300 Clear Channel Radio Stations Now Offering Primary Broadcasts in HD

[I.B. Iquity]

300 Clear Channel Radio Stations Now Offering Primary Broadcasts in HD


HD Digital Broadcasts Providing Listeners with Superior Audio Quality; More Programming Choices via HD2 Multicasts


WHAT:

Clear Channel Radio today announced that it is now offering HD digital radio broadcasts on 300 of its radio stations across the country. The company is committed to the aggressive roll out of HD digital radio, having increased the number of its stations offering this high-quality listening experience by 50% over the past nine months.



WHEN:

300 stations airing now! HD digital radio broadcasts will air on 95% of Clear Channel Radio stations in the top 100 markets by the end of 2007.

WHERE:

Available on 300 Clear Channel Radio stations throughout the U.S. when listening with an HD digital radio receiver. To stream HD2 digital radio side channels and to experience the quality programming, visit http://www.clearchannelmusic.com/hdradio/. New stations added daily!

WHY:

To offer Clear Channel Radio listeners better, digital quality sound, without a subscription fee.



WHO:

Clear Channel RadioClear Channel Radio Adds HD Digital Multicasts to 18 More Markets

Clear Channel Radio has announced that a full 269 of its radio stations in 66 markets are set to air HD digital multicasts. These additional stations represent the third wave of a larger launch begun in January. The new channels will also be made available at the company’s HD2 streaming site www.ClearChannelMusic.com/HDRadio as they go live.


In each local market, Clear Channel Radio’s HD2 multicasts either complement existing on-air programming or bring entirely new music or spoken-word genres to local listeners. In some cases, local programmers will draw from programming created by the Format Lab within the company’s Content Research & Development Group. In other cases, the channels are programmed fully locally.


Clear Channel Radio already has 300 stations offering their primary broadcasts in HD digital quality. HD digital radio broadcasts will air on 95% of Clear Channel Radio stations in the top 100 markets by the end of 2007 underlying the company’s commitment to the aggressive roll out of HD digital radio. The company is also a founding member of the HD Digital Radio Alliance – a joint initiative of leading radio companies to accelerate the roll-out of HD digital radio – and is devoting on-air promotion time as part of an industry-wide marketing effort.

CBS RADIO ANNOUNCES HD2 FORMAT SELECTIONS FOR STATIONS IN AUSTIN, BUFFALO, ROCHESTER AND WEST PALM BEACH

Multicast Channels To Feature Variety Of Commercial-Free Programming

With No Subscription Fee


Almost Half Of CBS RADIO's Stations Now Broadcasting In HD


CBS RADIO announced today that it has added stations in four more markets to the already 110 that have selected their HD2 programming. Stations in Austin, Buffalo, Rochester and West Palm Beach broadcasting in HD will launch their multicast format this fall. Since January 2006, CBS RADIO has been at the forefront of HD digital radio technology, which affords access to a wider variety of programming than currently heard on the air today, including newly created music, news and talk formats, all available without a subscription fee.

Currently, 85 of CBS RADIO's 179 stations are broadcasting in HD, more than half of these broadcasting a multicast station.? CBS RADIO introduced its first HD radio station, New York's WNEW-FM, in 1999.? The Company's WUSN-FM in Chicago was among the first stations in the nation to launch a continuously programmed HD multicast channel. WUSN-FM 99.5 HD2 features a comprehensive playlist of new music from country's favorite artists and brightest rising stars.

The technology of HD digital radio is the most significant advancement in radio broadcasting since the introduction of FM stereo more than 50 years ago. FM stations are able to produce CD-quality sound for a better listening experience, while AM-band broadcasts sound like FM. The wireless data feature enables text information to be broadcast directly to receiver display screens.

MARKET STATION HD2 FORMAT
AUSTIN KKMJ-FM Oldies 60s & 70s
KAMX-FM Oldies All 80s
KXBT-FM Urban AC

BUFFALO WYRK-FM Young Country
WBLK-FM Urban AC
WJYE-FM Smooth Jazz
WBUF-FM My HD

ROCHESTER WRMM-FM Oldies 60s & 70s
WCMF-FM Brother Wease Show (Eclectic)
WPXY-FM Modern AC
WZNE-FM IndieRock

WESTPALM BEACH WEAT-FM Hot AC
WBMX-FM Old School Hip-Hop
WIRK-FM Country Southern Rock Blend
WJBW-FM Gospel
WPBZ-FM Triple A

 

[SayNoToIBOC]

BFD - no one is listening ! Is this part of your ad campaign ? The public isn't buying into this fraudulent technology !

 

[IBOCRocks]

BFD - no one is listening ! Is this part of your ad campaign ? The public isn't buying into this fraudulent technology !

Prove it.

Prove no one is listening.

Prove the public isn't buying into it.

Prove ANYTHING you say with something other than a link to someone's opinion piece.

[EDIT]

[EDIT=personal attack]

 

[I.B. Iquity]

Say no To Say No. Wrong again. It's great to see what you have to say about a subject you obviously have no knowledge of. HD radio is here and growing and with each station and market added you're side of the argument weakens. Maybe another hobby? Its obvious you have too much time on your hands.

 

[SUPERCASTER]

Why would someone buy an expensive HD Radio to listen to the few local, over the air HD streams (generally limited to primary coverage) and add external AM and FM antennas, when you can get virtually all the HD streams plus tens of thousands more (many with better bitrates and quality and some having same HD codec used by HD Radio) over the internet?
Not all 300 Clear Channel streams are available in my local area, over the air on an HD Radio, but all that and much more is available on the internet.
HD Radio offers little of value to the consumer, and the public won't buy this outdated, defective, destructive technology. All HD Radio does for the public is cause more interference on their analog radios. But, apparently, that was the plan from the beginning. No thought was given to value to the consumer or public, just to selling expensive, damaging, and almost useless "new" technology. That is why HD Radio is destined for failure.

Then we are told, what about in car listening?

In car listening is limited mainly to the primary coverage of only a very few stations in the area where the HD Radio listener is currently traveling. Not the hundreds or thousands of stations HD Radio advertises. So HD Radio offers almost nothing for car travelers either.

Suppose that my favorite format is not available on one of the few local HD stations, but I can easily choose from tens of thousands over the internet.

All HD Radio does is dilute the parent analog stations audience, turning listeners on to internet streaming, iPods, podcasts and other even newer technologies such as wireless WIFI radios.

Most HD Radio streams are also availble on the station's websites.

http://shop.npr.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051
http://www.tuner2.com/
http://www.shoutcast.com/

 

[I.B. Iquity]

BUT web sites aren't available in the car! Your arguments are repetitive and ignorant. You're doing a who's on first with us and you are getting caught in your half truths and misinformation. See, most people actually leave their homes and go to work. They have what we call lives. See, if you get off the computer and turn on a radio you might learn something.

 

[IBOCRocks]

Why would someone buy an expensive HD Radio to listen to the few local, over the air HD streams (generally limited to primary coverage) and add external AM and FM antennas, when you can get virtually all the HD streams plus tens of thousands more (many with better bitrates and quality and some having same HD codec used by HD Radio) over the internet?
Not all 300 Clear Channel streams are available in my local area, over the air on an HD Radio, but all that and much more is available on the internet.
HD Radio offers little of value to the consumer, and the public won't buy this outdated, defective, destructive technology. All HD Radio does for the public is cause more interference on their analog radios. But, apparently, that was the plan from the beginning. No thought was given to value to the consumer or public, just to selling expensive, damaging, and almost useless "new" technology. That is why HD Radio is destined for failure.

Then we are told, what about in car listening?

In car listening is limited mainly to the primary coverage of only a very few stations in the area where the HD Radio listener is currently traveling. Not the hundreds or thousands of stations HD Radio advertises. So HD Radio offers almost nothing for car travelers either.

Suppose that my favorite format is not available on one of the few local HD stations, but I can easily choose from tens of thousands over the internet.

All HD Radio does is dilute the parent analog stations audience, turning listeners on to internet streaming, iPods, podcasts and other even newer technologies such as wireless WIFI radios.

Most HD Radio streams are also availble on the station's websites.

http://shop.npr.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051
http://www.tuner2.com/
http://www.shoutcast.com/

Talk about talking out of both sides of your mouth...

First it's "All HD Radio does is dilute the parent analog stations audience, turning listeners on to internet streaming". Then it's "Most HD Radio streams are also availble on the station's websites".

So which is it?

So it's bad because it dilutes an audience (which is untrue...if I own 2 stations and one gains the shares the other loses, I still win) but it's good to listen on a stream?

Alrighty then. Seems pretty absurd to me.

 

[SUPERCASTER]

BUT web sites aren't available in the car!

Neither are most of the hundreds HD Radio formats being promoted, available at any one location, except by internet streaming.
HD Radio supporters arguments are (as always) spurious and misleading.

 

[IBOCRocks]

BUT web sites aren't available in the car!

Neither are most of the hundreds HD Radio formats being promoted, available at any one location, except by internet streaming.
HD Radio supporters arguments are (as always) spurious and misleading.

Hmmm...last I checked you can only listen to one thing at a time. So let's see...which is the better value: HD Radio, where you only pay once? Or streaming or satellite with the monthly fees!

At any rate, why aren't you letting the market decide. If what you say is true, then you really don't need to be here attacking it.

Spurious and misleading? We have one guy here insisting that you MUST attach a 7 foot dipole on a BA receptor for it to work. When I ask for proof, there is none, other than a link showing that reception improves with one (well, duh! Put a bigger antenna on ANY radio and it will do well!). We have your blog accusing this site of being taken over by IBOC supporters, requiring the owners to get a court order. I asked you to prove the allegations, which you then denied. I posted the exact entry from your blog, and all of a sudden you have nothing else to say. So...two accusations from your side with absolutely no attempt to back them with the truth.

What is it about the truth that gets the anti-IBOC cartel running?

 

[SUPERCASTER]

Why would someone buy an expensive HD Radio to listen to the few local, over the air HD streams (generally limited to primary coverage) and add external AM and FM antennas, when you can get virtually all the HD streams plus tens of thousands more (many with better bitrates and quality and some having same HD codec used by HD Radio) over the internet?
Not all 300 Clear Channel streams are available in my local area, over the air on an HD Radio, but all that and much more is available on the internet.
HD Radio offers little of value to the consumer, and the public won't buy this outdated, defective, destructive technology. All HD Radio does for the public is cause more interference on their analog radios. But, apparently, that was the plan from the beginning. No thought was given to value to the consumer or public, just to selling expensive, damaging, and almost useless "new" technology. That is why HD Radio is destined for failure.

Then we are told, what about in car listening?

In car listening is limited mainly to the primary coverage of only a very few stations in the area where the HD Radio listener is currently traveling. Not the hundreds or thousands of stations HD Radio advertises. So HD Radio offers almost nothing for car travelers either.

Suppose that my favorite format is not available on one of the few local HD stations, but I can easily choose from tens of thousands over the internet.

All HD Radio does is dilute the parent analog stations audience, turning listeners on to internet streaming, iPods, podcasts and other even newer technologies such as wireless WIFI radios.

Most HD Radio streams are also availble on the station's websites.

http://shop.npr.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051
http://www.tuner2.com/
http://www.shoutcast.com/

Talk about talking out of both sides of your mouth...

First it's "All HD Radio does is dilute the parent analog stations audience, turning listeners on to internet streaming". Then it's "Most HD Radio streams are also availble on the station's websites".
So which is it?

So it's bad because it dilutes an audience (which is untrue...if I own 2 stations and one gains the shares the other loses, I still win) but it's good to listen on a stream?

Alrighty then. Seems pretty absurd to me.

Both are true.
Radio stations do not own or control the vast majority of internet streams. (dilution).
Virtually everything on HD Radio, and much of what is on XM and Sirius, are available world wide over the internet.

So your 2 stations fantasy is baloney.

I am sure the market will decide!

Why don't you want the public to hear the full story, not just all this deceptive HD Radio hype?

 

[IBOCRocks]

Why would someone buy an expensive HD Radio to listen to the few local, over the air HD streams (generally limited to primary coverage) and add external AM and FM antennas, when you can get virtually all the HD streams plus tens of thousands more (many with better bitrates and quality and some having same HD codec used by HD Radio) over the internet?
Not all 300 Clear Channel streams are available in my local area, over the air on an HD Radio, but all that and much more is available on the internet.
HD Radio offers little of value to the consumer, and the public won't buy this outdated, defective, destructive technology. All HD Radio does for the public is cause more interference on their analog radios. But, apparently, that was the plan from the beginning. No thought was given to value to the consumer or public, just to selling expensive, damaging, and almost useless "new" technology. That is why HD Radio is destined for failure.

Then we are told, what about in car listening?

In car listening is limited mainly to the primary coverage of only a very few stations in the area where the HD Radio listener is currently traveling. Not the hundreds or thousands of stations HD Radio advertises. So HD Radio offers almost nothing for car travelers either.

Suppose that my favorite format is not available on one of the few local HD stations, but I can easily choose from tens of thousands over the internet.

All HD Radio does is dilute the parent analog stations audience, turning listeners on to internet streaming, iPods, podcasts and other even newer technologies such as wireless WIFI radios.

Most HD Radio streams are also availble on the station's websites.

http://shop.npr.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051
http://www.tuner2.com/
http://www.shoutcast.com/

Talk about talking out of both sides of your mouth...

First it's "All HD Radio does is dilute the parent analog stations audience, turning listeners on to internet streaming". Then it's "Most HD Radio streams are also availble on the station's websites".
So which is it?

So it's bad because it dilutes an audience (which is untrue...if I own 2 stations and one gains the shares the other loses, I still win) but it's good to listen on a stream?

Alrighty then. Seems pretty absurd to me.

Both are true.
Radio stations do not own or control the vast majority of internet streams. (dilution).
Virtually everything on HD Radio, and much of what is on XM and Sirius, are available world wide over the internet.

So your 2 stations fantasy is baloney.

No it's not. You say dilute the audience because of internet and satellite. That may be true. HD2 won't, however, dilute analog radio.

So your misleading comment is wrong.

 

[SUPERCASTER]

Why would someone buy an expensive HD Radio to listen to the few local, over the air HD streams (generally limited to primary coverage) and add external AM and FM antennas, when you can get virtually all the HD streams plus tens of thousands more (many with better bitrates and quality and some having same HD codec used by HD Radio) over the internet?
Not all 300 Clear Channel streams are available in my local area, over the air on an HD Radio, but all that and much more is available on the internet.
HD Radio offers little of value to the consumer, and the public won't buy this outdated, defective, destructive technology. All HD Radio does for the public is cause more interference on their analog radios. But, apparently, that was the plan from the beginning. No thought was given to value to the consumer or public, just to selling expensive, damaging, and almost useless "new" technology. That is why HD Radio is destined for failure.

Then we are told, what about in car listening?

In car listening is limited mainly to the primary coverage of only a very few stations in the area where the HD Radio listener is currently traveling. Not the hundreds or thousands of stations HD Radio advertises. So HD Radio offers almost nothing for car travelers either.

Suppose that my favorite format is not available on one of the few local HD stations, but I can easily choose from tens of thousands over the internet.

All HD Radio does is dilute the parent analog stations audience, turning listeners on to internet streaming, iPods, podcasts and other even newer technologies such as wireless WIFI radios.

Most HD Radio streams are also availble on the station's websites.

http://shop.npr.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051
http://www.tuner2.com/
http://www.shoutcast.com/

Talk about talking out of both sides of your mouth...

First it's "All HD Radio does is dilute the parent analog stations audience, turning listeners on to internet streaming". Then it's "Most HD Radio streams are also availble on the station's websites".
So which is it?

So it's bad because it dilutes an audience (which is untrue...if I own 2 stations and one gains the shares the other loses, I still win) but it's good to listen on a stream?

Alrighty then. Seems pretty absurd to me.

Both are true.
Radio stations do not own or control the vast majority of internet streams. (dilution).
Virtually everything on HD Radio, and much of what is on XM and Sirius, are available world wide over the internet.

So your 2 stations fantasy is baloney.

No it's not. You say dilute the audience because of internet and satellite. That may be true. HD2 won't, however, dilute analog radio.

So your misleading comment is wrong.

That could only be true if HD 2 had no listeners. As HD supporters are so very fond of saying "a listener has only one set of ears", "people usually listen to one thing at a time". HDers themselves don't listen to their own hype because they know it's all baloney.

 

[IBOCRocks]

That could only be true if HD 2 had no listeners. As HD supporters are so very fond of saying "a listener has only one set of ears", "people usually listen to one thing at a time". HDers themselves don't listen to their own hype because they know it's all baloney.

No, I already explained that. If HD2 has a listener at the expense of analog, the station still has a listener. I;m not sure why you're having a difficult time grasping that.

As for "HDers themselves don't listen to their own hype because they know it's all baloney"...would you care to back that up.

Didn't think so. Your "Cartel" doesn't like to deal with facts.

By the way...still waiting for that explanation of your blog post.

 

[pullitin]

BFD - no one is listening ! Is this part of your ad campaign ? The public isn't buying into this fraudulent technology !

WHAT THE HELL LITTLE DUDE??? NO ONE IS LISTENING??? YOU MEAN YOU CAN POST THAT BUT I CANT POST THAT I AM LISTENING? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT LITTLE DUDE???

 

[HD_Ready]

BFD - no one is listening ! Is this part of your ad campaign ? The public isn't buying into this fraudulent technology !

I know several people who are listenning other than myself.