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05-31-2006, 12:56 PM
Currently on:
KUWS, 91.3, Superior, WI (transmitter with the rest of Duluth stations). 91.5 and 91.1 filled with IBAC static. Car radio scan stops at 91.5. There was a newspaper article on this about a month or so ago.
Although not on Ibiquity's site, I've seen local MPR stations WSCD and WSCN listed before. Neither of these stations have ever been heard with "HD" Radio (and I regularly listen to WSCN 100.5). Of the MPR stations, only Minneapolis (2 of 3 stations) and St. Cloud (both stations) are currently on the air in digital. The other Minnesotans on the air with IBAC are four Clear Channel stations in the MSP market, 2 FM and 2 AM, the 2 AMs being a Spanish-language station....how many Mexican immigrants in MSP, often living in rather marginal neighborhoods, do you think will be listening to the crisp, clear sound of HD Radio?, and a sports radio station (KFAN-1130) - nothing like hearing "touchdown" and sports commentary in digital! The legendary WCCO-830 is also on the air with HD Radio. Before shut-off but after the earliest hours of skywave propagation, it blocks both 820 (CHAM or WBAP) and 840 (WHAS) with hiss.
I noticed something rather entertaining on the home page of Ibiquity's site; a link to a Washington Post article entitled "HD Radio: Clear Potential, but Uncertain Future". It seems odd that a corporation would link to an article dubious about their own technology!
KUWS, 91.3, Superior, WI (transmitter with the rest of Duluth stations). 91.5 and 91.1 filled with IBAC static. Car radio scan stops at 91.5. There was a newspaper article on this about a month or so ago.
Although not on Ibiquity's site, I've seen local MPR stations WSCD and WSCN listed before. Neither of these stations have ever been heard with "HD" Radio (and I regularly listen to WSCN 100.5). Of the MPR stations, only Minneapolis (2 of 3 stations) and St. Cloud (both stations) are currently on the air in digital. The other Minnesotans on the air with IBAC are four Clear Channel stations in the MSP market, 2 FM and 2 AM, the 2 AMs being a Spanish-language station....how many Mexican immigrants in MSP, often living in rather marginal neighborhoods, do you think will be listening to the crisp, clear sound of HD Radio?, and a sports radio station (KFAN-1130) - nothing like hearing "touchdown" and sports commentary in digital! The legendary WCCO-830 is also on the air with HD Radio. Before shut-off but after the earliest hours of skywave propagation, it blocks both 820 (CHAM or WBAP) and 840 (WHAS) with hiss.
I noticed something rather entertaining on the home page of Ibiquity's site; a link to a Washington Post article entitled "HD Radio: Clear Potential, but Uncertain Future". It seems odd that a corporation would link to an article dubious about their own technology!