[BC] Re: IBOC "secrets" and my opinions.

Dave Dunsmoor mrfixit
Sun Mar 25 19:04:14 CDT 2007


> > > Dennis Jones
> > > WNCW-FM Technical Director
> > > PO Box 804 Spindale NC 28160
> >
> >wrote:
> >
> > > I'm at a loss what to tell folks in shadowed analog reception areas
> > > that now no longer get us at all....our long time supporters from the
> > > fringe that have for years gone to great lengths to pick up something
> > > they love.
> >
> >     ....Long time supoporters, now cannot receive your station.
> >Supporters. And management doesn't see a problem with this?
> >Would not that in and of itself alone be a good reason to turn it off?
> >
> >     There must be more to this.
> >
> > > I get one or two calls/e-mails a month. I'm trying not to
> > > bash any one or thing. Just expressing dissapointment.
> >
> >However, if the management/ownership doesn't care, I guess there
> >isn't anything you can do to resolve the issue. This does puzzle me,
> >from a business standpoint especially.
> >
> >
> >Dave Dunsmoor


> No, we are concerned. It's a new GM and he's been here two weeks or 
> so. Just looking at options and as I said, I'm reading everything I 
> can find. Funny thing is I've just had my first listener/member 
> return his BA receiver because it doesn't work in his workshop. It 
> will in his house, about 30' above on a hill. I can turn the HD off 
> and not get a call or e-mail, which really tells me a whole bunch.


I think that you have two good clues in your response, and the answer 
seems to be quite apparent in your last sentence.

If you do decide to turn it off, and cut your losses, be sure to
document all the above, for later reference.

Dave


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