[BC] Re: Portable HD

[JD Davis]

I wasn't supporting IBOC Rich, simply stating the fact that "streaming
radio" is not the death of terrestrial radio. I am of the opinion that IBOC
is not only flawed, but unrealistic to expect success with. Digital radio is
no good to us this way. This system needs to be scrapped and we all need to
go back to the drawing board and come up with something that is far less
lossy and works in an entire different band. Something that offers the same
versatility as our current analog system with the availablity of multiple
channels (to hopefully be used for something other than an extension of the
main channel format) that can augment the station's viability. Streaming
radio is a nice office application, but portability is not going to make it
any more attractive at ball games.

James .JD. Davis
Chief Engineer
Results Radio, Chico/Yuba City, CA


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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] From:  Rich Wood

------ At 12:24 PM 9/22/2008, JD Davis wrote: -------

>Everyone talks about streaming being the end of terrestrial radio, "our
>worst nightmare"!!! What would the delay be at the game listening to an
>internet stream? I'm guessing at LEAST 15 seconds, to as much as 45..

Just because the Internet delay is longer than the IBUZ delay doesn't 
make IBUZ any more useful at a ball game. I don't know anyone who 
brings a laptop to a game to listen. I suspect they already know the 
computer won't work. With IBUZ you're preventing every listener, both 
at home and at the stadium, from listening. I know many people in New 
York who bring a portable radio to the games. Because so many people 
watch games on TV and listen on radio the stations around here turn 
IBUZ off during games. When I scan the dial in the evening my Sony 
tuner will display a flashing logo (it won't lock). When stations run 
a game, most of them turn IBUZ off. The flashing logo is gone.

Rich