"Kalle" or "Calle" is a term meaning "street feel" or "street smarts" or, in context, what we used to call "hip".
WLTW 106.7 HD2 carries IHeart's The Broadway Channel, perhaps because it is hosted by personalities from other IHeart stations in New York. Lite FM has promos for the stream, with no mention of the HD2.
OK, if the HD is higher fidelity than the analog FM, why would a company cut out an HD2 specifically to make the HD1 sound a bit better, as has been suggested upthread? Especially when the majority of FM listening is still probably done via the analog signal.
The decision to increase the digital quality of an HD1 by eliminating the bits used by ancillary HD-channels is probably made at the local level. It wouldn't surprise me if iHeart has given stations the permission to make that call. Would the change be that noticeable? That likely depends on the format and whether local listeners have been nit-picky about the quality of specifically the HD1 portion.
All HD-capable tuners switch between the digital and analog audio automatically as conditions dictate. To say most people probably listen to the primary analog audio or HD1 stream is probably fair, but there's no way of knowing whether they're hearing analog or HD-1 and for how long. The watermark/encoding for ratings is the same.
The vast majority of new HD radios are sold as part of vehicle purchases. It's safe to say that few consumers will ever actively seek purchasing new radios.
Which is a shame, since those are the consumers most likely to explore the "stations between the stations." The average buyers of new cars are the least, especially if HD comes as part of the standard radio -- and extra especially if those new cars come with SiriusXM, which has content that HD subchannel can never match. (And yes. Sound quality. Blah blah. It sucks but mostly audiophiles are the only people who care. Cassettes and MP3s would never have caught on if all people had the sensitive ears that audiophiles delude themselves into believing the public has.
Which, I believe, was the dumbest, most cryptic on-radio promotion-ever. Just tell people what's on the channel. Don't be obtuse.
SXM is subscription. Bet a lot of the population will listen through the trial and not continue. Alternate HD channels are just there, mainly found by just searching the dial for what's on.
And, they are how small of percentage of media consumers?
Just like smartphones and smartspeakers, cassettes and MP3 were popular because of convenience. Nothing has changed other than the technology. Convenience wins every time. Why go out and buy a portable radio, when your phone does so much more?
As I mentioned before, that campaign was one of the principle reasons why I recommended to HBC that we drop out of the HD Alliance. I was our group's delegate to the Alliance, and was not well liked by the chairpeople as I was skeptical of the campaign and did not like the collusion-like decisions on "who got to do which formats" on HD.
And even for my .75 Century hearing, the audio is dreadful. But this year I called to cancel all our cars, and went through 4 distinct "we have a special package" levels and two different people. By continuing to say, I just want to cancel, I reduced the annual fee by about 75%. If they try to increase me next year, I will cancel. There are a few channels I can't get via local radio (my cars do not stream easily and there are many dropout areas where I live) such as the BBC and classic country, but I think I will survive without my daily dose of Randy Travis and Mary Chapin Carpinter.
Not enough to create a profitable service target.
And the most common thing people said in research projects early on in the smartphone era: "I can't / won't carry two devices in my pocket / purse... that is too much to deal with."
I’m not seeing that in the Los Angeles market
According to Wikipedia, BIN can be heard in Boston on WJMN-HD2.
Here in the AZ southwest over half the older street names begin with "Calle" (ki-YAY).
No, "calle" is pronounced "KAH-yeh."
The accent is definitely on the first syllable, but the final vowel sound is something between "eh" and "ay." Like the French "u," it's a sound with no exact counterpart in spoken English.
But Atlanta has the highest percentage of black people in major markets and yet Iheart pulled Black Information Network from an HD sub channel of 96.1 fm. Its still on AM 640 but am is mostly dead
Not more than Memphis or Jackson.
Memphis, a PPM market, is almost 50% Black. In fact, the usual top four are all Black-oriented. However, in the most recent survey, 104.5 the River did break ahead of two of the usual top four.
Those are not major or top 50. Memphis is 51. According to Neilson Atlanta has 1.8 million blacks which is the highest overall number 12+ outside of NYC which has 3 times the population.
What matters is the percentage of an ethnic group´of the local population. Because each market has a different total population, the only basis for comparison of any subset is based on percentage, not total persons.
