[BC] More important: the Nighttime Answer

[Rich Wood]

------ At 06:47 AM 11/14/2005, DHultsman5 at aol.com wrote: -------

>Hey man thanks for one of the best posts in a while.   In the mix  of
>IBOC/IBUZ arguments it was good to get back to something technical.

Ask yourself which one has the greatest impact on our future. I see 
guessing which station is more powerful is trivia. If everyone 
explained how it got to be powerful it would be technical. Include 
lots of formulas.

Isn't IBUZ technical? Isn't trying to figure out how to use it at 
night technical? Wouldn't it be interesting to see which stations 
will have to modify their facilities? I would think so, since many on 
this list will make a fortune redesigning IBUZ sites.

Personally I would have drowned Capt. NEMO after the first few 
hundred messages in AF and dumped the game show trivia in with the 
religion on AF. There's certainly more Intelligent Design in a 
transmitter site than in Creationism.

Maybe we should guess how many years it'll take to replace 1.5 
billion receivers with IBUZ. Forrester says 9.7 million households by 
2010. By my calculations, at that rate, all will be replaced in 154.6 
years. Even the satellite services combined haven't made the 9.7 
million mark after nearly 5 years. That's with aggressive promotion, 
a significant selling proposition and cheap receivers.

Why doesn't anyone care about how we'll deal with nighttime IBUZ?

The other all-encompassing issue is the processing of IBUZ. I've 
travelled to Boston, Springfield, Hartford and Albany with a very 
good HD receiver and audio system. I'm amazed at the hodgepodge of 
processing I'm hearing. It takes me back to the very early days of FM stereo

I realize the Program Directors who lurk here can't participate for 
fear of losing their jobs. I'll be happy to act as a conduit and keep 
your identity confidential if this issue is concerning you. I can't be fired.

Rich


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