Re: [IRCA] 24/7 IBOC begins tonight

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Neil Kazaross <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I strongly suspect AM IBOC will flop as most listeners could care
> less about 
> HD on AM and certainly won't pony up for HD rx's just to hear AM.
> However, 
> unless there's a barrage of interference complaints by stations'
> listeners, 
> or even lawsuits or cross border issues, it will be several years
> before 
> even some of the stations currently using IBOC cease doing so.
> 
> Get ready for a lot of hissing and to lose many frequencies.  73 KAZ
> 
>

Maybe. 

Much may come down to station expectations and to simple economics.
They've spent money on equipment and fees, and they'll have to spend
more on the latter. How long will they keep that up with no increase in
revenue ? Or how about a decrease ? The latter is much more probable
because even absent complaints and action, listenership will be reduced
on account of that and therefore so will revenues.

Even still it could be 2-3 years before itt really starts falling
apart.



Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop


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