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It's Official: WKDN Sold - To Merlin Media
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imhomerjay
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It seems the "2" in HD2 represents the approximate number of people who know or care about HD radio.
imhomerjay said:
I agree with you HD radio has a smaller coverage area than AM or FM analog and XMSirius is limited to 100 channels produced by XM itself with some agreements with cable networks. At some point Web Radio thats connected via satellite transmitter or Wifi transmitter will have to be the standard on cars.
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imhomerjay
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It's possible, though the data question needs to be resolved. WIth caps of 2 gigs on an increasing number of mobile plans, who is going to pony up the extra cash for extra "bytes?" Or will people really pay yet another subscription fee for mobile access specific to the car? (I love having Pandora available, but much regular use in the car and I'm hitting that cap long before the month is up.)
imhomerjay said:
For $48 a year you can pay for Slacker Radio Plus, which lets you download the music while at home (on wifi) for listening later. So, no mobile data usage required. You pick the stations (i.e. the formats) you want, and launch the app while at home to update your cache.
I don't have this, but if I did a lot of driving, liked a lot of music, and had a capped data plan, I would. (None of those things are true for me).
imhomerjay said:
That is a risk. However we just re-upped with Verizon that set the cap at 4GB under a "twice is nice" promotion or something like that.
The advent of WiMax solutions -- or whatever it is that Comcast and Cablevision promote with their wide area Wifi solutions -- might very well provide cap bypassing alternatives.
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imhomerjay
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If and when I'm within their service areas, sure. When I drive to the hinterlands...meh, not so much. 
Granted, I can take the iPod I already own, hook it up to any number of fairly inexpensive mobile charger/transmitters, and no need to worry about wifi or anything else (a bit along the lines of the Slacker Radio solution). But if the point was that a radio-esque experience via the web would overtake it on the, um, radio, that's where the data issues come into play.
Granted, I can take the iPod I already own, hook it up to any number of fairly inexpensive mobile charger/transmitters, and no need to worry about wifi or anything else (a bit along the lines of the Slacker Radio solution). But if the point was that a radio-esque experience via the web would overtake it on the, um, radio, that's where the data issues come into play.
aindik said:
There are far more than 20 "independent media voices" in the market, and it's not hard to define. Any full-power (i.e., not translator or class D FM) radio station within the Arbitron market or TV station within the DMA counts - not just the big players (Salem, Radio Disney, Beasley, Greater Media, CBS, Clear Channel, R1, Jerry Lee, WXPN, WRTI, WHYY) but also the little guys - 690, 740, 800, 900, 1110, 1180, 1310, 1340, 1360, 1460, 1540 all count as independent media voices, and we haven't even hit FM or TV yet. The full count is probably close to 40 when you figure in all the college FMs and such.
It's been announced that the Merlin VP/PD is Al Gardner, morning man at WBT in Charlotte. He'll be at WBT until the end of the month. His email is Al Gardner [email protected]. Good luck!
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