[BC] My Wife & IBOC

[Bill Spry]

My wife typically listens to Mainstream AC and Christian AC.  I explained 
IBOC to her this morning along with XM/Sirius (she did not know about either 
of them).  I asked her what she would do.  Would she purchase a new HD radio 
for her car for $500 in order to increase her channel selection by 6 or so 
choices locally or subscribe to XM or Sirius for $10 per month in order to 
have a 100 station selection and have to purchase a $50 radio.  Her answer 
was listen to FM (analog) or possibly not listen at all.  She has grown 
extremely tired of repetition.  Before I built and started managing 2 LPFMs 
I had not listened to the radio since 1981 (when I had my last radio gig) 
for the same reason as my wife.  I've got a nice MP3 player in the van with 
a 20 ghz HD.  That's the HD that I listen to when I can't pick up the 
LPFM's.

I concur with whoever said it, it is not the vast choices of channels be it 
digital or analog, it is what is coming over the speakers.  If all the 
channels are crap who cares how many choices there are?


Thanks,

William J. Spry
Raduga Software