[BC] The reason for WLW's Power

[Ernie Belanger]

Yeah... but in the case of HD Radio.... more than a week's wage for the 
average working person.

They'll just buy a satellite radio for $29.99 after rebate and pay the $13 a 
month. And have portability to take it to work, in the car, while jogging or 
running...

Even at that rate it would take 34 months of subscription to equal the 
Boston Acoustics radio cost after rebate of $479,  ($13 subscription x 34 = 
442 + $30 for the radio)
But oops the HD radio isn't portable so you Can't use it in your car. Plus 
you have to commute the radio with you to the office or buy two.

And when you walk or jog... oh well your stuck on analog radio..



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Mishkind" <barry at oldradio.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:27 PM
Subject: [BC] The reason for WLW's Power


> At 07:05 AM 12/20/05, Fred Gleason wrote
>>I can't imagine any commercial broadcaster investing the kind of money 
>>that
>>that 500 kW plant cost just for the sake of 'quietly' submitting data to 
>>the
>>FCC.  It required a new transmitter design, new approaches to RF system
>>engineering -- all sorts of 'cutting edge' tech.
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>         Indeed so.  To oversimplify (since apparently no one
>         saw the previous comment), the Crosley quest for
>         constant power increases was to sell more radios,
>         including the "cheap" Harko.  Just think, a radio
>         for only a week's wage.  (Oh oh, someone is going
>         to mention IBOC.)
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