Hi Steve, you are probably right;.  I checked th morning and the digital
IBOC noise was gone from boht stations on AM here in Detroit so I don't
know what the deal was.  For one station they were talking about HD on all
their stations, including the AM one, which was IBOC, but like I said it
is ogne now.





On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Steve wrote:

> Well, probably any data and artist info won't be accessible.
>
> In my o[pinion, it is a last-gasp effort by the National association of
> Broadcasters to save a dying medium; particularly AM radio.  If they can't
> provide a high-fidelity noise-free listening experience to motorists, they
> will lose a huge chunk of the market either to MP3 and recorded music and
> satellite radio services.
>
> Since AM listers are fairly unsophisticated, the digital AM will provide at
> least FM quality stereo and if digital FM takes off, it will be supposedly
> CD quality with the ability to piggyback several other broadcast and/or data
> streams.  This could be anything from Muzak type services, traffic and
> weather data, data streams such as news headlines, stock quotes, etc.
>
> Steve
>