[BC] Interesting IBUZ article & WTWP

[Ron Cole]

Chuck Lakaytis wrote:
> I am sort of amazed by the sudden angry interest in IBOC "hash 
> generators". Where have you all been over the last twenty or so years 
> when the manmade noise floor increased by many many decibels?  Did 
> anyone demand that the FCC regulate lighting devices?  Driven through 
> an intersection lately with LED signal lamps?  I lived within a few 
> miles of an AM in Garden City, Kansas. I was CE at that facility but 
> could not listen to it at home because of the noise from all the 
> electric fences around every winter wheat field.  KBBI in Homer, 
> Alaska has a large wielding shop close to the studio that just kills 
> reception in the on air monitors.  I see the problem as this:
> Too many AM stations
> Failure of the FCC to make sure that directional systems are properly 
> maintained and operated
> Program choices on AM that attract only those demographics that really 
> need to get a life.
> The absolutely useless NAB that should be doing all it can to stop 
> BPL. That will be the real killer of AM.  And lets face it, most 
> people will choose more internet service over any of our radio 
> services today.
>
> And maybe most of the young populace simply do not think that 
> traditional radio is of any worth to them.  How many Ham Radio clubs 
> are there in High Schools these days?  Not many I will bet.  Radio 
> ain't magic anymore, but the Internet sure as hell is.
>
> I noticed last week that the real topic of conversation in our office 
> was the new wide screen HD TV and the BlueRay player that someone 
> bought.  All of the staff children thought that was cool.
>
>
> And now back to my work installing yet another infernal HD radio 
> station in Alaska.  If the cold war starts anew, I will be ready to 
> counter the Russian Woodpecker with nine AM HD stations.
>
>
> Chuck Lakaytis
> Director of Engineering
> Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
> 135 Cordova Street
> Anchorage, AK 99501
> 907 277 6300
> 907 277 6359 FAX
> 907 301 4339 Cell
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Kippel" <glen.kippel at gmail.com>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 3:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [BC] Interesting IBUZ article & WTWP
>
>
>> Yes, they will be "impressed" enough to decide that AM doesn't work 
>> and give
>> up listening to the band forever.
>>
>> On 3/17/07, WFIFeng at aol.com <WFIFeng at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Litte by little, more and more people are beginning to see just what 
>>> kind
>>> of
>>> "clothes" this emperor is wearing.
>>>
>>> Someone passed this along to me, and I thought it was interesting:
>>>
>>> http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2007-03-07/music/hd-radio-on-the-offense
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Also, this morning, for the first time, I heard one of those "Stations
>>> between the stations" promos... on WTWP sometime around 6:15am. I 
>>> had to
>>> stifle
>>> a
>>> laugh.
>>>
>>> Once all of those 50KW behemoths light-up their hash generators, 
>>> everyone
>>> (who doesn't realize that a whole new radio is needed) who tries to 
>>> hear
>>> those
>>> "stations between..." will just hear hash. (On FM it's a rough razzing
>>> sound.)
>>> They will be mighty impressed, I'm sure.
>>>
>>> Willie...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Add to you list of AM noise generators DSL.  The Whistle for hundreds of 
ADSL lines makes AM useless in some parts of the country.

Ron