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February
Angling for a Spot on the Airwaves
- The Future of Music Coalition is profiling those involved in the recent noncommercial full-power FM filing window. (Feb. 4)
HD Radio Sales Restated - The number of digital-compatible receivers sold is less than half what the industry expected. (Feb. 4)
Don't Touch That Dial: Digital Radio Lags Behind TV Thanks to Upgrade Costs, Lack of Customers - The Charleston/Mattoon (IL) Journal-Gazette/Times-Courier says HD is not taking off in the heartland. (Feb. 3)
NAB Will Ask FCC to Up FM IBOC Power - Increasing the power of digital sidebands will create additional interference between them and a station's analog signal, but apparently the industry is (again) ready to sacrifice listening quality for coverage area. (Feb. 1)
Turning Some Tight Corners for IBOC - Skip Pizzi ruminates about the deteriorating situation for HD Radio in the pages of Radio World. (Feb. 1)

January
Empire State Building Car Zap Mystery
- What is causing motorized vehicles to stall and die within a few square blocks of the Building? Might it be all the radio and TV broadcast apparatus on top of its historic spire? (Jan. 27)
The Dirt on KDRT
- California LPFM station threatens to lose its spot on the dial to an alt-rock commercial blowtorch. (Jan. 24)
What's With FM Digital Power Increase? - Radio World's Leslie Stimson previews the pros and cons of such a move. (Jan. 24)
Will Small Markets Convert to HD Radio? Survey Suggests Not Soon - An academic study suggests HD is DOA in markets below #150, at the very least. (Jan. 24)
Watching the Martin Watch - The FCC Chairman's never bothered much for the press - and, when he does, he does so with much disdain and disrespect. (Jan. 21)
Trio Behind Pirate Hip Hop Radio Station Arrested - Two men and a woman are charged under Florida's anti-pirate law for bootleg broadcasting in the Orlando area - and their gangsta-rap playlist is apparently to blame. (Jan. 12)
House panel launches probe of FCC practices - Not happy with Kevin Martin's captaincy, the House Commerce Committee wants a closer investigation. (Jan. 8)
Radio: Gossip Churl - The buzz-mongering about HD is falling flat on its face over and over again, according to John Gorman, and he provides a few illustrative examples. (Jan. 8)
One radio station, two communities - The Boston Globe gives a positive profile of "Brockton Heat," a microstation uniting Caribbean immigrants via the airwaves. (Jan. 6)

GSD&M Preps $200 Mill.+ HD Radio Push - The new marketing campaign will, again, revolve around airtime donated by HD Radio Alliance-member stations. (Jan. 4)