Re: [IRCA] am iboc

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

Which 1030 and 1210 are we talking about it?

Im not afraid of "coming out of the closet" regarding IBOC either, I hate it
too.

paul



On Nov 15, 2007 11:26 PM, Paul S. Lotsof <cave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Randy Stewart is the man who sent me an aircheck of the "other" CAVE-FM
> which is licensed to Marshfield, a suburb of Springfield.  I had no idea he
> was involved in IRCA.  And he probably had no idea that I was once a member.
>
> As nearly as I can see it, the owner of WYSL is the only opponent of IBOC
> who is willing to "come out of the closet" on this issue.   All the others
> want to hide their identities.
>
> And I still think that WHO is probably more a problem for him than is WBZ.
>
> Nobody seems to be hopping mad about the FM system though it probably
> affects more listeners than does the AM system.    More listeners though
> probably not as many square miles.
>
> Not to change the subject any but things look promising for tests on 1030
> and 1210 in mid December.  Both would be using 10 kw.   Which would you say
> has a better chance of reaching the most DXers?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stewart, Joseph R" <RandyStewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "NRC-AM listserv" <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:26 AM
> Subject: [IRCA] am iboc
>
>
> > My chief engineer forwarded this to me (apparently from Radio World's
> > website)
> >
> > 'Anti' IBOC Alliance Membership Grows
> > by Leslie Stimson, 11.14.2007
> > (Leslie Stimson is the News Editor and Washington Bureau Chief for Radio
> > World.)
> >
> > WYSL owner Bob Savage says he has more than 90 members for his new
> > anti-IBOC alliance which I mentioned in my last post.
> >
> > None wished to be identified by name.
> >
> > "For the most part these people are not bomb-throwing reactionaries but
> > are radio pros who are genuinely concerned about IBOC's adverse effects
> > on AM radio," he tells me. The entries also include "many accounts of
> > serious interference" he says.
> >
> > There are a few DXers, ham operators and other "civilians" among that
> > group; however, he said, the majority are broadcasters who represent a
> > cross-section "from the small-market guys all the way to major-market 50
> > kW AM stations."
> >
> > One anonymous "confessional entry," he says, "loses sleep over being
> > forced by management to install HD-AM, which he regards as an ethical
> > transgression, because it generates harmful interference. He's certain
> > that if his name and station got out he would lose his job."
> >
> > Randy Stewart
> > Arts Producer, KSMU
> > Missouri State University
> > Springfield MO
> >
> >
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Paul B. Walker, Jr.
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