[BC] DA Bandwidth

[Stan Tacker]

You are absolutely right.  Unlike the digital TV situation which involved a
spectrum swap, there is no basis for the FCC to mandate a switch to digital.
So conversion will be voluntary and on the AM side there is not much
incentive to do so.  Lot's of folks will "just say no."

So for those who consider this a done deal, remember the lesson taught in
Animal House:

"Over?  Did you say over?  Nothing is over till we decide it is!"

Bluto



-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Barry McLarnon
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:29 PM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] DA Bandwidth

On Tuesday 30 May 2006 21:50, Phil Alexander wrote:
> Realistically, we will have to deal with what we get from the
> FCC, make it work as best we can, and try to keep as many
> of the medium and small stations alive as possible. There
> will be a significant number that I believe will not survive.
> I'd like to keep that as small as possible because medium
> wave is a good service, especially for regional use. It is
> also spectrum that is not very useful for other purposes,
> but excellent for broadcasting, especially in the digital
> mode.

I agree that it's a good service, so it's sad to see it being trashed.
How do you propose to keep those small and medium stations alive?
Putting more hybrid IBOC stations on the air sure won't do it - it will 
hasten their demise.

The FCC will probably legalize full time jamming of adjacent channels (aka 
hybrid IBOC) in their next R&O, but its use won't be mandated in the 
foreseeable future.  There is still an opportunity to just say no.  I 
don't expect that the industry heavyweights pushing this system will admit 
their mistake and back off, so it will be up to the others to complain 
long and loud that they're getting screwed.

Barry

-- 
Barry McLarnon VE3JF  Ottawa, ON


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