[IRCA] IBOC Comment Update

["Rene F. Tetro" <rene@xxxxxxxx>]

If this has been posted before, I apologize.  I've been out of touch the
past 48 hours due to a family illness.

It looks like comments are flowing negatively against the new NRSC-5
IBOC rules in FCC comments.  Here is an article from the IBOC Update
from Radio Magazine:

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Early Responses to NRSC-5 Skewing Negative 

A sample of comments of the early returns filed in response to the FCC's
Public Notice DA 05-1661, requesting comments from all interested
parties regarding the "In band/On Channel Digital Radio Broadcasting
Standard NRSC-5" submitted to the FCC by the National Radio Standards
Committee (NRSC) on May 18, 2005, suggest that AM adjacent channel
interference is still a concern among some U.S. and Canadian
broadcasters. 

On July 14, an informal look at the 11 comments posted since the FCC
issued its public notice on June 16 revealed that 10 of the respondents
had objections or concerns relating to adjacent and co-channel
interference in secondary coverage areas caused by AM IBOC operation. 

Among the respondents were Canadian broadcast engineer Barry McClarnon
and Leonard Kahn of New York. Both have authored articles opposed to
adoption of IBOC digital broadcasting using Ibiquity's proprietary HD
Radio technology in the United States. 

The comments period remains open until Aug. 17. Those interested in
filing comments can find more information at
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-05-1661A1.doc. Read
the submitted comments at the this link. 

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Rene' F. Tetro,
Chief Engineer
Salem Communications - Philadelphia
WNTP-AM/WFIL-AM
117 Ridge Pike
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
Voice:  610-941-9560   Extension 41
Fax:  610-828-8879
Email:  rtetro@xxxxxxxxx




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