[BC] feedback on IBOC

[Rich Wood]

------ At 08:11 PM 3/19/2007, Jim Tonne wrote: -------

>Something is wrong here.  According to the publicity,
>IBOC is The Savior . . .

If that's true, she's stopped along the way to do something else. I 
have an IBUZ receiver right next to me and I check the stations 
running it to see how serious they are about this ultra, super, 
awesome technology. The station I've mentioned several times still 
has no audio on its main digital channel. Its secondary isn't 
operating. Since my Accurian can't be forced to analog, anyone trying 
to buy a receiver will be unable to hear either the ultra, super, 
awesome seedy quality of IBUZ or the analog. To an IBUZ receiver 
owner the station is now entering several days of dead air.

While I understand that engineers responsible for 8 station clusters 
aren't going to give IBUZ with no listeners high priority, It seems 
to me that someone should spot check the digital a few times a day 
just to make sure it's making noise. Maybe those responsible should 
reread the interview with the head of the HD Dominion where he 
practically begs stations to pay attention to their digital signals. 
After all, if there's no signal, there won't be any receiver sales. 
Maybe that's the reason my local retailers no longer display the 
receivers. They'll special order one if you really want it - with a 
deposit. A 100% return rate isn't much of an incentive to go gonads 
to the wall promoting this thing.

Maybe I'm just being picky but I've always felt broadcasting should 
be done right. If not, it shouldn't be done at all.

The concept of doing much much more with much much less doesn't seem 
to be working.

Rich