[BC] AP article re HDRadio

[Kent Winrich]

Wonder how the the HDTV people did it then........

On 8/2/06, Sid Schweiger <sid at wrko.com> wrote:
>
> >>Is the NAB having too many keggers to figure out how to make it pay
> or are they too busy trying to decapitate satellite radio so we won't
> have to compete with them?<<
>
> I have to laugh...no other choice, really...every time I see the rah-rah
> folks trot out the old "radio will adapt, it always has" mantra, when a
> cursory opening of one's eyes would clearly demomstrate that radio (or at
> least the NAB) is currently in protectionist mode.  They don't want to
> adapt.  Their energies are spent trying to stifle their competition (and,
> BTW, wasting that energy on the wrong enemy:  11 million satellite
> subscribers doesn't hold a candle to the 30 million-plus users of personal
> MP3 players, and let's not even discuss the WWW), giving them a perfect
> incentive to stop trying to improve the product.  They're so hot on this new
> tech, which no one has receivers for, that they are completely blind to the
> economic joke they are playing on themselves...doubling the number of FM
> signals out there without any income to pay for them for at least two years.
>
>
>
> Sid Schweiger
> IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC
> WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WMKK - WRKO - WVEI AM/FM
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> E-Mail: sid at wrko.com
>
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