[BC] IBOC in trouble?

Bill Harms wharms
Wed Jul 27 05:08:09 CDT 2005


Assuming that HD radio on the AM band is going to happen no matter 
what, perhaps the current IBOC proposal is so flawed, that they need 
to go back to the drawing board?  Is that not possible? 

Bill Harms

On 27 Jul 2005 at 4:24, Phil Alexander wrote:

> That would please many for a time, but ultimately it creates
> more problems than it solves. The AM band needs digital in 
> some form and IBOC is the closest thing we have to something
> that works. IMHO, restarting this will ultimately kill far
> more stations than IBOC will kill. It's question of making
> the transition to digital with the least harm.
> 

> To make it clear, I'm not an IBOC supporter, but I strongly
> support DAB in the MW band, and believe that ultimately,
> the band should be expanded downward.




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