[BC] Satellite Radio

[Mike McCarthy]

I guess going by that logic, then LA, SF/Oakland, Dallas/Ft.Worth, 
etc. don't matter in your eyes.

In the eyes of the marketeers, it's the TSA of a market which 
matters.  Not the core market city. If that were the case, Chicago 
would be Market #2.

MM

> > Phoenix is not even a top 10 market (it's #15 as an MSA) and HD is 
rolling
> > out first in the larger markets. The drive right now is to get 
stations
> > going, then introduce receivers, a couple of dozen or so of which 
are in the
> > pipelines to the channels.
> 
> Dave,
> 
> Its the 5th biggest city in the US. Its a consumer rich area. There 
are NO
> IBAC radios. I would buy one if I could find one. You would think 
there
> would be something out there other than a car radio that costs over 
$500
> that you have to get through the internet. If I am spending that 
money, I
> want to hear what I am buying.
> 
> I would love to have a portable but reading this...
> 
> 
http://www.billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/news/business/digital
/arti
> cle_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000971155
> 
> "Right now we could probably make a portable HD radio but it would 
take a
> car battery to make it work."
> 
> Makes me believe it will be a long time before IBAC makes it big. 
Hope the
> stations in IBAC have deep pockets to keep sending out a signal to 
no one
> other than a station owner, GM or Eng who has one.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
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