HD Radio had its BEST SHOW EVER in Chicago

[radiowizard101]

My response to that article that appeared in Radio Ink.

I have been following HD radio since the late 90's. I own two receivers. One in my van and the other is the DISCONTINUED Zune player. The major thing about HD is LACK OF CONTENT and POOR Signal capture. Me thinks it is time to give it up. IT IS NEVER GOING TO BE EMBRACED BY THE MASSES. Even if you had THE BEST HD RADIO SHOW EVER!!!! HD radio is proof that radio management is disfuctional and dilusional. Please... Let's have NO MORE HYPE on this FAILED PRODUCT!!!!! And besides, AN RDS EQUIPPED BROADCAST STATION WILL DELIVER DATA TO AN ANALOG RADIO THAT IS EQUIPPED TO DISPLAY RDS. I have had this technology since 1994. It works rather well in the Analog world of FM.

 

[RadeoEngineer]

I have a friend here that has two HD-2s. He didn't want them, his GM didn't want them, the order came down from corporate. If you signed on to the alliance you had no choice. I tried and tried to tell my corporate people eight years ago not to do this, but they did anyway, and I escaped that job before the order came down and equipment started rolling in the door.

 

[Tom Wells]

The worst face of HD iboc, the splatter from "We're Sparking Commutator Radio" 670,
is still making things ugly here. The others on AM have mostly regained their senses.
If Chicago was the best example of HD sucess, that's pretty sad.

New FM 101.1 news has a lot of FM iboc "squeebies' in it. I think I'll record it today.

 

[local oscillator]

I think this article in Radio Ink was written by Struble; notice that there is no Radio Ink byline. Eric Rhoads is always willing to shill for HD Radio. Sad.

 

[davideduardo]

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He didn't want them, his GM didn't want them, the order came down from corporate. If you signed on to the alliance you had no choice.

The "HD Alliance" is an ad hoc entity that was formed to promote HD radio. The bulk of their activities involve using the on-air inventory that stations or groups joining the group have committed to promoting HD. A small amount of cash has been contributed for administrative purposes.

Besides producing "campaigns" which have, for the most part, confused listeners ("stations between the stations"), the Alliance also works to get retailers to carry radios with HD, in exchange for which they offered inclusion in Alliance spots.

Not even all the broadcasters who initially made small investments in iBiquity joined the alliance joined the alliance. Being in the alliance was not necessary to install HD.

 

[RadeoEngineer]

Re: "c

He didn't want them, his GM didn't want them, the order came down from corporate. If you signed on to the alliance you had no choice.

The "HD Alliance" is an ad hoc entity that was formed to promote HD radio. The bulk of their activities involve using the on-air inventory that stations or groups joining the group have committed to promoting HD. A small amount of cash has been contributed for administrative purposes.

Besides producing "campaigns" which have, for the most part, confused listeners ("stations between the stations"), the Alliance also works to get retailers to carry radios with HD, in exchange for which they offered inclusion in Alliance spots.

Not even all the broadcasters who initially made small investments in iBiquity joined the alliance joined the alliance. Being in the alliance was not necessary to install HD.

OK Gleason, you define the "Alliance" however you'd like, but Jeff Pilot ended up contractually obligated to install HD on its four San Diego FM signals. Whether JP was an actual investor in Ibiquity is not something I'm privy to, but all of the FM field engineers were opposed to it but were ordered to install it.