WFCR Delays Met Opera (perche?)

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 15:24:16 -0500, "Laurence Glavin" <lglavin@lycos.com> said:

> Here's something odd:  WFCR-FM 88.5 in Amherst, MA delays the
> Metropolitan Opera broadcasts by seven seconds.

According to trade publications, WFCR (no "-FM") just turned on IBOC.
The analog audio is delayed to facilitate "blend-to-analog" when the
digital signal drops out or is no longer decodable.

-GAWollman