Oh Well, On With The Experiment
by Barry McLarnon
Radio World
April 21 2010
Page 5
"The saga continues... on the AM side, the saga seems pretty much concluded: the ship has sprung a leak and is badly listing. The number of AM IBOC stations plateaued several years ago and now seems to be slowly declining. The system was torpedoed by poor nighttime performance, interference problems, and the lack of any real selling point, like new audio services And now we have the specter of an FM IBOC power increase."
A collection of stories dealing with the new in-band, on-channel (IBOC) technology used in HD Radio (tm) on the AM band
What's been your experience with AM IBOC?
Do you own or plan to buy an HD-capable radio?
Where will AM IBOC be in five years?
Welcome to AM-IBOC!
There's a lot of noise (pardon the pun) surrounding IBOC and HD Radio on the AM band today. This blog exists to highlight the stories being written about this technology. Since AM HD implementation was closely linked to FM, I've included some FM-only stories, too.
Pro and con, for and against, good and bad. Let's see where this goes.
Pro and con, for and against, good and bad. Let's see where this goes.
