Norway goes Digital, eliminates FM radio

[Scott Fybush]

Also considered "fill-in" and can be fed by any means.

On Jan 12, 2017 3:30 PM, "billohno@gmail.com" <billohno@gmail.com> wrote:

> An FM translator of an AM station, what audio feed must they receive? (I
> know program must be identical.)
>
> Bill O'Neill
>
> Sent from my mobile.
>
> > On Jan 12, 2017, at 11:51 AM, Jeff Lehmann <jjlehmann@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I don't think most of the HD2/3 translators are actually using it as an
> STL to feed their analog translators. The audio quality on those channels
> isn't that great. Most are fed directly, which is allowed.
> >
> > It is of course an excuse to get an extra station on the air, and the
> only way to get a HD channel to show up in the ratings.
> >
> > Jeff Lehmann
> >
> >> On Jan 12, 2017, at 11:45 AM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Thu, 12 Jan 2017, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> >>>
> >>> What lack of consumer HD receivers?  Most new cars have them, if you
> >>> get one with a nav system, because that's how they get their traffic
> >>> data.  (That way it works without a SiriusXM subscription, that being
> >>> the other major nationwide provider of traffic data.)
> >>
> >> That would require the radio stations to transmit the traffic data
> (presumably through equipment supplied by the data distribution service).
> I'm not aware of any broadcasters doing that. It's more likely the data is
> being distributed via mobile broadband Internet.
> >>
> >> "HD Radio" remains a solution looking for a problem. Its only major
> success has been as an STL to feed FM translators.
> >>
> >> There are some new car models that come equipped with "HD Radio", but
> by no means all do. I've heard reports that some dealers are disabling it
> rather than deal with buyer complaints about radio reception.
> >>
> >>
> >> Rob
> >
> >
>
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