[BC] Wow, I wonder if y ou feel the same way about AM?

[Jim Seaman]

Jeff Glass writes:

>I believe that the infrastructure for delivering digital radio will be the
>cellular/WiFi network. We'll shut of our analog junk and feed our program
>line to a cell/WiFi provider. That is the technology where the receiver
>equipment is
>Jeff Glass
 
Wow! There is another voice in the choir. I said as much two days ago, and have been dodging rotten tomatoes.
 
It's all about convergence. The future belongs to digital, but it's not going to be owned by our friends in Columbia marketing a proprietary system. The future of digital broadcasting is going to be based on the same open standards used in IT and telecom.
 
Once the wireless telecoms begin to roll out their 4G networks, the game is over. Companies like Verizon and Sprint will provide our transmission networks for us, and broadcasters will transition to being content providers. There will be a slow crossfade from old to new broadcasting with the large groups dragging their feet in complete denial.  Maybe 25 years later, once reliable universal service is established, analog AM/FM and IBOC radio (and DTV) will seem quaint and prehistoric much like wax Edison cylinders are to us now.
 
Jim Seaman