“The sad reality is that many stations will lose much of the bonus fringe area coverage they’ve enjoyed during the analog era as HD adoption accelerates.”
Guy Wire makes predictions for 2007 about adoption of HD transmission standards, HD portables and a satellite merger.
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It seems obligatory to reflect on the year past and extrapolate industry trends while peering ahead to make predictions for the coming year.
“It’s beginning to seem like a long time ago when many of us started laying plans to add IBOC digital transmission to our stations.”
“I do not see this lingering interference controversy changing the AM HD rollout or its potential to effect significant improvement in the AM service any time soon. What will likely happen is the larger interfering stations will negotiate and buy off the complaints if they are convinced AM HD will help them long-term.”
“Maybe it’s too unrealistic for a radio guy to expect Apple with its iPod and iTunes juggernaut to pay any attention to the need for a radio in a super smart phone.”
We've recently heard and read in some trade publications about a growing number of stations losing coverage to new AM IBOC operations...Many of the stories suggest that AM HD Radio stations may not be operating legally within the NRSC mask and are spilling over into adjacent channels, allegedly wiping out secondary coverage areas of complaining stations.