[BC] IBOC Query

[Robert Meuser]

Glynn Walden, who won an NAB engineering achievement award for his work in 
developing IBOC and is now VP engineering for CBS radio, told me that analog 
would not be turned off "in our lifetime".

R

Rich Wood wrote:
> ------ At 07:04 PM 1/31/2006, Milspec390 at aol.com wrote: -------
> 
>>     Wasn't it supposed to be by 2012? No one knows. One thing which 
>> can be
>> stated with certainty, the date keeps getting pushed ahead.
> 
> 
> The original analog TV date was this year. It's been pushed to 2009. I 
> don't believe there was ever a date to turn analog off. 2012 was a 
> grossly hopeful estimated date. I don't believe it came from the FCC. 
> Many stations have no intention of going digital. This isn't like DTV 
> where the gummint can provide a $50 converter box. 2012 is 6 years away 
> and there aren't any portable/mobile receivers in production. Remember, 
> that's the kind of device that, allegedly, is killing us.
> 
> To make the Alice in Wonderland 2012 deadline we'll need receivers that 
> will sell as fast as iPods and satellite receivers. Actually, much faster.
> 
>>   Even Robert J. Struble - yes! -  reportedly voiced disappointment 
>> the date
>> for analog's much ballyhooed demise was fleeing away further into the 
>> future.
> 
> 
> Poor baby.
> 
>>    In some reports, Struble, sounding peeved and resigned, conceded 
>> stations
>> would always broadcast analog.
> 
> 
> I believe he's right. It's really discouraging to have a monopoly over 
> which you have no control. Even with Jabba the HD and the HD Dominion at 
> the helm it strikes me as a half-hearted effort at a rollout. The press 
> releases have gone out. What little buzz for IBUZ there wuz has stopped.
> 
> I'm disappointed, too. For different reasons.
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
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