[BC] Digital coverage

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Crossposted from another list:

Grady:

We, too, have found that first-adjacencies really kill HD Radio on FM.
That shouldn't be too much of a surprise. We have a few class A FMs that
"reach" into a nearby market with close first-adjacent channel spacings
all around. We're not seeing the same kind of limitation that you're
seeing with WUMB, but the digital goes nowhere near as far as the analog.

Where we're in the clear vis-a-vis first-adjacencies, though, digital
coverage is excellent, even exceeding that of the analog in some cases.

This probably doesn't bode too well for a lot of class A FMs out in "B"
country, particularly along the east coast. I wonder if the situation
would improve any when (if) we get out of the hybrid and into the
full-digital mode.

Cris Alexander
Crawford Broadcasting Company
Denver, Colorado