[BC] WABC Going IBOC

[Rich Wood]

------ At 03:53 PM 12/6/2005, Mike Erickson wrote: -------

>Well, so much for quality audio on the new oldies show on Saturday night, or
>for the Memorial Day special "Rewound".

C'Mon. The quality will improve dramatically. Haven't you heard it's 
"FM Quality?" If you don't need that awesome improvement keep your 
analog radio. The hissing on the signal will remind you of old time 
tape hiss. Since it doesn't appear nighttime operation is an option 
because of international objections nothing will change for those 
shows. The real problems will come on shows that air from about 4-6pm 
EST when you, essentially have nighttime operation during two daytime 
hours when the jammers are still operating. Adjacent stations will 
reduce WABC's interference-free coverage and WABC will return the favor.

I'm waiting for enough monster signal, high profit stations to 
interfere with each other daytime. Actually, the most profitable 
dayparts will be the most affected - morning and afternoon drive, 
depending on the time of year. I wish it didn't take so long to 
become a lawyer. I see the broadcast industry funding some of the 
biggest lawyer-owned McMansions the country has ever seen.

Download Barry's interference sample and put it on your desktop as a 
constant reminder of the fun to come. I realize we need data, but 
even without an adult beverage antenna my little Boston Acoustics, no 
IBUZ clock radio hears the same thing.

Let the games begin.

Rich