Will HD multicasts get Smooth Jazz in the smaller markets?

[Radiogeek500]

With this new HD Radio technology coming out and the potential to add side channels with new or existing formats that might not have been given a chance otherwise, one has to wonder if Smooth Jazz will be given a try on the 2nd channel in the smaller markets(or some big ones) where it hasn't been tried(or has). I think areas like Evansville IN, Terre Haute IN, St Louis, Kansas City, Nashville TN, Knoxville TN, and others could see a 2nd channel devoted to Smooth Jazz. Any other markets that I left out?<P ID="signature">______________
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[elevator_opratr]

> With this new HD Radio technology coming out and the
> potential to add side channels with new or existing formats
> that might not have been given a chance otherwise, one has
> to wonder if Smooth Jazz will be given a try on the 2nd
> channel in the smaller markets(or some big ones) where it
> hasn't been tried(or has). I think areas like Evansville IN,
> Terre Haute IN, St Louis, Kansas City, Nashville TN,
> Knoxville TN, and others could see a 2nd channel devoted to
> Smooth Jazz. Any other markets that I left out?

Boston. Boston. And did I mention Boston?

It is a crime Boston has no smooth jazz station. It is the only Top 10 market without a smooth jazz/chill station.

 

[JoshB]

> With this new HD Radio technology coming out and the
> potential to add side channels with new or existing formats
> that might not have been given a chance otherwise, one has
> to wonder if Smooth Jazz will be given a try on the 2nd
> channel in the smaller markets(or some big ones) where it
> hasn't been tried(or has). I think areas like Evansville IN,
> Terre Haute IN, St Louis, Kansas City, Nashville TN,
> Knoxville TN, and others could see a 2nd channel devoted to
> Smooth Jazz. Any other markets that I left out?
>

So HD Radio actually uses less spectrum? For instance, you would be able to have two stations closer together without interference, like 95.1 and 95.3.

I thought it would take more, like I know with WRAL-FM 101.5, it has made WZTK 101.1 impossible to listen to in parts of Raleigh. I haven't really researched the new technology for radio yet.