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The L.A. AM IBOC watch continues

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SuperRadioFan

As noted earlier, KFI has thankfully turned off their IBOC and yesterday I noticed KNX 1070 is also IBOC-free (still is as of this post). KNX had it on a very long time. And as noted earlier KABC has theirs turned off. KLAC has had theirs off for quite a while maybe a year (?).

So any opinions or ideas on why radio stations are doing this? Can't be that the CEs and their superiors read this board and see how many people curse IBOC. Anyone have the scoop? Maybe one of the CEs of these stations posts here.
Why turn it on and turn it off? Not that I'm complaining about IBOC in the 'off' mode. ;)
 
If you look at the HD radio board, I don't think that I have ever seen a post in favor of AM IBOC. From a practical view, IBOC has not been embraced by the general public and has been bashed by almost everyone in the technical side of the industry. So given a chance to save a few bucks on the power bill, if I was running AM IBOC, I would turn it off.

Now none of this applies to FM IBOC. The ability to carry multiple sub-channels (including the AM signals) may make this a go. I am kind of fond of KRTH-HD2 and KTWV-HD2 (KNX) sounds like a completely differnent station.

I will go out on a limb and say that given a few years, if FM IBOC becomes popular and since an HD radio will decode both AM and FM IBOC, and if the economy improves, you may see stations quietly turning the AM IBOC back on.
 
K6JHU said:
If you look at the HD radio board, I don't think that I have ever seen a post in favor of AM IBOC. From a practical view, IBOC has not been embraced by the general public and has been bashed by almost everyone in the technical side of the industry. So given a chance to save a few bucks on the power bill, if I was running AM IBOC, I would turn it off.

Now none of this applies to FM IBOC. The ability to carry multiple sub-channels (including the AM signals) may make this a go. I am kind of fond of KRTH-HD2 and KTWV-HD2 (KNX) sounds like a completely differnent station.

I will go out on a limb and say that given a few years, if FM IBOC becomes popular and since an HD radio will decode both AM and FM IBOC, and if the economy improves, you may see stations quietly turning the AM IBOC back on.
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I have an HD radio which I used for AM for awhile. Now it's sitting in a closet collecting dust.
 
K6JHU said:
I will go out on a limb and say that given a few years, if FM IBOC becomes popular and since an HD radio will decode both AM and FM IBOC, and if the economy improves, you may see stations quietly turning the AM IBOC back on.
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i hope not, i curse the man who invented AM IBOC.
 
AM iboc is not an "invention", it's a plague, and the sooner it's dead the better.
The FM version could be twice as far along as it is now, if not for the harm and bad blood the AM version has wreaked.
 
Tom Wells said:
AM iboc is not an "invention", it's a plague, and the sooner it's dead the better.
The FM version could be twice as far along as it is now, if not for the harm and bad blood the AM version has wreaked.
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Amen to that.
 
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