[BC] FCC Deletes digital report from today's meeting

[Stan Tacker]

There are still many markets where an AM is the highest rated station.  The
proposition that no one listens to AM anymore is not supportable.

What really begs the question on the whole issue is this...every bit of
additional energy added to the band at night raises the noise floor for that
frequency.  You may not care if you can't hear a local station beyond it's
ground wave limits...but IBOC operation on that frequency and its first and
second adjacent channels raises the interference level for everyone in that
station's "nighttime universe."

Apply the existing RSS rules for night time allocation and iBiquity's IBOC
doesn't fly.


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Subject: Re: [BC] FCC Deletes digital report from today's meeting

In a message dated 07/14/2006 5:05:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
SBailey at nespower.com writes:

> Once again, looking outside to the average listening who works outside
>  the broadcast industry or hobbyist, they could care less about
>  AM...PERIOD! I read where WGN claims they have all these listeners at
>  night outside Chicago. That's bull crap! When IBOC really kicks in at
>  night, there won't be a sole to hear it outside Chicago anyway.

Now this begs the question... if IBUZ does go into effect at night, then why

not give us Daytimers full day power 24/7? If skywave listening is all but 
dead, why not? Let us continue to serve our local markets full time.

However, I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss WGN's night listenership that 
easily... especially if those listeners have, indeed, filled-out Arbitron
diaries.

Willie...

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