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

[Tom Spencer]

Interesting...

And note that despite reports that DAB is going gangbusters in the UK, 
and there's a "drop dead" date - well...

Maybe not...

http://radiomagonline.com/digital_radio/uk-analog-shutdown-doubt-0203/

" [...] According to a story in the Guardian online, Ford Ennals, chief 
executive of the trade group governing the nation's transition to DAB 
noted that a slowdown in receiver sales suggests that since an analog 
shutdown requires a minimal DAB receiver penetration into 50 percent of 
all households 2 years prior to cutoff, that target may actually require 
anywhere from 6 to 10 years to achieve.

The shutdown timeline, which is also dependent on meeting specific DAB 
multiplex coverage criteria, is spelled out in a piece of legislation 
known as the "digital economy bill" currently undergoing approval in 
Britain's parliament. But by far the biggest factor underlying Ennals' 
remark is a slowing pace of receiver uptake. [...] "

The original story in the Guardian here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jan/26/radio-digital-2020-switchover#history-byline

"[...] Ennals, who oversaw the early stages of the switch from analogue 
to digital TV, said: "The earliest possible date that there might be 
switchover would be six years from here, six to 10 years away, I 
believe. We want to be responsible and transparent with consumers."

He added that the rollout of the DAB transmitter network - which is 
currently some way below the coverage offered by FM - was "absolutely 
fundamental" to the future success of the platform. [...]"

Dana Puopolo wrote:
> Jeff, you are correct that analog FM took a long time to catch fire-and that
> IBOC has only had about ten years-BUT I reply that the paradigm has changed.
> Things digital today move MUCH faster then their analog cousins did then.

Which means that even the UK system will be obsolete before it's 
implemented... right?

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