Lou:

Thanks so much for the reply and analysis, and please know I put a lot of 
stock in what you have to say, since you do live it every day.

And, I truly do hope I didn't offend you in any way.

That was not my intent, and never will be.

We all struggle to do what we think is bdest in whatever our profession, be 
it radio, education, the service industries, etc., and the end result is 
bound to be that someone will be unhappy.

The whole thing I heard last night just struck me as kind of strange, or at 
least interesting.

Again, thanks for the response, and for your willingness to share your 
thoughts.

P.S.  There is a chance that we will be returning to Michigan this Thursday 
via route 80, which might put me within repeater range of Williamsport.  We 
won't be able to stop, because we need to get back home, but if you 
regularly monitor a 2-meter repeater in that area, I can certainly try to 
give you a shout.  I'd expect we will be around the Williamsport area late 
Thursday morning.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: HD radio


Tom,

No offense taken.  Actually, I think what you're hearing has little to do
with HD as that mode of broadcasting has struggled to get off the ground.
It's been poorly promoted and, as you say, is not even available in many
areas, including mine.  of course, you and I live in rural areas, so that's
not really surprising but even in the cities, where HD is plentiful, it's
not doing nearly as well as the industry had hoped.  It's partly because the
programmers are the same folks who are programming the main channels, and,
perhaps mostly because there are too many other choices for people.  to go
with instead.

As for OGL, last time I checked, there ratings were quite good.  I think
what you're experiencing is that radio constantly adjusts to reach mainly
younger folks.  As we get older, it becomes less relevant to us.  And before
anyone starts flaming me, I know all about the borring corporate programming
that folks have complained about on here before.  I'm not about to get
caught up in that debate.  I have to live it every day.  73,  Lou