[BC] HD Radio -- Folks we have to get it right!

[Rich Wood]

------ At 01:13 PM 10/16/2005, Goran Tomas wrote: -------

>But you mention content and IBOC does give you an opportunity to 
>have two (or even three) channels. How's that for content?

That's thousands more radio stations that'll need revenue-producing 
content. Does CC have plans to hire thousands more people to provide 
it or will it be an extra job for someone already there? Will the 
secondary channels be consigned to an Intel 386 computer with free 
Jukebox software? No one has answered those question. Maybe if I HARP 
and REPEAT enough, someone will answer the question.

>And on the "features" side there's also an opportunity for 5.1 surround.

Again. No consultation with programmers who know people respond to 
the mixes they heard on radio, particularly oldies. What organization 
has been set up to remix the thousands of great hits recorded in 
garages - in mono - so they sound like the songs we remember. Not 
brand spanking new mixes that miss the artist's intent. I'm suppose 
to be doing some heavy lifting. I'd be happy to work for whatever 
organization is set up (for a fee, of course, I don't subsidize 
profitmaking corporations) to help produce 5.1 mixes of mono 
originals. I know Les Paul and I'm sure he'll help me figure out a way.

>In the end, IBOC is not bad enough to be tossed down the toilet. 
>Hence all the discussion about it..

There's a line waiting to flush. It's longer than the one at a 
women's rest room at a Broadway intermission.

Rich