When I read the tag line for Bob Struble's (CEO of iBiquity) latest blog, the first thing I thought about was Rowdy Roddy Piper in the 80's movie, They Live.
For those who do not remember this famous clip, here is a refresher:
Ok, that was a low blow:-)
Although with lines like "Preposterous I say" and "hogwash", Bob is not going to win over any of Gen X'ers and Y'ers who may still have some affinity for radio.
The basic message he was trying to convey, however, is spot on. The fact is that terrestrial radio will need to address BOTH over-the-air broadcasts and the Internet for the foreseeable future. HD Radio can and should be part of this equation. Every new HD2 station is another potential online station.
And while RadioSherpa does not believe as strongly as Bob that the economics are too difficult for streaming radio to scale, we do believe HD Radio does have a window of opportunity.
But this window of opportunity is shrinking, so it might be time to stop chewing the bubble gum!
Sunday, August 24, 2008
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5 comments:
"Nobody cares what we own"
"While this is technically true, it misses the entire point of our digital age. Namely, you, my radio friends, are not in charge. The audience - the consumers - are in charge. And they will do what's in their interests, not ours. They will listen where they want, not where we want them to. They'll listen to what they want, not what we push on them. They will do so on devices of their choosing, not ours. They will hear music and information on their timeline, not ours. They will hear it in the fidelity of their choice, not ours."
http://tinyurl.com/553kzr
"Radio: Hypocritical Deceiver"
"I pose this question to the HD Radio Digital Alliance and iBiquity. Why lie? Liars lose credibility. Liars forget what lies they told and to whom. Even those who want to believe these clowns aren’t."
http://tinyurl.com/3tyrjv
According to Ramsey, Booble was spot-off! I am so glad that Booble started a monthly blog, as he only servers to reinforce that no one believes these clowns anymore, with every passing lie. Oh, and his statement "to be aware of bloggers" just adds fuel to the fire, and tells me how defensive he is becoming!
Strew-Bull does not believe anything he says, he's not that stupid. He's a salesman trying to sell an unsaleable product and will say anything at this stage of the game to unload the fatally flawed mess that is IBOC. These guys are desperate, Strew-Bull is trying to imitate Franklin D. Roosevelt by holding on line fireside chats that convince no one unlike Roosevelt who actually had a good product to sell.
BTW I thank you for letting me continue to post my opinion which is directly contrary to that of your blog, I respect you guys for that.
Bob Young
Millbury, MA
KB1OKL
"BTW I thank you for letting me continue to post my opinion which is directly contrary to that of your blog, I respect you guys for that."
We appreciate all view points. Your comments help provide a different perspective that we may have not thought about.
I've already started a post about this:
http://tinyurl.com/69cjn9
Yes, thanks for letting us post, but don't give iBiquity any ideas! :-)
Many of us live on the net yet we like our radio straight. We don't need internet over AM and we don't want it, either.
HD's concept of hog-gluing digital pig-wings onto AM & FM analog springs from bad science, the fatuous notion that two things can occupy the same space at the same time. They can't. Jamming proves it.
Why not stick HD where it belongs, on its own band, VHF or UHF, where there's plenty bandwidth rather than AM, where HD jamming is now ubiquitous?
HD interference can no longer be credibly denied no matter how many churlish insults coerced engineers hurl at those who report it.
Do they want an HD 'data pipe' to which none will listen?
Paul Vincent Zecchino
Manasota Key, Florida
27 August, 2008
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