Yeah, I saw this last week.  Guess I'll have to move to chicago if I want to
listen to WGN again this Winter.  Wor's adjacent channel iboc noise just
wipes it out when it's on and I guess it will be on all the time starting in
September.  Lou
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:29 AM
Subject: FCC aproves HD A M broadcasting 24 hours a day


> Hi,
> I know that this topic is not strictly amateur related, but I'll bet that
> 99.9% of us have done a lot of swl work and have listened to dx stations
on
> the A M broadcast band.  The days of looking for DX on the A M band may
end
> forever on September 14.  On that date, the FCC will allow HD stations to
> broadcast 24 hours a day.  Below is some quoted material from the Radio
Mag
> online.
> "FCC Update
> FCC logo 1
> IBOC Rule Changes Kick in Sept. 14
> Publication of the FCC's Second Report and Order in the Federal Register
on
> Aug.
> 16 means that the long-awaited IBOC digital radio rule changes will become
> the law
> of the land on Sept. 14.
> Among the most controversial new provisions will be the green light for
> 24-hour HD
> Radio hybrid operation on AM. Critics of Ibiquity's implementation of AM
> IBOC digital
> transmission have charged that many stations currently serving a
significant
> audience
> within secondary nighttime coverage areas will lose that service area to
> digitally
> generated adjacent-channel interference. In a separate but related move
> announced
> just this week, the FCC appears to be addressing AM owner coverage
anxieties
> by tendering
> an NPRM that would grant new FM repeater privileges to eligible AM
> licensees.
> Among other key provisions set to go into effect include the right for FMs
> to commence
> HD Radio multicasting without experimental authority grants and use of
> separate FM
> antennas for HD Radio hybrid operation without STAs.
> Other matters, such as specific public service requirements, limitations
on
> and regulatory
> fee assessments for digital subscription services, and what role
> multicasting will
> play in any new ownership equation remain to be addressed by future
> rulemaking.
> Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> Skype Name: bobtinn
> Life is full of challenges, that's what makes it interesting!