[BC] Skywave dying

[Stan Tacker]

>> 
>> However, they havent MANDATED IBOC on AM or FM
>> yet...

>Just wait..that too will come.\


>Powell

Nah, we'll never see an IBOC conversion mandate.  A conversion mandate
exists for TV, but that is because new spectrum was made available for the
service.  Reselling the old spectrum justifies the forced conversion.

No new spectrum was made available for radio.  That's why we're saddled with
a much less than desirable system.  

FM IBOC may be around for a while, but there is very little incentive for an
AM operator to install the system.  Remember how many stations installed AM
stereo then turned it off because they lost a bit of loudness?  Will IBOC,
with it's greater demands on the transmission system, be any different?  My
money says no.  It won't be around long.