IBOC : "HD" Radio Sales - Getting The Math Right !

[~ RHF]

RF Burns,

Good Post as long as you put IBOC or HD Radio at the Start of
the Subject-Line of these IBOC / HD Radio Posts : You will not
see me posting to them; except to actually make a Comment.

-wrt- Did I Get The Math Right? : Fuzzy Logic =equals= Fuzzy Math

The $400M was spent to Try-and-Influence the 300M present
day Analog "Only" AM/FM Radio Listeners in the USA.

Doing-the-Math - For These Listeners would come out to be
about $1.33 for every 'potential' Radio Listener; that could be
"Sold-on-the-Idea" of "HD" Radio -as- Being Something They
Both "Want" {It's New ! :o} and Have-to-Have. {It's Digital ! :o}

$NOTE$ - A $1.33 per Radio Listener per Year with Hourly
and Daily Radio ADZs {PSAs} is : cheap, Cheap. CHEAP !
-note- As soon as Congress / The FCC Mandates All Digital
Mode AM/FM/DS Radios : All the former "HD" Radios ADZs
will be Income-Off-Setting "PSAs" for the Radio Stations.
This is a $-}} = I See Money Big Smile Happy Face $-}}

RF Burns - You are Focused on short-term 'results'.

While the "HD" Radio 'Alliance' is Interested in Long-Term
[Bottom-Line] "Results" over the next Decade for AM/FM Radio.
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001614953

The "HD" Radio 'Alliance' has the Money and Commitment for
a 5~10 Year Program to Transition the USA to "HD" AM/FM
Radio; plus the Political resources to Make-It-Happen by an
Act-of-Congress and/or Rulling by the FCC; which I suspect
is coming in the next 3 Years to require that all 'new' Radios
being Built or Imported in to the USA will be All Digital-Mode
AM/FM/DS "HD" Radios with Dual Mode IBOC and a Built-in
Direct-Satellite Interface.

NOTE - The Price Point of these All Digital-Mode AM/FM/DS
"HD" Radios will Drop Annually over a Period of several Years :
[ Using a 1/3 (-33%) Price Reduction per Year ]
$500 for Year # 1 > $335 for Year # 2 > $225 for Year # 3 >
$150 for Year # 4 > $100 for Year # 5
SO - At the End of Five (5) Years the Price of the 'new' All
Digital-Mode AM/FM/DS "HD" Radios will be back at the
present day Price to US Consumers for the old Analog "Only'
AM/FM Radio that has been around for 40 Years.

Read - A Revolution in Audio Content Delivery May Be in the
Making . . . The All Digital Mode AM/FM+DS Radio
http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/msg/96a8d6de046fe486

Read - IBOC - The Birth of the All Digital Mode AM/FM/DS Radio . . .
http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/msg/962b1c92d4609c30

Read - Will Audio Consumers Want the All Digital Mode
AM/FM/DS Radio ?
http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/msg/7f92ac1646c73155

Remember - Just Wishing and Hoping Will Not Stop IBOC
http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/msg/73182542b2ab763a
"HD" Radio will require an Active effort by those who love
traditional Analog AM Radio to Stop It . . .
and Honestly I Do Not See That Happening ~ RHF
.
.
On Mar 1, 7:29 am, Rfburns <jimwilh...@labs.net> wrote:
Was : Hd Radio Sales - Did I Get The Math Right?
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/956c74e021a64c1b
-
- Lets see now - 400 Million spent on HD Radio ads and
- 300,000 radios sold so far - and that's probably inflated.
-
- Ok, that amounts to....... $1333.33 spent for each listener
- roughly speaking of course.
-
- Did I get the math right?
- Is that a valid way of looking at it?.
-
- Now its possible that there are two people listening
- to the same radio.
- OK......That amounts to.....$666.66 per listener.
-
- Help me out here.
- Doesn't seem too successful to me.
-
- J.R. Stocks. Could you help me on this?
-
- jw
-

[IBOCcrock]

On Mar 1, 1:50�pm, "~ RHF" <rhf-newsgro...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> RF Burns,
>
> Good Post as long as you put IBOC or HD Radio at the Start of
> the Subject-Line of these IBOC / HD Radio Posts : You will not
> see me posting to them; except to actually make a Comment.
>
> -wrt- Did I Get The Math Right? : Fuzzy Logic =equals= Fuzzy Math
>
> The $400M was spent to Try-and-Influence the 300M present
> day Analog "Only" AM/FM Radio Listeners in the USA.
>
> Doing-the-Math - For These Listeners would come out to be
> about $1.33 for every 'potential' Radio Listener; that could be
> "Sold-on-the-Idea" of "HD" Radio -as- Being Something They
> Both "Want" {It's New ! :o} and Have-to-Have. {It's Digital ! :o}
>
> $NOTE$ - A $1.33 per Radio Listener per Year with Hourly
> and Daily Radio ADZs {PSAs} is : cheap, Cheap. CHEAP !
> -note- As soon as Congress / The FCC Mandates All Digital
> Mode AM/FM/DS Radios : All the former "HD" Radios ADZs
> will be Income-Off-Setting "PSAs" for the Radio Stations.
> This is a $-}} = I See Money Big Smile Happy Face $-}}
>
> RF Burns - You are Focused on short-term 'results'.
>
> While the "HD" Radio 'Alliance' is Interested in Long-Term

> [Bottom-Line] "Results" over the next Decade for AM/FM Radio.http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=10...

>
> The "HD" Radio 'Alliance' has the Money and Commitment for
> a 5~10 Year Program to Transition the USA to "HD" AM/FM
> Radio; plus the Political resources to Make-It-Happen by an
> Act-of-Congress and/or Rulling by the FCC; which I suspect
> is coming in the next 3 Years to require that all 'new' Radios
> being Built or Imported in to the USA will be All Digital-Mode
> AM/FM/DS "HD" Radios with Dual Mode IBOC and a Built-in
> Direct-Satellite Interface.
>
> NOTE - The Price Point of these All Digital-Mode AM/FM/DS
> "HD" Radios will Drop Annually over a Period of several Years :
> [ Using a 1/3 (-33%) Price Reduction per Year ]
> $500 for Year # 1 > $335 for Year # 2 > $225 for Year # 3 >
> $150 for Year # 4 > $100 for Year # 5
> SO - At the End of Five (5) Years the Price of the 'new' All
> Digital-Mode AM/FM/DS "HD" Radios will be back at the
> present day Price to US Consumers for the old Analog "Only'
> AM/FM Radio that has been around for 40 Years.
>
> Read - A Revolution in Audio Content Delivery May Be in the

> Making . . . The All Digital Mode AM/FM+DS Radiohttp://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/msg/96a8d6de046fe486
>
> Read - IBOC - The Birth of the All Digital Mode AM/FM/DS Radio . . .http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/msg/962b1c92d4609c30

>
> Read - Will Audio Consumers Want the All Digital Mode

> AM/FM/DS Radio ?http://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/msg/7f92ac1646c73155
>
> Remember - Just Wishing and Hoping Will Not Stop IBOChttp://groups.google.com/group/hd-radio/msg/73182542b2ab763a

> "HD" Radio will require an Active effort by those who love
> traditional Analog AM Radio to Stop It . . .
> and Honestly I Do Not See That Happening ~ RHF
> �.
> �.
> On Mar 1, 7:29 am, Rfburns <jimwilh...@labs.net> wrote:

> Was : Hd Radio Sales - Did I Get The Math Right?http://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/956c74e021a64c1b

> -
> - Lets see now - 400 Million spent on HD Radio ads and
> - 300,000 radios sold so far �- and that's probably inflated.
> -
> - Ok, that amounts to....... $1333.33 spent for each listener
> - roughly speaking of course.
> -
> - Did I get the math right?
> - Is that a valid way of looking at it?.
> -
> - Now its possible that there are two people listening
> - to the same radio.
> - OK......That amounts to.....$666.66 per listener.
> -
> - Help me out here.
> - Doesn't seem too successful to me.
> -
> - J.R. Stocks. �Could you help me on this?
> -
> - jw
> -

"HD Radio spinners claim a breakthrough year: Pulling a fast one"

"According to a press release from the Alliance 330,000 HD receivers
were sold last year. This is a 725 per cent increase from the 40,000
sets purchased a year earlier and therefore 2007 was a 'breakthrough
year' for the technology. In 2008 they will sell a million of the
things."

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/08/hd-radio-spinners-attempt-fast