Re: [IRCA] SE FL IBOC Status

AM IBOC has only enough texting bandwidth for simple things like identifying a song or similar. In other words, like the texting ability of RDS, which AM does not have now and is a much requested feature by listeners. AM talk stations can scroll who the current guest is, sports scores, etc. All are in demand. All are possible with HD.

How did we survive without HD? How did we survive without interstate highways, automatic transmissions, TV, fax machines, pagers, cell phones, iPods, DVDs, CDs, VHS, and such? We don’t need any of them. We just find them better than what came before. HD offers very improved audio on AM, and better audio as well as a second channel of additional programming on FM, opening the free radio programming choices by double!

The reason it is all being done is that AM is a technology from the earliest part of the last century, over 90 years old. And FM is going on 70 years old!

HD simply sounds a lot better, and is competitive with other digital audio distribution systems.

From: irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Milspec390@xxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:31 AM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] SE FL IBOC Status

How dare we so rudely impugn our beloved IBOC? Why without HD, how will we arrive at our 'Inevitable Digital Future"? Don't we need traffic texting to distract soccer moms who then plow into pedestrians? Don't we wish to be spellbound by "Buy Pepsi Now!" - 'bold' plan of one 'consultant' - flashing on screen to accompany Pepsi ads? Terrific! Soporific! Fecalithic! And doomed to fail.

   How did we survive radio's decades without this sleazy monopolistic scam, whose promoters - like the proverbial snake - mouth all the lines but honest ones?

Of course it's the radio's fault! Second set produces identical dreary dissonant results, consistent with a this contrivance of avaricious dullards? Simply blame that radio as well. And the third. And the fourth....u.s.w.

   Standard grift insigniae: Never answer on the level, always make it the fault of another.

                                                              =Z.=

Paul Vincent Zecchino
Manasyncrodelay Key, FL
BT

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