WKSU's webcasts is that
they offer the bandwidth friendly aacPlus audio format.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA

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