Re: [IRCA] Wince-worthy IBOC praise article...

["Neil Kazaross" <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Craig et al,

Perhaps this guy's name is a pen name and his shill rantings are simply 
coming from the dwindling IBOC clan.

I await the day , hopefully during 2008, when some of these midwestern 
blowtorches turn it off for good.

73 KAZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 6:54 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Wince-worthy IBOC praise article...


>> A "freelance" broadcast engineer, huh? What does that mean exactly?
>
> Probably a consultant, as I am.  I work for a number of stations in 
> southern
> New England, and have some occasional one-shot jobs for others.  To me 
> they
> are all clients.  I suppose that fits the term "freelance".
>
> His name is not familiar to me, and I've been doing this longer than he 
> has.
>
> I have had conversations with a number of other engineers concerning IBOC.
> They run the gamut from rabid fans to equally rabid foes, some of whom are
> far stronger opinions about IBOC than is healthy.  Most seem opposed.  I'm
> not sure that iBiquity actually pays anyone outside their immediate sphere
> of influence to voice support.  At least nobody I know has ever been
> approached by them, check in hand.
>
> There is always the implied threat of being fired if any engineer publicly
> voices opposition counter to corporate policy.  I'm not aware of anyone 
> who
> has been specifically fired for that.  I'm sure that "You're fired 'cuz 
> you
> hate HD Radio" would never be on their pink slip.  It would always be for
> some other reason.
>
> It does appear that the IBOC "revolution" is over.  I'm not aware of any 
> new
> installations around here, nor of any being planned.  Some wag said that
> IBOC had the year 2006 to make it's case.  That has come and gone, as has
> 2007 - essentially - without any sort of momentum being gained.  IBOC is
> nothing more than a consumer yawnfest.  With receiver sales essentially at
> zero, and complaints and actions against existing transmitting facilities 
> on
> the rise, we can stick a fork in it.  Right now all we are seeing is the
> corporate ego of iBiquity and friends blustering along trying to save 
> face.
>
> It's dead, Jim.
>
> Craig Healy
> Providence, RI
>
>

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