[BC] Blending issue

[Rich Wood]

------ At 02:53 PM 11/17/2005, Jeff Welton wrote: -------

>I've been to a few where the only digital receiver was in the GM's 
>car - not available at installation time - or in the regional DOE's 
>car - also not available.  I've only installed two that I can think 
>of where we actually had a receiver done up so that we could listen 
>in the site to what we were putting on the air.

 From the listening I've been doing with an IBUZ receiver it's clear 
there's no standard. Most appear to be feeding both with the same 
signal, delaying the analog at the same level as analog. Mode 
switching is virtually undetectable. I'm told the digital should be 
much better. It isn't. In one case I'll bet the station was set up 
using the muddy car receiver of the GM which resulted in an 
incredibly screechy high end in digital.

At this point in time there's a lot of mode switching in my market 
Even more in Boston. If they sounded dramatically different it would 
do little more than irritate listeners.

Rich


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