You're pretty much on target John. The diversity has improved somewhat in the past year but one wonders why, given the huge resources of the large station owner groups, that they can't do better. I recall the link a few weeks back to the online feeds of various music formats from one of the big groups. Where are some of those formats on the local HD radio channels? Missing in action. Without compelling content, the improved audio quality is wasted.
-- -Rob de Santos Columbus, OH -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 3:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Shortwave programming discussion Subject: Re: [Swprograms] OT: Digital radio market study Yeah, but... I took the plunge and bought an HD Radio. It's clear to me that the reason satellite radio remains the digital radio of choice is because it's bothered to present and develop a number of innovative formats, as well as serve traditionally underserved markets. In contrast, what I'm hearing on HD Radio with only a few, limited exceptions is much of the same stuff we've been hearing on terrestrial radio for years. The large group owners of our land-based and community-based radio stations don't seem to want to commit the resources and imagination necessary to effectively diversify their offerings and compete or--in the alternative--serve the unique needs of each local audience. Doing the latter would appear to be especially effective against a national service like satellite. So until the group owners stick a crowbar in their collective wallets and actually do what their licenses say they should be doing, satellite will have this field mostly to themselves. There's just not enough out there (yet?) on digital AM/FM to justify spending at least a hundred to several hundred dollars for a new receiver to get essentially the same product I can get now with a $15 or $20 radio. The fact that the sound is marginally more pleasing just doesn't effectively fill this gap. John Figliozzi Halfmoon, NY _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
