[BC] extra channel naming

[Rich Wood]

------ At 01:17 PM 12/13/2005, Bill Croghan wrote: -------

>         The idea of calling the HD subchannels by numbers above 108, i.e.
>108.1, etc stinks.  The listener is going to try to tune his radio up there,
>then will go out to buy a new one that tunes that frequency and will get VOR
>navigation signals.  Let's not confuse frequency with channel names.  Surely
>there is a better way.  I suspect many stations will want to have some
>identification with their subchannels, and having a 92.9 station identifying
>it's HD2 as 108.5 won't do it.

What I take from the study is the listener requirement for a Unique 
Identifier. It's clear to me that identifying with the HD1 and HD2 
suffix will be a problem both with listeners and with ad agencies.

It appears to be a dead issue with manufacturers and won't be 
important for a couple of decades, if ever. Especially since members 
of the HD Dominion seem to prefer the HD1 and HD2 suffixes.

Rich


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