[BC] Should Skywave Listening protection continue?

[Dale H. Cook]

At 03:46 PM 5/12/2005, Bill Harms wrote:

>Question for debate: Is IBOC worth the sacrifice of skywave listening because
>skywave listening is no longer as important as it was in the past?

I don't know about you, but I have always listened to skywave at night 
while driving, and it has become more important to me in the last 20 years 
since I moved several hundred miles, from the Boston area to western 
Virginia. Skywave lets me stay in touch with what is happening in 
Massachusetts, thanks to WBZ. I also listen to Boston sports on skywave, 
but seldom from a Boston station when driving. Instead I listen to coverage 
from the network of the team they are playing. During the Celtics-Pacers 
series I was listening to the games on WIBC, and I can catch many Red Sox 
games at night by listening to WCBS when they play the Yankees, WMPV when 
they play the White Sox, and so on.

I have better reception at home than when driving, and so can listen the 
Red Sox network at home, usually on WTIC.

I've been listening to skywave for 35 years, and certainly would miss it.

Dale H. Cook, Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, Roanoke/Lynchburg, 
VA - WZZI / WZZU / WLNI
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