[BC] Satellite Radio

[Mike McCarthy]

ME thinks the Bay area would have something to say about the claim of 
Phoenix being the 5th market.

1/3 of the big FM's have IBOC on the air here and several are 
multi-casting.  And do you think the RX's are available?  Nope.  My recent 
visits to the big chains resulted in blank stares when asked about HD radio 
or IBOC radio.  And I don't know of a single fixed (home) receiver 
model.  Everything I've heard of or seen has been mobile based.

What I find really amusing is that it took GM all of a year to get XM in 
it's OEM radios and Chrysler putting Sirius in it's radios.  Not one OEM 
HD/IBOC RX is available after several years of knowing the PAC  Granted, 
each manufacturer has an equity stake in the satellite provider.  But it's 
ironic the companys' leaders push for inclusion of the satellite delivery 
quickly...and got it.  Paints a fairly bleak picture for IBOC's inclusion.

MM

At 11:14 PM 7/4/2005 -0700, you wrote:
> > "Many, many, many years" before satellite radio is universally available
> > will be down to "many years" before we know it. They're being very
> > aggressive about getting the radios out there. Can anyone say the same
> > about HD Radio?
>
>Satellite Radio is not a fad. They went from 2.1 million to 4.4 million
>subscribers in less than a year. That?s more than doubled.
>
>I want to buy a HD radio. I can't find one in a store here in the 5th
>biggest metro area in the USA, Phoenix. There is a station with IBAC here
>and no radios to listen.
>
>Kevin
>
>
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