Terrestrial Radio Goes Digital
Well, despite my skepticism, the FCC approved in-band on-channel digital AM and FM radio today. Of course, they didn’t ask me. I guess we’ll see what this means. I think a lot of people are going to be unhappy to have to buy new radios or hear their favorite stations covered by a lot of digital crud. I suspect it’ll sound a lot like playing a CD-ROM in your stereo. Or maybe not. In any case, most radio will still be crap, no matter how good it sounds.
Posted at 9:36 PM
Go take a look at today’s blog. I nailed a couple comments at the Commission. Mary Lu
Posted by Mary Wehmeier at 8:47 PM, October 11, 2002 [Link]