[BC] Digital Intgerference (was AM Interference)

[Rich Wood]

------ At 10:46 AM 12/18/2005, Robert Meuser wrote: -------

>WPLJ is on and it is (was) equally as cruched as the 
>analog.    Funny thing, I am hearing a lot of tweaking lately, HD 
>processing changes, playing with diversity delay and other stuff. 
>This morning WPLJ HD was slightly less painfull than the main channel.
>The problem is either you make things blend well and HD sounds like 
>analog OR you make it different and the blending becomes a distraction.

Thank you. That's the point I've been trying to make. Those without 
receivers find it difficult to grasp how annoying the mode switching 
can be. It ads loss of HD (silence), then allows multipath to return. 
I was forced to force the stations into digital. The auto switching 
mode made any multipath pale by comparison. Your radio is stationary. 
Listen to one in a moving car. It's enough to cause the clergy to 
have road rage. Mother Theresa would turn into an angry mother.

Fortunately, there are probably only 22 HD radios on the East Coast, 
(most in the hands of broadcasters) so stations have years to perfect 
their processing before it becomes a serious ratings issue. 
Unfortunately, the inconsistent quality of IBUZ will make 
demonstrating radios difficult and sales slow (please ignore the 
price as a barrier to sales). I wonder how many 18-49 year old 
listeners will part with $500 to receive what they already don't listen to.

I'm speaking of FM IBUZ. AM IBUZ will drive listeners away even 
faster than current programming. If I have a choice between Sean 
Hannity and IBUZ interference, IBUZ wins.

Rich