[BC] Overcoming coverage problems

[John Burger]

Maybe the FCC could launch an Emergency Announcements Satellite that 
spot beams vital information to affected areas.  Maybe it could do so 
on AM/AM-IBOC/FM/FM-IBOC/TV/DTV/XM/Sirius/DBS simultaneously (as long 
as I'm indulging a fantasy).  Then we don't have to worry about what 
IBOC does to terrestrial coverages.

Time for my meds.
JKB
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:wa2mct at juno.com>Mark W Earle
To: <mailto:broadcast at radiolists.net>broadcast at radiolists.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: Getting old...was...Re: [BC] Interest in/Availibility of HD gear

 > Can anyone explain to me why this scenario is a good thing for radio
 > in
 > general and AM radio in particular??
 >
 > -D

Nope, it.. sucks. Have you made some off air recordings (perhaps noting
location and sig strength) ? Just curious.

After Rita and particularly, Katrina, having good out of market coverage
was critical to folks knowing what was up in their former home town. The
remaining broadcasters banded together got the word and news out. The
ability to receive 890 hundreds of miles away was important.

I don't think we should throw this feature of AM away.