NPR, iBIQUITY STRIKE HD AGREEMENT
Nick Name
NPR, iBIQUITY STRIKE HD AGREEMENT.
In a development that could vastly improve HD Radio signal reception
and propel the digital radio service forward, iBiquity and NPR have
reached an agreement for an HD power increase. It would give all HD
FMs a FOUR-FOLD POWER HIKE, but some stations could get an EVEN BIGGER
BUMP."
SMS
That whole earlier NPR story was bizarre. NPR owns no radio stations,
and many of their affiliates are already broadcasting in HD (like KQED
in San Francisco) and are looking forward to the HD power increase.
In any case the agreement has been blessed by NPR labs, the NAB, and
Ibiquity, so the FCC is likely to approve the power increase.
Mike Starling, executive director of NPR Labs, said, "We are optimistic
about the future of HD Radio broadcasting, and eager to continue to work
with Ibiquity on the developments that will make this power increase
work to everyone's advantage - stations, listeners, and receiver makers."
Good news for everyone involved here from listeners to the stations, to
the FCC and to the NAB. And of course this is a major victory for
Ibiquity. Likely more opportunities for broadcast engineers as well,
since this agreement means that nearly every FM station will now be
rolling out HD.
Well I guess it's bad news for that guy who rails against HD all the
time! LOL.
HD Radio Farce
"Warp Factor 6, Mr. Scott"
"To wit, how many existing installations will have sufficient
headroom
to implement the increase without significant retooling of
transmission hardware?.. Some simply won't make it with their
existing
transmitters, and plant cooling capacity will also have to be bumped
up along with electrical power mains service, and back-up generating
plant output... Those using high level combining schemes will face
similar issues, as reject loads, digital transmitters, etc., will all
have to be upsized... One thing's for certain: approval of a 6dB HD
digital boost will mean lots of extra hours, as managers and owners
task their engineers with delivering a wee bit more digital drive
without melting down already overheated corporate budgets. For many,
actually making it happen is likely to be an agonizing process."
Few stations outside of NPR will/can do it. A survey of the 700 NPR
stations, only 186 responded, and only 70% will up the power. This is
out of reach for most commercial stations. Even iBiquity stated that
the -6db won't help much, and even a -10db will improve little. This
still has not been approved by the fraudsters at the FCC, and Media
Access Project just submitted under Docket 99-325 that the NPR/
iBiquity studies did not factor in the affects on LPFMs. If this goes
through, expect a class-action suit by non-HD broadcasters.
Jo Jo Gunn
"HD Radio Farce" <hdradi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:2fc7c61a-8811-4d29...@37g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 5, 8:17?pm, SMS <scharf.ste...@geemail.com> wrote:
> Nick Name wrote:
> > NPR, iBIQUITY STRIKE HD AGREEMENT.
>
> > In a development that could vastly improve HD Radio signal reception
> > and propel the digital radio service forward, iBiquity and NPR have
> > FMs a FOUR-FOLD POWER HIKE, but some stations could get an EVEN BIGGER
> > BUMP."
>
> That whole earlier NPR story was bizarre. NPR owns no radio stations,
> and many of their affiliates are already broadcasting in HD (like KQED
> in San Francisco) and are looking forward to the HD power increase.
>
> In any case the agreement has been blessed by NPR labs, the NAB, and
> Ibiquity, so the FCC is likely to approve the power increase.
>
> Mike Starling, executive director of NPR Labs, said, "We are optimistic
> about the future of HD Radio broadcasting, and eager to continue to work
> with Ibiquity on the developments that will make this power increase
> work to everyone's advantage - stations, listeners, and receiver makers."
>
> Good news for everyone involved here from listeners to the stations, to
> the FCC and to the NAB. And of course this is a major victory for
> Ibiquity. Likely more opportunities for broadcast engineers as well,
> since this agreement means that nearly every FM station will now be
> rolling out HD.
>
> Well I guess it's bad news for that guy who rails against HD all the
> time! LOL.
>>"Warp Factor 6, Mr. Scott"
In a development that could vastly improve HD Radio signal reception
and propel the digital radio service forward, an agreement has been
reached for an HD power increase. It would give all HD FMs a
four-fold power hike, but MOST stations could get an even BIGGER bump.
HD Radio Farce
"People I've spoken to who actually own HD equipped stations tell me
that the transmitters they have might be able to handle a 3-4 db
increase but not the currently proposed 6db increase. They are
hopeful that doubling the power will make HD more viable, but they are
very cautious about saying it will "fix everything." They also tell
me they are not about to invest the money to do a 6 db power
increase. The general opinion I've heard is, there is no return on
the investment. Imagine that.... Maybe there will be some real
bargains on lightly used two-year-old transmitters, that don't have
the guts to jump to the new power requirements. Every cloud has a
silver lining."
LOL!
Jo Jo Gunn
On Nov 5, 7:26?pm, Nick Name <l...@gawab.com> wrote:
> NPR, iBIQUITY STRIKE HD AGREEMENT.
>
> In a development that could vastly improve HD Radio signal reception
> and propel the digital radio service forward, iBiquity and NPR have
> FMs a FOUR-FOLD POWER HIKE, but some stations could get an EVEN BIGGER
> BUMP."
">"People I've spoken to who actually own HD equipped stations tell me
>that the transmitters they have might be able to handle a 3-4 db
>increase but not the currently proposed 6db increase. "
Too bad!
People I've spoken to are dying to upgrade and give their HD signals closer
to the reach of the analog signal!
It's on the way!
Get used to it! LOL!
Nick Name
> On Nov 5, 7:26 pm, Nick Name <l...@gawab.com> wrote:
>
> > NPR, iBIQUITY STRIKE HD AGREEMENT.
>
> > In a development that could vastly improve HD Radio signal reception
> > and propel the digital radio service forward, iBiquity and NPR have
> > reached an agreement for an HD power increase. It would give all HD
> > FMs a FOUR-FOLD POWER HIKE, but some stations could get an EVEN BIGGER
> > BUMP."
>
> "People I've spoken to who actually own HD equipped stations tell me
> that the transmitters they have might be able to handle a 3-4 db
> increase but not the currently proposed 6db increase.
Ummmm....this doesn't sound like the "people you've spoken to". LOL!!
Looks like they are willing, able and can't wait for the increase!
>>>>
CEOS LOBBY FOR HD POWER HIKE.
A group of radio CEOs lobbied Tuesday at the FCC, asking the agency to
act quickly to adopt the recent HD Radio power increase agreed upon
between iBiquity and National Public Radio. It calls for an interim,
across-the-board quadrupling of power with some FMs able to get as
much as a ten-fold increase.
<<<
HD Radio Farce
"Warp Factor 6, Mr. Scott"
"To wit, how many existing installations will have sufficient headroom
to implement the increase without significant retooling of
transmission hardware?.. Some simply won't make it with their existing
transmitters, and plant cooling capacity will also have to be bumped
up along with electrical power mains service, and back-up generating
plant output... Those using high level combining schemes will face
similar issues, as reject loads, digital transmitters, etc., will all
have to be upsized... One thing's for certain: approval of a 6dB HD
digital boost will mean lots of extra hours, as managers and owners
task their engineers with delivering a wee bit more digital drive
without melting down already overheated corporate budgets. For many,
actually making it happen is likely to be an agonizing process."
Most of the major radio groups are looking at bankruptcy - LOL!
HD Radio Farce
> "HD Radio Farce" <hdradiofa...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:f53e369d-c55e-49e5...@j19g2000vbp.googlegroups.com...
Prove it!
RP
On Nov 12, 9:40?pm, Nick Name <l...@gawab.com> wrote:
> On Nov 7, 8:43?am, HD Radio Farce <hdradiofa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Nov 5, 7:26 pm, Nick Name <l...@gawab.com> wrote:
>
> > > NPR, iBIQUITY STRIKE HD AGREEMENT.
>
> > > In a development that could vastly improve HD Radio signal reception
> > > and propel the digital radio service forward, iBiquity and NPR have
> > > reached an agreement for an HD power increase. It would give all HD
> > > FMs a FOUR-FOLD POWER HIKE, but some stations could get an EVEN BIGGER
> > > BUMP."
>
> > "People I've spoken to who actually own HD equipped stations tell me
> > that the transmitters they have might be able to handle a 3-4 db
>
> Ummmm....this doesn't sound like the "people you've spoken to". ?LOL!!
>
> Looks like they are willing, able and can't wait for the increase!
>
>
>
> CEOS LOBBY FOR HD POWER HIKE.
> A group of radio CEOs lobbied Tuesday at the FCC, asking the agency to
> act quickly to adopt the recent HD Radio power increase agreed upon
> across-the-board quadrupling of power with some FMs able to get as
> much as a ten-fold increase.
> <<<
"Warp Factor 6, Mr. Scott"
In a development that could vastly improve HD Radio signal reception
RP
On Nov 7, 1:59?pm, "Jo Jo Gunn" <vhr74a...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> "HD Radio Farce" <hdradiofa...@gmail.com> wrote in
> messagenews:f53e369d-c55e-49e5...@j19g2000vbp.googlegroups.com...
> On Nov 5, 7:26?pm, Nick Name <l...@gawab.com> wrote:
>
> > NPR, iBIQUITY STRIKE HD AGREEMENT.
>
> > In a development that could vastly improve HD Radio signal reception
> > and propel the digital radio service forward, iBiquity and NPR have
> > reached an agreement for an HD power increase. ? It would give all HD
> > FMs a FOUR-FOLD POWER HIKE, but some stations could get an EVEN BIGGER
> > BUMP."
>
> ">"People I've spoken to who actually own HD equipped stations tell me
>
> >that the transmitters they have might be able to handle a 3-4 db
>
> Too bad!
>
> People I've spoken to are dying to upgrade and give their HD signals
> closer
> to the reach of the analog signal!
>
> It's on the way!
>
> Prove it!
Who is behind the power increase? People who don't want to utilize it?
Why is CBS putting more effort behind it? Because they dont intent on
utilizing it?
WHy is NPR backing a power increase?