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Battle for the Band: AM IBOC Under Siege
12.12.2007
The interference fallout of full-time AM HD operations has been scattered and largely anecdotal. According to reports in RW, only one formal complaint has been filed as of this writing. By the time you read this, there likely will be others.
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Time of Reckoning Nears for HD Radio
10.10.2007
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.
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iPhone: Smart Phone Worth Waiting For
8.20.2007
The panting over the most hyped smart phone on the planet will subside but one thing is for sure. It is indeed a very cool personal electronic pocket servant that has mesmerized Apple lovers, students, geeks and even broadcasters.
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NAB2007: North Hall Redo, HD Hits Mainstream
6.6.2007
The annual NAB rite of passage on the desert has come and gone for broadcasters.
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LPFM: Idolatry for disbelievers
3.30.2007
Guy Wire gets his share of e-mail from LPFM proponents who believe our existing radio bands have gone to hell in a handbasket. They are convinced that LPFM is the best hope that will somehow revive radio listening into something worthwhile for their ilk. DAB will only make matters worse they say.
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Radio: The Longest Running Survivor Show
3.30.2007
These are becoming rather dark days for radio. The deepening recession. Shrinking staffs with consolidation. Eroding younger audiences.
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EAS: Not Even a Glass Half Empty
3.30.2007
The Emergency Alert System. That morphed version of Conelrad and EBS held over from the Cold War we love to hate. It’s done little to assist the public in times of real emergencies except maybe for tornado and hurricane warnings in some areas.
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Death Star Strikes Planet Earth Radio
3.30.2007
We saw it coming. Some said it could never work. Others said no one would buy it. Still others predict it will trigger the beginning of the end for traditional radio as we know it.
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Deriving the Real IBOC Equation
3.30.2007
My colleague Skip Pizzi spends a lot of time gazing at the crystal ball of new technologies. In his March 1 article in Radio World titled "FMX + RBDS = IBOC," Skip is challenging and articulate. For many in this industry, his analysis is disturbing. He may have succeeded in dousing the IBOC rollout later this year with a cold shower. But I think that this time, Skip's crystal ball might have a few cracks.
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A Bumpy Ride for Ibiquity at NAB2002
3.30.2007
It wasn't quite what the Ibiquity Digital brass had been hoping for. The long-awaited official rollout year for IBOC at the NAB spring show hit at least two major snags...
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