Farewell HD Radio...

[Kryptonite]

As some stations end HD Radio signals, others hold out hope for audience adoption - Current

HD Radio may not have met high expectations in the industry, but some station leaders still see value in its capacity to expand services.

current.org

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

In the US the reason people abandoned FM radio was not the technology it was delivered on.

 

[HecticArt]

It Lynyrd’s fault.

 

[MonoStereo]

I had HD Radio in my old car, & liked it OK at the beginning. There was a pretty good old school R&B station, & a couple other decent subchannels. But pretty quickly, stations just started using the subchannels for simulcasting their AM stations & their lower-power FM stations. Kinda defeated the purpose at that point.

Even if it's not free, I find my XM Radio offers way more.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Hey, here's an idea. Let's take a technology that's fading in content, such as FM radio; but instead of the already limited broadcast radius of FM, we'll make it a fraction of the size, so that hardly anyone can get it. And we'll call it HD radio, which doesn't stand for "high-definition" radio, as one would think, but for, um, well nobody really knows what HD radio stands for. Yeah, that's the ticket.

 

[Jon]

I think I quit listening to FM altogether except for NPR. Apple Music, TuneIn, maybe back to Sirius when their app improves and their developers learn how to program for HomePod.

 

[IndustrialH]

Is it just me or is this a tad bit scary?
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[HecticArt]

Nope……

 

[scotchandcigar]

It took very little time for me to be overloaded with corporate marketing speak.

 

[sadchild]

It's the cast of Avatar driving a car!



This is the part that scares me. Imagine this technology in North Korea or China...

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[HecticArt]

It took very little time for me to be overloaded with corporate marketing speak.

I think that they paid for the website per cliche.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Well, in typical Canadian fashion, HD Radio has now arrived in Canada as of this past Friday. The station I listen to is now HD. My car is able to pick it up so I guess it is HD enabled. It sounds a bit better and there is no more lag between the digital display of song names as there was before.

 

[MonoStereo]

Seems like you have a few interesting options. Stations - Canada - HD Radio

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Seems like you have a few interesting options. Stations - Canada - HD Radio

Mine isn't even listed there yet. I see a 1 by it. No idea how to access the 2 or 3 if there is a 2 or 3.

ETA: I found out how. If I touch the HD symbol it gives me a list of subchannels. The radio station I listen to only has the 1.

 

[MonoStereo]

1's are always the main station ( as you'd expect ), with the difference being now it's in HD. The additional stations are the 2's & 3's. The only thing I really miss in mine is that one of the local country station's subchannels simulcasts a local sports talk station. If I'm stuck in the car, I have to listen on AM & it sounds Gawdawful. I miss that HD simulcast.

 

[JHDK]

Seems like you have a few interesting options. Stations - Canada - HD Radio

Well that settles it. I now have to take a vacation to Canada to listen to all those sweet South Asian stations!

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Well that settles it. I now have to take a vacation to Canada to listen to all those sweet South Asian stations!

Thanx for the warning.

Radio is a lot better up here. No ClearChannel.

 

[sadchild]

And they force stations to play a certain percentage of "our own culture's" music. Which I always found interesting.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

And they force stations to play a certain percentage of "our own culture's" music. Which I always found interesting.

Not culture. Just country. They must play 1/3 Canadian content. MAPL = Music Artist Production Lyrics. 3/4 of those = Canadian song. For us we are used to the music and it is recognizable. May be different to a visitor who has not heard the songs (look how many "surprises" on the AT40s that did not make top 40 which are Canadian).

 

[MonoStereo]

When I worked at Broadcast Data Systems ( 1999-2005 ) one of the stations I monitored was CHTZ out of Toronto. And due to the Canadian Content rules, holy smokes did I learn a LOTTA Canadian music.