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2010-03-08 19:12:21 UTC
"CBS Radio’s WJFK Launches an HD4 Channel"
A great day for HD Radio! ANother step forward with no signs of retreat!beyond just HD1 and HD2. There's a big demand for this sort of
programming, and it's something you can't get from an iPod or via
Pandora or from XM/Sirius.
I don't see music stations going beyond HD2, at least as long as analog
FM still exists. They won't want to decrease the audio quality by
splitting up the available bandwidth into too many streams. One of the
big selling points of HD Radio is the excellent audio quality, so I hope
the music stations keep this in mind when they think about HD3 and HD4.
Pretty incredible how all of a sudden, in the past six months, you see
such an uptake in HD Radio with so many car-makers announcing
availability, and retail stores increasing the number of SKUs. I was in
Fry's on Sunday, and they had 11 HD Radio products (two were out of
stock--they normally have 13). A year ago you'd be lucky to find 3 or 4
HD Radio SKUs and the big box electronics stores. Now even Wal-Mart is
selling several HD SKUs.