[BC] IBOC Interference OK, LPFM Interference Unacceptable, was FCC on AM digital

[Bill Spry]

Oh brother.  What about the impact of the (imaginary) interference that the 
little 100w LPFMer's would cause, like bringing down planes and taking the 
50kw CC stations off the air.  Heaven forbid!  Let's supress LPFM because 
that (imaginary) interference is not worth it, but this IBOC, why it will 
make the rich richer therefore the (proven) interference is acceptable.


Whatever...

William J. Spry


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:20 AM
Subject: [BC] FCC on AM digital


> ------ At 09:03 PM 1/18/2006, Mark Humphrey wrote: -------
>
>>JOINT  STATEMENT  OF  COMMISSIONERS  KATHLEEN  Q.  ABERNATHY  AND
>>KEVIN  J.  MARTIN
>>  Re:  Digital  Audio  Broadcasting  Systems  and  Their  Impact  on
>>Terrestrial  Radio  Broadcast  Service,  MM  Docket  No.  99-  325
>>(adopted  October  10,  2002)
>>
>>...." Digital  radio  will  allow  the  industry  to  respond  in  a
>>timely  manner  to  the  competition  that  they  face  from
>>satellite  radio  services  and  holds  great  promise  for  the
>>  revitalization  of  AM  service." ....
>>
>>....."We  do  recognize  that  there  may  be  some  interference
>>with  existing  services,  but  we  believe  that  the  impact  will
>>be  minimal  and  is  outweighed  by  the  benefits  of  digital
>>  audio  broadcasting."....
>
> They're two of the finest engineering minds on the FCC.
>
> Rich
>
>
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