[BC] extra channel naming

[Rockwell Smith]

The solution to this is so simple it amazes me no one has suggested
it yet in this thread.    If station KQQQ is on 100.9 they already
have an assigned CHANNEL of 265.   So, 265.0 is the main, or existing,
service and others can be 265.1   265.2   with whatever else prefix
or suffix they want to hang on it along with the call sign.  That
names it, connects  it to the actual frequency or channel it belongs to
and it makes sense.    The fact that it makes sense dooms it, however.



> Bill
>
> Let's take this a step further.
>
> The technical reason for call letters was to literally identify stations
> and  resolve interference.
>
> If a station is digital or runs RDBS the real identification can be in
> the  digital domain and the station choose how it identifys itself to
> the general public.
>
> R
>
> 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.
>> Bill
>> Bill Croghan CPBE WB?KSW
>> Chief Engineer,
>> KOMP/KXPT/KENO/KBAD
>> Lotus Broadcasting
>> Las Vegas, NV
>> Email to loteng (at) lvradio.com
>> Phone 702-315-3030
>> Fax      702-876-6685
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-
>>>bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Rich Wood
>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:54 AM
>>>To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List
>>>Subject: Re: [BC] extra channel naming
>>>
>>>------ At 11:07 AM 12/13/2005, Reader wrote: -------
>>>
>>>
>>>>Study: Nearly All Consumers Prefer 'Expanded' HD Band
>>>>
>>>>A new Bob Harper & Co. research funded by Cox Radio found that
>>>>consumers overwhelmingly prefer to have HD Radio subchannels appear
>>>> on receiver displays as an "expanded FM band," with "addresses" above
>>>> 107.9, such as 108.1, 108.3, etc.
>>>
>>>Not a surprise, at all. That's what I mean when I say "Unique
>>>Identifier." It's important for rating purposes, especially since the
>>> secondaries will be non-commercial (according to the HD Dominion) for
>>> the first couple of years. There has to be some way to separate the
>>> WXXX commercial channel from its non-commercial one. As it stands,
>>> WXXX HD1 will get the credit for everything that shows up under WXXX.
>>> The result will be a phony rating for WXXX. Agencies will question the
>>> validity of the numbers.
>>>
>>>I used to work with Bob. His credibility is good.
>>>
>>>Rich
>>>
>>>
>>>Rich Wood
>>>Rich Wood Multimedia
>>>Phone: 413-303-9084
>>>FAX: 413-480-0010
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