In the US broadcasters thought that HD Radio was going to be the cat's
meow. However receivers are expensive and until one can pick one for
$10 it's not going anywhere. Radio engineers I know hate HD Radio.
It's basically digital signals so that each station can have additional
"channels" but the quality isn't that good.
AM radio in the US is on it's death bed. Big corporations like Clear
Channel and Cumulus bought up a lot of stations and are losing money on
them. People listen to Internet streams instead. On my walks I listen
to streams on my smart phone rather than AM or even FM radio. We're
having a strange mixup after the first of the year in the SF Bay Area.
Rush and Hannity the right wing talkers are moving from a higher power
station to a lower power that is currently hosting mostly liberal talk.
Don't know if all the liberal talkers on the former Green960 are moving
to the other more powerful station (but not by much).
Personally I love all the big corporations losing their asses on their
radio and TV stations. Couldn't happen to a better bunch.
On 12/16/2013 08:28 AM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:
In the UK there's been a big push to have DAB radio coverage. The BBC
want the Government to announce a timetable for turning off all
analogue coverage so that all those old AM/FM radios will become
worthless. As DAB reception can be hopeless in some areas it's not
proving a popular move. But the other thing is that DAB means you can
only listen to approved output. If a station isn't approved for the
multiplex, our radios won't receive it.
With FM you can get hit lots of pirate broadcasts.
