[BC] NO HD RADIO FOR CHRISTMAS

[Robert Orban]

At 10:38 PM 11/30/2005, you wrote:
>From: Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com>
>Subject: Re: [BC] NO HD RADIO FOR CHRISTMAS
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>------ At 05:08 PM 11/30/2005, Robert Orban wrote: -------
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> >One good piece of PR was a feature length article on HD Radio (with
> >positive spin) in the November issue of Sound and Vision magazine.
> >IIRC, their circulation is around 400,000+ and their readers tend to
> >be technogeeks and early adopters.
>
>I haven't seen the magazine. Who wrote it? Ken Poulman or David
>Ranada? I can't picture David writing anything positive about radio.
>The artifacts would drive him nuts. He's got great ears.

It's by Ivan Berger, who is one of the great old-timers in the audio press. 
I remember reading his stuff as long ago as the '60s. I don't remember if 
he was writing for Audio, High Fidelity, or Hi Fi/Stereo Review back then. 
Perhaps more than one?

The article is called: "HD Radio: Ready for Prime Time?" on page 99-101 of 
the November issue. There is a fairly comprehensive list of available or 
soon-to-be-available radios (there are 13 on the list, including a Yamaha 
digital surround receiver that I don't recall reading about previously). 
There is a list of markets with the number of stations on-air. It says that 
518 on now on-air and 931 are licensed.

Bob Orban