"Business Week roasts HD radio"

[700WLW]

"Business Week roasts HD radio"

"And if we can't impress the critics we will have a tough time impressing consumers."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/01/business_week_r.html#comments

 

[Mike Walker]

And from that column...if you listen primarily to something other than terrestrial radio in the car, it makes you "unlike the majority of Americans".

The huge ratings erosion that mp3 and satellite boosters assume is happening, isn't. Everyone has a tendency to think that others are "just like them". It ain't so!

 

[700WLW]

And from that column...if you listen primarily to something other than terrestrial radio in the car, it makes you "unlike the majority of Americans".

The huge ratings erosion that mp3 and satellite boosters assume is happening, isn't. Everyone has a tendency to think that others are "just like them". It ain't so!

"IPods More Popular Than Beer"

"Nearly three quarters, or 73 percent, of 1,200 students surveyed said iPods were "in" more than any other item in a list that also included text messaging, bar hopping and downloading music."

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2051463

Sorry, HD Radio has been stuffed, and cooked well-done !

 

[700WLW]

And from that column...if you listen primarily to something other than terrestrial radio in the car, it makes you "unlike the majority of Americans".

The huge ratings erosion that mp3 and satellite boosters assume is happening, isn't. Everyone has a tendency to think that others are "just like them". It ain't so!

It ain't, so ?

Even after a $200,000,000 advertising campaign, by the HD Radio Alliance, the popularity of HD Radio, Satellite Radio, and Internet Radio, are just blips on the screen, compared to iPods and MP3s:

http://www.google.com/trends?q="HD+...",++"Satellite+Radio"&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

Even, Amazon's electronics best-sellers list, backs this up:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...nics/all/ref=pd_dp_ts_e_1/103-7657844-6437456