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LinoNYC
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As I see it:
Pro:
1) Would provide clean start.
2) Would likely equalize the playing field within it's contour.
3) Would hopefully offer bandwidth for decent codec.
Con:
1) Requires a new radio, just as iboc does but without any native FM system to ride along.
2) Requires new TX and antenna. Many, but not all iboc installs require this also.
3) AM broadcasters now must maintain two transmission systems for the forseeable future.
AM listening now constitutes a small and shrinking/aging minority. Is it reasonable to expect that these people would buy a new radio just to continue receiving what they already do?
With two modestly successful exceptions, out-of-band has failed in other countries, why assume that it would fare better in a huge and mature market as the U.S.
Most of the nations that adopted Eureka or DAB are now experiminting with some form of iboc.
I've left out the facts that no radios are available, no bandwidth will be allocated, and that no AM-only solutions have ever worked.
Lino
Pro:
1) Would provide clean start.
2) Would likely equalize the playing field within it's contour.
3) Would hopefully offer bandwidth for decent codec.
Con:
1) Requires a new radio, just as iboc does but without any native FM system to ride along.
2) Requires new TX and antenna. Many, but not all iboc installs require this also.
3) AM broadcasters now must maintain two transmission systems for the forseeable future.
AM listening now constitutes a small and shrinking/aging minority. Is it reasonable to expect that these people would buy a new radio just to continue receiving what they already do?
With two modestly successful exceptions, out-of-band has failed in other countries, why assume that it would fare better in a huge and mature market as the U.S.
Most of the nations that adopted Eureka or DAB are now experiminting with some form of iboc.
I've left out the facts that no radios are available, no bandwidth will be allocated, and that no AM-only solutions have ever worked.
Lino