[BC] feedback on IBOC

[Rich Wood]

------ At 07:30 AM 3/19/2007, charles adkins wrote: -------

>Does anybody on this list really think IBOC is going to save radio 
>as we know it?

Of course it will. Absolutely, positively, without a doubt. Aren't 
you aware there's a revolution going on? It's just a matter of 
timing. Will it happen before the sun burns out? We're not sure.

>My friend is an audio file and is first to buy all new electronic 
>stuff and on IBOC, he passed.

If he's an audiophile who requires high quality audio he's a 
dinosaur. If he can't hear the awesome audio improvement found in 
today's IBUZ receivers he should get himself to an audiologist for 
some serious testing.

>I haven't even talked about how these new IBOC radios probably 
>aren't useable for millions of blind folks who are the biggest radio 
>users but, if we mattered, would radios like that be built in the first place.

You don't have to be blind to find the radios are deaf.

I was mentioning a local station that wasn't paying attention to 
their secondary for at least 6 days. There was no audio while the HD 
icon was lit and titles were scrolling. I tried it today and the 
secondary is gone and the main now has the problem. No audio but 
scrolling titles. The real problem with this one is there's no way to 
force the radio to analog, so I and the hundreds of thousands of 
others with IBUZ radios in my market can't listen to the station.

I'd recommend the station shut IBUZ down until the multitude of 
problems are fixed. Of course, like my first call to the station, no 
one was monitoring the secondary. Now no one is monitoring the main 
digital channel. How do you sell receivers when these problems happen 
so frequently?

Rich