[BC] Satellite Radio

[Ron Castro]

Phoenix is the #15 Arbitron market.  It may have a lot of people in the 
incorporated city limits, but the whole market area is limited.  The San 
Francisco Arbitron market, which includes the cities of Oakland and San Jose 
in its 9 counties, is #5.

See http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/home.htm

Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin R. in Gilbert, AZ" <amfmdx at fastq.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 7:59 AM
Subject: [BC] Satellite Radio


>> Phoenix is not even a top 10 market (it's #15 as an MSA) and HD is 
>> rolling
>> out first in the larger markets. The drive right now is to get stations
>> going, then introduce receivers, a couple of dozen or so of which are in 
>> the
>> pipelines to the channels.
>
> Dave,
>
> Its the 5th biggest city in the US. Its a consumer rich area. There are NO
> IBAC radios. I would buy one if I could find one. You would think there
> would be something out there other than a car radio that costs over $500
> that you have to get through the internet. If I am spending that money, I
> want to hear what I am buying.
>
> I would love to have a portable but reading this...
>
> http://www.billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/news/business/digital/arti
> cle_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000971155
>
> "Right now we could probably make a portable HD radio but it would take a
> car battery to make it work."
>
> Makes me believe it will be a long time before IBAC makes it big. Hope the
> stations in IBAC have deep pockets to keep sending out a signal to no one
> other than a station owner, GM or Eng who has one.
>
> Kevin
>
>
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