Radio in Ireland and the UK.

[Scott Fybush]

Kevin Vahey wrote:
> Scott
> 
> Does Canada plan to have a RDS system so somebody can follow CBC as 
> they drive along? It would seem to make sense.

It sure would - but North America has lagged Europe considerably when it
comes to RDS adoption. The majority of FM stations in the US and Canada
now run a basic form of RDS - at least a station ID, and sometimes 
dynamic content that includes song titles and artists - but the more 
sophisticated aspects of RDS, including the "follow-along" feature, are 
essentially unknown here.

The CBC, oddly, doesn't use RDS at all. They experimented with it a bit 
on their Toronto transmitters a couple of years ago, but then turned it 
off. Not sure why.

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