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Re: [IRCA] Two Thoughts About IBOC
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] Two Thoughts About IBOC
- From: Alan Bosch <labosch@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 08:36:07 -0500
Eric;
Thanks for the backgrounder.
Let's motorize our prayer-wheels so IBOC goes quickly to the "dustbin of
history",
And to help things alongr, as listeners, encourage our favorites we can
no longer hearing without hissing to sue the offenders into the ground.
AlanB
73 for now.
N0UIHEric@xxxxxxx wrote:
>I've heard this idea about "CAM-D" on the AM Stereo lists...and it's also a
>bunch of bunk. The only way AM and FM radio can compete with digital is to
>scrap digital radio on AM and FM altogether, restore ownership limits based on
>actual physical properties rather than audience reach, require at least 60%
>local programming on all stations (especially in our nation's top 75 markets),
>and force all receiver manufacturers to use Freescale's "Symphony" chip
>(which converts all analog signals to digital) in their receivers. The "Symphony"
>chip includes C-QUAM AM Stereo, which is more proven than any digital system
>out there. While IBOC cuts down on AM station coverage areas (and Leonard
>Kahn's proposed "CAM-D" will also decrease AM station coverage areas), C-QUAM
>doesn't.
>
>The FCC should have forced open the broadcast job market to new applicants,
>resisted NAB pressure and did exhaustive research on digital radio before
>proceeding. It's no wonder commercial radio is dying in the United States. If
>this continues, then the only logical solution would be to eliminate the
>commercial radio broadcasting service altogether.
>
>73, Eric (N0UIH)
>
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