[BC] feedback on IBOC

[charles adkins]

How refreshing that someone else feels that way about broadcasting. That
made my day.

Thanks!!!!!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] feedback on IBOC


> ------ 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
>
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