Actually, the arrival of HD radio is a very cool development in my opinion,
though I don't know what the ultimate economic model for the sustenance of
such broadcasting will be. As things stand now, stations are, for the most
part, simply streaming content available elsewhere without commercial
interruption. Granted, given that the content is most likely free to the
streaming station, and the costs of making the content available are
minimal, (i.e., the capitalized cost of making the requisite upgrades to the
station's transmitter and modulator, together with the incremental increased
cost in the station's electric bill for supporting such upgrades), the costs
for providing HD content are likewise minimal, but how does, or will, the
provision of such content, in the absence of advertising revenue, augment
the station's bottom line, which, of course, is the ultimate justification /
rationale for the existance of any commercial station remaining on the
airwaves, despite whatever meaningless lip service the FCC may presently
give respecting "...the public interst, convenience and necessity."
John
KW4U
I have the Polk audio i-sonic tabletop "HD" system, and am totally
infatuated with it!
John
KW4U
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> The question. I was attempting to be cute, I suppose.
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