Next generation digital radio format continues to grow as iBquity Digital works with AM and FM radio stations to make the switch.
iBquity Digital, sole developer and licenser of HD Radio technology in the United States, today announced that as of January 26 700 radio stations had begun broadcasting using the HD Radio format. The latest to flip the switch is Beasley Broadcasting Group’s WXKB-FM.
HD Radio broadcasts, said iBquity, are now being done over both digital AM and FM. These broadcasts include something called HD2 multicasting, which allows radio broadcasters the ability to offer new channels of local programming to supplement their existing formats. In the HD2 broadcasting arena, iBquity expects the number of stations taking advantage of this technology to more than double over the 250 mark.
“As a result of broadcasters converting stations at a pace of more than one per day, 6 in 10 Americans now have access to HD Radio broadcasts,” said Robert Struble, president and CEO of iBiquity Digital Corporation, developers of HD Radio technology in a statement. “We expect the growth of HD Radio to accelerate as more listeners look to take advantage of the benefits of digital AM and FM broadcasting, which include dramatically improved sound quality, innovative content, continued access to local news and information, and no subscription fees.
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RSSTruthfully though, most of the things pointed out there can be worked out in time. The benefits as better technology gets applied to the basic concept are many.
Remember people hated the first round if digital television too, and often still hate it where things get dicey. It's difficult to be so hard on a technology in its infancy and with so much potential for improvement.
I say keep going and wave bye bye to the H Stern mega million dollar salaries and subscription fees.
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It provides few benefits, is expensive, has very limited reception range, creates digital interference to 1 billion analog radios, jams stations on AM and FM, offers fewer stations, not more.
It is a seriously flawed technology.
Here are the details:
http://worldsupercaster.blogspot.com