"NAB's David Rehr To Sat and Internet Radio: 'We'll Beat You!"

[700WLW]

"NAB's David Rehr To Sat and Internet Radio: 'We'll Beat You!"

"But we have news for our competitors: 'We will beat you -- as we have beaten those change agents in the past.'"

http://www.radioandrecords.com/radi...article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003155164

Such babyish comments - reason enough not to buy HD radios ! This guy is in some sort of dreamland, if he thinks HD Radio is going to be able to compete with all these new technologies, that are being developed at a blistering rate, while HD Radio is still in the starting gates ! Looks like Rehr hasn't checked out the latest Bridge Ratings:

http://www.bridgeratings.com/press_031006-digitalprojectionsupd.htm

 

[4dude]

The NAB is a bunch of ignorant losers!!!!!!

They've alwayed tried to start trouble in almost every area of radio.....

 

[700WLW]

The NAB is a bunch of ignorant losers!!!!!!

They've alwayed tried to start trouble in almost every area of radio.....

From some of the IBOC supporters here, with the NAB's open bars, they must be a bunch of loser alcoholics !

 

[zumahans]

What a funny article.

>"He noted that iPods, the latest craze to compete for radio listeners’ time, are now being manufactured with FM adaptors. “Listeners want local content and connection,” Rehr figured. "<

The President of the NAB thinks people listening to iPods = local radio. Bwah hah hah.

"Talking to a sparse crowd who came to hear his first address to the NAB Radio Show..."

Guess the radio genuisses were all too hungover to pay attention. I bet the $200 hookers were all wore out too.

NAB “will use all of its tools to help educate legislators, our regulators and the public on how over-the-air radio is unique in offering compelling local programming."

Oh boy, more liars and trolls, selling "local content" as if 99 percent of whatever is broadcast is nay particular market was recorded, voice tracked, fed from or otherwise originated somewhere other than that station's ADI.

 

[audiophile.]

"NAB's David Rehr To Sat and Internet Radio: 'We'll Beat You!"

He sounds like a cheerleader at a football game...

Beat internet radio? Dream on! Those of us who have enbraced streaming with high quality feeds (not cheesy 20-32k stuff) have seen listenership double.

Even Infidelity er, Infinity got caught looking on the streaming issue.

 

[dbdigital]

In the radio section of Sunday's OC (CA) Register there was a question as to how people who live in parts of L.A. County who can't receive KMVN's signal (such as Valencia) are going to be able to hear Rick Dee's new morning show. According to a station spokesperson, the station will soon be web streaming, YES WEBSTREAMING, MR. REHR, Rick Dee's show.

So for someone to make a moronic statement that they will 'beat' internet and satellite radio is to miss the synergy that these technologies can provide.

David Rehr maybe fine at selling beer to senators but he is totally unfit to represent the interests of radio, much less "educate" legislators on it.

db

 

[zumahans]

People in Valencia get reliable FM on four frequences: 89.9 and 98.7 (both from Hollywood Hills) and 88.5 and whatever 94.3 is these days (both from Contractors Ridge, near the 5/14 Newhall Pass IC).

Most people in Santa Clarita know that sat radio, MP3s or the internet is all they get.

Like many suburban areas in the mountainous west, FM craps out. Good thing XM and Sirius antennae are all over the place in SC.

 

[700WLW]

People in Valencia get reliable FM on four frequences: 89.9 and 98.7 (both from Hollywood Hills) and 88.5 and whatever 94.3 is these days (both from Contractors Ridge, near the 5/14 Newhall Pass IC).

Most people in Santa Clarita know that sat radio, MP3s or the internet is all they get.

Like many suburban areas in the mountainous west, FM craps out. Good thing XM and Sirius antennae are all over the place in SC.

Here is the loser alcoholic's entire speech:

http://www.nab.org/xert/corpcomm/pressrel/speeches/100406_DKR_Speech_PressClub.pdf

 

[audiophile.]

"One of the unintended consequences of the transition is the potential for 73 million analog television sets, currently in use, to stop working in February 2009."
Like I said earlier there is a lot of rural areas that have no cable and lot of sets are still OTA.

"Radio is also undergoing its own digital transformation – “HD Radio.” A layman’s explanation of HD radio is as follows: HD radio brings FM quality to AM and CD quality to FM."
BS! The AM quality is not FM like at all! I don't ever remember hearing birdies or swirling on FM.

"And HD Radio brings expanded program offerings – and less interference."
Again BS! Less interference? Boy he must have cut and pasted from INiquity's EARLY press releases. Is there anyone of sound mind that believes this nonsense?

"And we have recently learned that upwards of 500,000 of satellite radio’s so-called subscriber count are in empty cars that sit in dealer parking lots."
Oh sort of like the hype you use promote about HD radio? You're counting HD radios that havent't even been produced!

But let’s look at the facts. Satellite radio says it has at most 12 million subscribers. By contrast, 260 million people listened to local radio last week.
260 million? Wow, good reason not to require a digital transistion anytime soon, or to screw up reception with HD hash.

• 21 percent listen to local radio more than they did five years ago;
• Another 51 percent listen to about the same;
Oh so 28% now listen less? Nice work!

And as you know, when the power goes out, the only connection you have is a battery operated broadcast radio or TV.
Exactly, good reason not to jam AM stations with I-BLOC, or say the Skywave is not important anymore. PS How many portable HDTV's are there in the general public? Think before you speak, dufus!

I could go on and on with the facts.
Er, you meant cheerleading pom-poms...

 

[zumahans]

"Radio is also undergoing its own digital transformation – “HD Radio.” A layman’s explanation of HD radio is as follows: HD radio brings FM quality to AM and CD quality to FM."
Or: HD Radio is to entertainment delivery as all-leather buggywhips are to cars.

"And HD Radio brings expanded program offerings – and less interference."
To the .0000001 percent of America that can hear it.

"And we have recently learned that upwards of 500,000 of satellite radio’s so-called subscriber count are in empty cars that sit in dealer parking lots."
And that will be sold to consumers within a month.

But let’s look at the facts. Satellite radio says it has at most 12 million subscribers. By contrast, 260 million people listened to local radio last week.
And dropping, at a rate that will leave 0 listeners in 15 years.


• 21 percent listen to local radio more than they did five years ago;
• Another 51 percent listen to about the same;
Oh so 28% now listen less? Nice work! ... .... can't top that.

And as you know, when the power goes out, the only connection you have is a battery operated broadcast radio or TV.
Or a battery operated sat radio.

I could go on and on with the facts.
Except the hospitality suites are about to open, and most of the boozehound NAB members are still upstairs with the $200 hookers.

 

[700WLW]

There won't be any portable, battery-powered HD radios anytime soon, due to power-hungry IBOC codecs !Hell, my little portable RS PLL AM/FM receiver eats batteries !

 

[zumahans]

NAB Funds Secret Fuel Cell Program for HD Radios

DALLAS (PRNewswire) - America's radio industry needs to develop a nuclear or hydrogen-cell-based technology to deliver enough electrity to sufficiently power portable HD radios, and to keep terrestial radio competitive, NAB president David Rehr said Wednesday.

"HD Radio offers crystal-clear, digital mass-market, research driven programming, and we don't Americans will mind toting around a small nuclear reactor in their backpacks to get that fine, tried--and-true friend that they call AM or FM radio," he said.

Rehr said the NAB was prepared to spend "wahtever it takes" to solve the power problem, as part of its "HDRadio: It's Radio, But With HD!" marketing blitz.

"We've already solved that problem in cars, where on-board generators are able to supply HD radios with power to spare while decreasing gas mileage only 5-8 miles per gallon," Rehr said. A GM Yukon was on display in the auditorium, but the HD radio could not be demonstrated because it was built 3 months ago and was not using the latest set of CODECs and mainframe computers to get a signal lock.

Radio executive noted htat the rabbit ears on the Yukon were much smaller than in years past ...

more info at: www.nab.org/cartel

 

[zumahans]

In addition, the Yukon's transmission fell out on the display floor, and the OnStar was being used by police to track the suspected drunk driver who was in the Yukon with a $200 hooker the night before.

But that's a different story ...

 

[audiophile.]

;D

How about www.nab.org/IBOC_Sucks

 

[zumahans]

Let's liven this up. Gonna crosspost.

 

[700WLW]

Let's liven this up. Gonna crosspost.

We need to get IBOCRocks and autopaint-1 back - does anyone know, where they are hiding ?

 

[audiophile.]

We need to get IBOCRocks and autopaint-1 back - does anyone know, where they are hiding ?

Myspace?

PS maybe they took my advice to press "alt" + "f4" right before posting a reply.

 

[dbdigital]

We need to get IBOCRocks and autopaint-1 back - does anyone know, where they are hiding ?

Myspace?

PS maybe they took my advice to press "alt" + "f4" right before posting a reply.

They may have gone over to the "other" board. Their HD Radio thread is so sickeningly cheery and positive about IBOC that those two should feel right at home.

db

 

[dbdigital]

While the lead article is not about sat or internet radio it does explain Rehr's hysterical threat.

http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/100606/index.asp

No wonder there is all this hand-wringing and teeth-gnashing on the part of terrestrial broadcasters.

db