Comments on: HD Radio – Not Worth the Time http://RadioFan.com/2008/07/26/hd-radio-not-worth-the-time/ A Blog about Radio...Terrestrial, Satellite and HD Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:06:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rfburns http://RadioFan.com/2008/07/26/hd-radio-not-worth-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-367 rfburns Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:42:51 +0000 http://RadioFan.com/?p=19#comment-367 Nice report. It about says it all. Too bad our elected representatives are intent on shoving it down the consumers throat. Nice report. It about says it all. Too bad our elected representatives are intent on shoving it down the consumers throat.

]]> By: paul vincent zecchino http://RadioFan.com/2008/07/26/hd-radio-not-worth-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-366 paul vincent zecchino Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:27:34 +0000 http://RadioFan.com/?p=19#comment-366 Doesn't Radiofan make a crucial point? Did anyone complain about bad audio? No. None complained, despite the HD gang's inflated claims of 'crystal clear audio'. Anyone with a good radio knows FM&AM analog sound fine. There was no public outcry for digital. In fact it's well known that listeners gladly strain through interference - as with everything HD, an exagerated problem - to hear compelling programs. Therein lies the true motive. BigRadio wanted to line its pockets by firing talent. That meant dull faire and dwindling listeners. What to do? Eliminate logical consequences by jamming competitors with HD noise. This limits listener choice and makes them buy costly unreliable HD stooge radios. It also forces broadcasters to spend usurious sums on unneeded HD equipment. Follow the money. Who loses? Listeners whose favorite vital stations are jammed by distant HD stations owned by BigRadio cronies. Competing stations lose, as their listeners can't hear them thanks to HD jamming. Yet all is not lost. The HD takeover is not going swimmingly. The HD gang couldn't stifle truth. In fact, the more they denied their jamming the more obvious they became to listeners. Our influence counts. Let's use it. Paul Vincent Zecchino Manasota Key, Florida 26 July, 2008 Doesn’t Radiofan make a crucial point? Did anyone complain about bad audio? No. None complained, despite the HD gang’s inflated claims of ‘crystal clear audio’.

Anyone with a good radio knows FM&AM analog sound fine. There was no public outcry for digital. In fact it’s well known that listeners gladly strain through interference – as with everything HD, an exagerated problem – to hear compelling programs.

Therein lies the true motive. BigRadio wanted to line its pockets by firing talent. That meant dull faire and dwindling listeners.

What to do? Eliminate logical consequences by jamming competitors with HD noise. This limits listener choice and makes them buy costly unreliable HD stooge radios. It also forces broadcasters to spend usurious sums on unneeded HD equipment. Follow the money.

Who loses? Listeners whose favorite vital stations are jammed by distant HD stations owned by BigRadio cronies. Competing stations lose, as their listeners can’t hear them thanks to HD jamming.

Yet all is not lost. The HD takeover is not going swimmingly. The HD gang couldn’t stifle truth. In fact, the more they denied their jamming the more obvious they became to listeners.

Our influence counts. Let’s use it.

Paul Vincent Zecchino
Manasota Key, Florida
26 July, 2008

]]> By: PocketRadio http://RadioFan.com/2008/07/26/hd-radio-not-worth-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-365 PocketRadio Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:09:08 +0000 http://RadioFan.com/?p=19#comment-365 BRAVO! HD Radio is a farce and suffers from poor coverage, dropouts, interference, bland programming, and zero consumer interest. HD/IBOC is jamming our airways, especially on AM, and it is meant to jam the smaller broadcasters off the dial, instead of honest competition: http://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com BRAVO! HD Radio is a farce and suffers from poor coverage, dropouts, interference, bland programming, and zero consumer interest. HD/IBOC is jamming our airways, especially on AM, and it is meant to jam the smaller broadcasters off the dial, instead of honest competition:

http://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com

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