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How many Rhode Island HD signals on the air?

kenwood101 said:
WHJJ-Classical

I think I have at least two right
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AM Stations cannot have HD2 channels. Stations running HD are 550, 920, 1290, 92.3, 93.3, 94.1, 101.5 (off today, but on most of the time), and 105.1. Only the Clear Channel stations have HD2s (93.3's Disco, 94.1's Classic Alternative, 101.5's comedy).
 
I heard(or maybe ready somewhere) that Citadel had mandated that all AM stations shut them off at night, because the digital signal was carrying and interferring more than expected.
 
So let me get this straight. No AM HD signals allowed at night. No HD2 channels on the AM band. Plus only 4 or 5 HD channels on the FM side. This technology is a freaking joke. How can they even run ads promoting this HD Radio garbage? Fork over $100 bucks and you can receive 5 more bad stations that you can receive on regular radio. How embarassing.
 
Skynet74 said:
How can they even run ads promoting this HD Radio garbage?
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Easy! They're doing it with unsold inventory, so technically speaking, it isn't really 'costing' them anything.

Your point about the technology itself being too little too late is a good one. Had IBOC been introduced in the early 1990's, I have no doubt it would have been hugely successful.

Now???...It's an open question as to whether the AM version will even survive at all. As for the FM version, it will probably settle into a role as a niche player, delivering such things as 24 hour traffic and weather, or formats far too specialized to ever be heard on a station's main signal.

The real future for the broadcasting communtiy is in wi-fi / wimax, and internet streaming. Best to get on that train before it leaves the station. ;)
 
Dighton Rockhead said:
The real future for the broadcasting communtiy is in wi-fi / wimax, and internet streaming. Best to get on that train before it leaves the station. ;)
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Try and explain that to some of the die-hards in this industry and they'll look at you like you have two heads. But you are absolutely right.
 
Skynet74 said:
So let me get this straight. No AM HD signals allowed at night. No HD2 channels on the AM band. Plus only 4 or 5 HD channels on the FM side. This technology is a freaking joke. How can they even run ads promoting this HD Radio garbage? Fork over $100 bucks and you can receive 5 more bad stations that you can receive on regular radio. How embarassing.
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Indeed. HD radio is the biggest debacle that radio has ever seen. The product's inferior. Nobody wants it. Nobody cares. Yet, the Alliance (like the guy who can't get the cheerleader to go out with him) continues to push a product that the marketplace has clearly demonstrated it has no interest in.

It's time for the industry to give up on this technology. The cheerleader can take out a restraining order on the guy who won't leave her alone. Similarly, the radio listener can chose to abandon the medium all together and further erode radio's listenership.
 
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