[BC] Nobody is listening to IBOC?

[Rich Wood]

------ At 02:10 PM 2/2/2010, Tom Dimeo wrote: -------

>I wonder how WAMU generates revenue from HD, are commercials
>permitted on a noncommercial HD station?

I believe all Public Radio on-air operations are non-commercial. I 
suspect the revenue, if there really is any, is coming from a few 
people willing to become contributors because previously unavailable 
programming strikes their fancy. If the station were Commercial, 
there aren't enough receivers to cause an advertising agency or even 
a large local retailer to pay more than a dollar a holler with some 
bonus spots thrown in..

NPR stations in my area have peppered the area with translators. That 
makes it very difficult to pinpoint where the revenue was triggered.

Also, I'm not sure where the claim came from. If it came from an IBUZ 
cheerleader or the HD Dominion I'd want to see the books. There's 
been so much deceptive hype about this "revolution" that sources are 
questionable.

Rich