[BC] GE Superadio III vs. IBOC hash

Mike Erickson wirelessmedia
Wed Jul 5 15:48:45 CDT 2006


The question is, is it STILL too little to late?  And there are still
politics involved.

=Mike Erickson=


On 7/5/06, Steve Ordinetz <hykker at grolen.com> wrote:
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>  Fact is, it was too little too
> late...by the time one standard got settled on, music on AM was dead.  No
> one cared...AM had a rep as a lo-fi, static-plagued medium and few if any
> listeners were about to change their minds.  As someone else noted,
> politics were a big factor here...had the FCC implemented ONE standard in
> the mid-late 70s it may have delayed the decline of AM, but even back then
> the writing was on the wall....stereo wasn't gonna save it.
>


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