[BC] I don't want to go away

[Steve]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DANA PUOPOLO" <dpuopolo at usa.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] I don't want to go away


OOPs!

Here's the WKTU link:

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WPRB&service=FM&status=L&hours=U


------ Original Message ------
Received: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 09:05:36 AM PST
From: DANA PUOPOLO <dpuopolo at usa.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] I don't want to go away

IBOC FM works great in the lab, and in the desert, where there are very few
short spaced stations. In the east and in CA, it will fail miserably.
Here's an example, extreme but nonetheless real. There are two full class B
stations in metro NYC that are first adjacents and but 35-40 miles apart.
The
frequencies involved are 103.3 and 103.5. The 103.5 is highly rated WKTU, a
Clear Channel station. The other station is WPRB, owned by Princeton
College.
Imagine what's going to happen to the space between these two when both
light
up IBOC! Millions of people in New Jersey are not going to hear their
favorite
stations any more. It most certainly will hurt WKTU's ratings in NYC, likely
costing Clear Channel millions of dollars.

Check it out for yourself:

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WPRB&service=FM&status=L&hours=U

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WPRB&service=FM&status=L&hours=U

This scenario will be repeated in many east coast markets.

And this is the FM IBOC, thre better of the two (at least in my opinion).

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Thanks for the links Dana. I use the RL service from time to time myself.
Sure tells the story. Bitter pill to swallow.

Steve
Steve Walker Productions