Can Alt Rock Save AM Radio?
In addition to better sound quality, HD radio means more channels and thus more opportunity for
innovative programming. But so far little innovation has surfaced.
But Philly’s Skin Radio is taking a bold step forward combining an HD broadcast on the long forgotten AM dial with a webcast of an alternative rock format aimed straight at the tech loving younger demo.
Do under 30’s even know there is an AM dial? If they find out; it opens up a world of possibilities. (more)
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HD Radio/IBOC causes adjacent-channel interference and has only 60% the coverage of analog. The HD channels are only low-bitrate streams of the same repetitive material. HD radios require dipole and loop antennas, and reception is still problematic. Consumers are not interested in this joke:
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