On May 31 the FCC issued a detailed discussion of digital radio for the United States and finalized a number of important rules covering IBOC implementation, rules that affect stations that have transitioned to HD Radio or plan to do so. It authorized AM IBOC at night, adopted a flexible bandwidth policy, rejected challenges to IBOC and took other notable steps. Read the text here, including separate statements about digital radio by each of the five commissioners.
The FCC’s Action on IBOC
On May 31 the FCC issued a detailed discussion of digital radio for the United States and finalized a number of important rules covering IBOC implementation, rules that affect stations that have transitioned to HD Radio or plan to do so.
