ARTICLE on HD RADIO!

My Article was called "HD Radio Crying Out to be Heard" from the New York Times. Click HERE to view a copy of this article! (it was from lexisnexis so you may need to log in to view it).

The article was all about how HD radio is trying to make a name for itself now. It is about how sirius and satellite were taking over but the article was describing HD radio as "a digital broadcast that's cleverly blended in with the analog AM or FM signal that you already get. Same stations, paid for by the same ads, but upgraded for superior digital sound." It is giving the readers a positive view of HD radio and trying to make people think that is going to out do the competition.

The article also talks about the difference in sound that a person will hear by using HD radio. . .This really relates to my groups topic of "The Future of AM Radio" so i thought this article was a perfect topic especially AFTER we did our webisodes for the class.

My group tried to show the good and the bad of AM radio and how the future is unclear. One thing we talked about was HD radio and how although there is all of this great talk about it, that there are still glitches within HD especially during thunder storms. It is very easy to lose signal in HD radio and a lot of people do not realize that. In the article there was a quote that said,
"Better yet, about half of HD radio stations are taking advantage of multicasting: separate, different FM broadcasts -- shadow channels -- beamed out on the same frequency. They permit radio stations to experiment with niche, experimental and even interactive programming, usually commercial-free. WCBS-HD, an oldies station in New York, for example, has two shadow HD channels: one playing '80s hits and one that's a better-sounding version of the AM news channel."

This shows that they are trying to show the advantages of HD. This goes along with my group really well because the future of AM is not clear yet and a lot has to do with the technology forming in other radio opportunities, one being HD Radio.

Here is a video of a "REVIEW" on an HD radio....