More Democrats push FCC for merger conditions

Had they ruled by 12/1/07 (a reasonable time for the thinking working person ) Sirius was at 3.83 and XM at 15.60.

Now at 1.90 and 8.00 the combined market cap loss is 5.22 Billion.

The NAB couldn't have done it any better if they had a gun and mask.

Your Government at work people. Enjoy capitalism, I think the Communists have it right personally at least they don't pretend to be democratic. :)

Do I hear 30...30% going once.... do I hear 35% ...35, 35 ,35 do I hear 35% ... going once, going twice, SOLD to the NAB and Special Interests..35%!!!!!

Sirius/XM will walk away from this sort of NAB/Democrat proposed deal as the spectrum wouldnt be available to share between the two companies if they had to give up so much--In a political season, it looks good to say your fighting for a certain group or interest--The proposal to include HD radio is also a joke--How about they pay the NAB to be able to offer HD in the radio too? lol Come on people--My faith in govt is so low right now--(and Congress overall lower ratings then Bush prove that)

The shit is hitting the fan.I wouldn't want to be in Kevin shoes

Again we have the outright gov't grant to the NAB- inclusion of HD radio in every sat. radio. What a joke.

those darn dems.......... if the fcc had acted quicker, along with justice, then this b.s. would not have had as much time to ferment into pure b.s. who in minnesota listens to HD radio? surely not the dems that live in d.c. from minnesota that spend most of their time trying to get face time on the media so that people back home know who they are for reeelection.

These people could not even name the two satellite radio companies without it being on the teleprompter in front of them. I was watching one of the congressional hearings and one congressman was pronouncing Sirius as Sigh-or-es. The only one I have been impressed with is Congressman Rick Boucher. He is the only politician I have ever heard that had actual knowledge of the subject being discussed instead of just reading a speech prepared by someone else or blindly taking the stance of the lobbyist that contribute to his campaign. Congressman Boucher is on the Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee, and while the other members can't turn their computer on without help, he speaks as if he is an IT professional. It is surprising to listen to a 62 year guy with that much knowledge about technology. He knows the merger will benefit the consumer and for that reason he supports it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Boucher

I think Ms. Tate should take some more time to reflect on these developments as it's reported that she's still "unsure" where she stands on this issue. My-My, it's easy to see how this blond could be confused.

A undecided Blond from Tennesee.... so figure.

"By Orbitcast's count, it has been an incredible 433 days since Sirius and XM filed their application with the FCC. Children have been conceived, born and are just starting to crawl while the government has held these two companies hostage."

AND THAT WAS FIVE WEEKS AGO!

Thanks Melvin and Gary for screwing up what was a great service. Dropped three subs this past Monday, with two left, pending on how this merger ends up. Slacker and Pandora are looking sweeter with each passing day.

Dems are nothing but cheap whores. They'll get naked and perform for the highest payer. It's pathetic how they get pimped by the NAB and Georgetown partners. I thought campaign finace reform was supposed to fix this problem. I guess not. This is right up there with algore taking bags of money from budist monks and Bill Clinton getting money deliveries to the white house from chinese restaurant owners in Arkansas.

First- the FCC chairman said that the decision would be made shotly after the DOJ’s.
He lied. Then in April,Kevin Martin said it would be soon. He lied again. Then he said decision would be by June 30.
Three lies on the timing for a decision.
In baseball, it is Three strikes and your out. Where is the accountability for the FCC?

Maybe we should all declare our independence from the (F)ederal (C)lown (C)ommission on JULY 4th.

Let the FCC, Congress, NAB and all special interests lined up at the trough with outlandish conditions continue stall the process. Since Sirius and XM have the go ahead from the DOJ concerning competition, a JOINT VENTURE or CARTEL should be formed. As separate entities both companies could go foreward with new initiatives without conditions while the FCC fiddles and the regulatory process for MERGER burns.

I wonder where Bob Peck has been? ... Not a peep from Peck regarding the pickled peckers at the FCC.

On this very same day, David Rahr gave a speech in Mn. I posted this a week ago on the buzz's forums...

WOW...How convenient. Five Wisconsin House members up for election go against the merger. I wonder how much money will be transfered to their election campaigns from the bankroll of Sen. Kohl...who just happens to own the Milwaukee Bucks and the BUCKS RADIO NETWORK which generates advertising revenue and competes against satrad. A merged satrad results in double the ears listening to the Bucks with ad revenue flowing to Sirius and XM.

Make that five Minnesota reps.....just next door. The money has to go over state lines from Kohl. Maybe the NAB was in Minnesota dispensing reelection funds.

Call Ms. Tate's office and leave a respectful comment in support.

1-202-418-2500

STOP THE MERGER!!!!!!!!!!

at this point, they can put HD functionality in my asshole as long as they approve the merger. HD terrestrial radio is a joke.

I hate Democrats, I'll never vote for a Democrat.

When are they going to vote? When will they vote,what 's the hold up? Will it be this month or what? What is there to think about. Flip a dam coin if you have to.

More educated people are stepping up and saying NO! to Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin "merge" scheme.

and

Sadly the same uneducated people posting at orbitcast trying to blame everyone else for Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin's 1/2 assed scheme. Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin himself back in 2006 said a "merge" would not be possible due to regulations but then Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin figured why not screw the customer and the industry in his arrogant and greedy quest to line his pockets even if it means destroying yet another media industry. Learn to think uneducated.... if you have any interest in the satradio industry Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin is not at all a friend or even someone fans of the satradio industry should want around. The blame for satradio's mess lies with one person and one person only Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin.

Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin's Pump and Dump Schemes
http://www.sec.gov/answers/pumpdump.htm

It is sad to see. NAB has these people by the nads. A few veiled threats and some money exchanging hands and the FCC will play along.

Sadly, I think Cramer has it right.

The very people that need to start an investigation into corruption at all levels of the FCC are the ones whom themselves, are being corruppted by NAB

waitwhat,

The only thing which is a joke is your lack of knowledge of HD Radio, the future technology of radio.

HD Radio broadcasting is the technology that is enabling AM and FM radio stations to broadcast digitally in addition to providing their analog service. With this technology, local radio broadcasters can provide listeners with more audio content through FM multicasting, higher quality sound and new data services, while remaining in their traditional places on the radio dial. HD Radio broadcasts are available today to more than 83% of Americans, subscription-free. As with traditional AM, FM and TV broadcasting, HD Radio programming is free and supported either by commercial advertising or by membership as in public broadcasting. Therefore, the HD Radio system is considered a no-fee alternative to satellite radio.
As of June 2008, more than 1,700 AM and FM stations are broadcasting with HD Radio technology, with more than 700 FM stations offering more than one digital channel per FM frequency, thus doubling or tripling the number of programming channels available to listeners. Most of the stations that have adopted the technology are FMs, while AM stations have been slower to upgrade.

The FCC has approved In-Band On-Channel (IBOC) digital radio operation for AM (daytime and nighttime) and FM broadcast stations.

HD Digital Radio • IT'S TIME TO UPGRADE!
HD Digital Radio. It's here. It's local. It's free. DISCOVER IT!
www.hdradio.com/

Looks like some NAB checks cleared the bank in Democratland. I hope these clowns enjoy the shitty programming they will hear on their free HD radios.

WHERE WERE THESE ZANNIES A YEAR AGO? THE NAB IS CALLING IN ALL HANDS. THE PEOPLE FOR IT HAVE NO REASON TO SPEAK UP. BELIEVE DOJ WHEN THEY SAY FORGET MONOPOLY. DENY THE MERGER AND THERE ARE ""NO"" CHANNELS FOR ANY CHARITIES.

"HD Digital Radio • IT'S TIME TO UPGRADE!"

Is it?

Stick it in your fartbox

Good luck to all of you.

I'm done with satrad and regular radio. I'm selling my CCU and XMSR stock today, canceling my two xm subscriptions, buying an Ipod, and never looking back. Entertainment should be pleasant and fun. This all is neither.

I have totally fuckin had it with these Dems and the FCC already. I am totally drained, especially because if they can't put their foot down and stop the nonsense, this can go on forever. Just set a dam meeting for the vote, give them another 2% spectrum so they can have an Ebonica learning fuckin channel !

I have totally fuckin had it with these Dems and the FCC already. I am totally drained, especially because if they can't put their foot down and stop the nonsense, this can go on forever. Just set a dam meeting for the vote, give them another 2% spectrum so they can have an Ebonics learning fuckin channel !

You couldn't pay me enough to have HD Radio. I don't want it. I have no interest for it. So why the hell would I pay for something that I will never use. There is NOTHING on HDR that interest me, therefore I have no use for it.

Like I stated before, show me a FM/HD station that plays Electronic Dance music (and not the Pop remixed stuff) within 100 miles of Palm Coast, FL and I would gladly take a listen.

Enough of this bullshit already. Make a damn decision so I can make my mind up to keep satrad or go back to my iPod.

"Like I stated before, show me a FM/HD station that plays Electronic Dance music (and not the Pop remixed stuff) within 100 miles of Palm Coast, FL and I would gladly take a listen."

How big was the cock in your mouth when you wrote this?

This is bullshit to the extreme.

Best comment I've read so far above is the utter genius of a joint venture - - - forget a technical "merger" - forget FCC who is using their authority as a poster boy for lobbyists. Bypass them by forgetting the merger -then NAB will suffer big time - no HD - - joint venture of XM and Sirius and GP doesn't get 25% set aide - doesn't even get 8%. SCREW OUR CONGRESS - THEY ARE SELL OUTS and I WISH THEM THE WORST ALONG WITH NAB FRAUDSTERS.

If they're "demanding" HD Radio be included in every satellite radio, are they going to be doing the same?...putting satellite radio in any HD Radio produced??

Unbelievable. FCC: GET IT DONE. Decide already!!

THIS IS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE GROUDNHOG ACID TRIP.......I THINK THEY SHOULD GIVE UP 60 PERCENT OF THEIR SPECTRUM...SO THEY CAN FOLD.......THIS IS LUNACY.....I TELL YOU WHAT I WANT TO BE PART OF THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE THAT GIVES MONEY AGAINST THESE ASSHOLES WHO ARE DOING THIS

THIS IS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE GROUDNHOG ACID TRIP.......I THINK THEY SHOULD GIVE UP 60 PERCENT OF THEIR SPECTRUM...SO THEY CAN FOLD.......THIS IS LUNACY.....I TELL YOU WHAT I WANT TO BE PART OF THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE THAT GIVES MONEY AGAINST THESE ASSHOLES WHO ARE DOING THIS

THIS IS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE GROUDNHOG ACID TRIP.......I THINK THEY SHOULD GIVE UP 60 PERCENT OF THEIR SPECTRUM...SO THEY CAN FOLD.......THIS IS LUNACY.....I TELL YOU WHAT I WANT TO BE PART OF THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE THAT GIVES MONEY AGAINST THESE ASSHOLES WHO ARE DOING THIS

Just because you thought a novelty of a woman and a black guy running for the highest office in the land would get you the white house (it won't).. the democrats are a bunch of wussies...

This has caused me to rethink my planned vote for Obama. If the Dems lack foresight and are anti-satrad now, what happens if they take the Presidency? I think I'll set this one out.

Nathan is right. If Satradio has to include HD in their sets then HD should do the same. Oh wait, it wouldn't matter. The only people that buy and listen to HD are anonymous cowards and NAB buttboys so why pay $300 or more for what you could get for half that plus why buy a radio that plays shit programming plus commercials.

Why doesn't FREE radio have to do the same. All radios installed in cars now must have a sat reciever as well. Works both ways.

How about all tennis shoes sold have to have socks built in.

Between this and the "Christian Left" crap Obama just announced, I may be hosed. Everyone is trying to "out-God" one another, and act like they are "tough on companies". The reality is that God/Allah/whoever should be entirely left out of government - the only way to protect it. And politicians need to have the people, the CITIZENS as their top priority. When a company wants to do something that 99% of its people want, it is hard to believe that Democrats would stand against it.

Mel should just start doing Payola to all the politicians. Give every commissioner on the FCC 5 mil, every senator 1 mil, and get it through. You still save about 250mil after all that.

Unreal.

ML today announced that a Chapt 11 filing for GM is not out of the question if conditions don't soon improve. Know that Ford has 4X the GM debt and even more sales decline makes me wonder how Ford has escaped their preview. Gm is reported to need up to 15 Billion to stave off the dogs.

Even little XM-Sirius need 1.0 Billion to keep going .. are you listening FCC?

Which takes me to this... MAY THIS potential for two American Icon filing for Chapter 11 get the notice of the FCC regarding this technology?

@AC

"HD Digital Radio • IT'S TIME TO UPGRADE! HD Digital Radio. It's here. It's local. It's free. DISCOVER IT!"

"Reduced quality concerns"

"Another such conflict arises from the extra free programs available today. iBiquity is seeking FCC approval for conditional access, that is, enabling the extra programs to be available only by paid subscription (on future models of HD Radio). NDS, a maker of digital media encryption technology, has a deal with iBiquity to provide HD Radio with an encrypted content-delivery system called RadioGuard. NDS claims that RadioGuard will provide additional revenue-generating possibilities. iBiquity has stated that RadioGuard will become a standard feature of the HD Radio system. These competing capabilities mean that purchasers of early models of HD Radio have no guarantees of continued broadcasts of either high-quality audio or extra channels. Audio quality will suffer as broadcasters decide to subdivide their streams into extra HD-2 and HD-3 channels. And if the extra channels become subscription channels, they will become invisible to older radios without RadioGuard (and to those unwilling to pay for them)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_Radio

So much for the free HD Radio whore.

Mel.....form a JOINT VENTURE with XM on a specific program. Take the best of both online programming excluding Howard, Playboy, live sports and establish a new SIRIUS/XM internet website for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch (world wide) only access capable of click and buy music heard on SIRIUS/XM which directs the listener to buy the song at the iTunes store. The listener will have to buy a sub to Sirius/XM,Apple iTunes sail increase, the new 3G iPhone has additional capability and applications. The software to get to the Sirius/XM programming could be sold by Apple at the new Apps store being introduced on July 11. The Washington leaches get ZERO. It places Sirius and XM in a stronger position when it comes to conditions and can be made to look like Sirius might just walk away from a merger even if it is approved. Under JOINT VENTURE this is but one of many joint initiatives.

I'm a proud Liberal Democrat....but my peeps are PISSING ME OFF HERE!

Why don't the two Republicans(Tate & McDowell) just vote YES and get this sucker DONE ALREADY????

With Martin's yes vote, it'd be a majority, and we could FINALLY move on...and the Dems could complain till they were blue in the face, and I wouldn't care.

But this endless waiting has become INSANE. There is NO good reason this should be delayed ANOTHER SECOND...let alone another day!!!

The DOJ approved. The head of the FCC approved. The shareholders approved. The companies have agreed to concessions.

No my friends, this has become a Witch Hunt. And by Tate and McDowell(we already know where Copps and Adelstein stand)...NOT voting NOW...they are basically SCREAMING....WE ARE IN BED WITH THE NAB.

There is no valid, intelligent reason this should not be voted on today. NONE.

IF this fucking merger is not voted on by Tate and McDowell by this holiday weekend....it's over. The gloves should come off and Mel should fucking start spraying the room with machine gun fire.

JESUS H FUCKING CHRIST!!! ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!

fufcc, tate is probably being swooned by the... liberal democrats.

Theres a lot of democrats posting here saying that if this was a democrat FCC majority, the merger would have been decided by now.

I think they are right.

It would have been denied.

what the hell. this should be so simple and now everyone has to weigh in on this.
NAB sure has a lot of politcians in their pocket. im going to vote for every nonincumbent on the ballot from this point forward. this is so absurd. a movie needs to be made to document the absurdity.

The only thing which is a joke is your lack of knowledge of HD Radio, the future technology headed for the TOILET

HD Radio broadcasting is the technology that is enabling AM and FM radio stations to broadcast STALE AUDIO in addition to providing their TRASHY service. With this technology, local radio broadcasters can provide listeners with LESS audio content through FM multicasting, LOWER quality sound and NO new data services, while remaining in their traditional places on the radio dial. HD Radio broadcasts are available today to more than 1% of Americans, subscription-free. As with traditional AM, FM and TV broadcasting, HD Radio programming is free and supported either by commercial advertising or by membership as in public broadcasting. Therefore, the HD Radio system is considered a WASTE OF alternative to satellite radio.
As of June 2008, more than 1,700 AM and FM stations are broadcasting with HD Radio technology AND NOBODY CARES, with more than 700 FM stations offering one digital channel per FM frequency, thus THE SAME programming channels available to listeners. Most of the stations that have adopted the technology are FMs, while AM stations have been slower to upgrade.

The FCC has approved In-Band On-Channel (IBOC) digital radio operation for AM (daytime and nighttime) and FM broadcast stations.

HD Digital Radio • WHAT IS THAT???!
HD Digital Radio. It's WACK. It's UNKNOWN. It's STALE. FORGET ABOUT IT!
www.HDRADIOISCORNY.COM/DONTEVENBOTHERWITHIT

detriment of the public interest

How about they do something that is detriment of the public interest like the price of oil that is killing the country.

Let both companies fail. It will do them good and send a message to corporate America that management actually has a duty to manage and not just issue press releases that do nothing but pump idiot investors up about a company.

XM and Sirius will be but another load on the garbage heap of failed scams like Enron, MCI-WorldCom and eventually Sprint/Nextel.

THE FCC IS LOVING THE SPOTLIGHT. WHY SHOULD THEY END THIS PROCESS?

Because it's a spotlight of shame.

What would it take to dissolve the FCC? Larger government, that is what we need. Just imagine what healthcare would look like if that turns into a government run entity

Why should Sirius or XM be forced to put HD Radio on their receivers? Are HD Radios also going to be putting Sirius or XM on their receivers? To force a company to do is outrageous. This whole process is a joke. The DOJ approved the merger without any regulations so why is this taking longer? It is two satellite radio companies? which doesn't even compare to these mergers:

AOL & TimeWarner - 179 days
AT&T & Bellsouth - 253 days
Cingular & AT&T Wireless - 208 days
SBC & AT&T - 199 days
Sprint & Nextel - 157 days

etc, etc....

http://www.fcc.gov/transaction/archivedtimelines.html

If you don't want Sirius or XM then just don't get it. With Ipods, public radio, cell phone (video), etc. There are so many alternatives. There is just no excuse for this taking this long it should have been decided a long time ago. Simple Yes or No!

I'm changing my vote to the Libertarian party! Smaller gov't....less regulation.

THIS IS F'N RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow what a bunch of fucking crybabies you all are.

First, Congress hasn't cost XM/Sirius 5.2 billion, their management has. Mel has. He is the one that pushed this merger thinking it was a sure thing. It obviously is not, and never was, a sure thing.

Second, you are the same group that was attacking Bush for the delays. Now you're attacking the Dems. How about holding Mel responsible. Should this merger not go through, Mel should be the 1st one fired.

I hope you all loser your homes when the stock finally bottoms out. Mel's the man right? Howard saved SDARS right?

Lemmings.

Maybe it's time for the whiners and complainers to remember that the "conditions" are all that is saving this deal from being torn up and tossed out! Finding a set of conditions that everyone can live with, although everyone might not be happy with them, is essential if this deal is to happen. If this deal is going to happen, so are conditions -- regardless of all the chest-pounding and political partisanship.

NAB sure has a lot of politcians in their pocket. im going to vote for every nonincumbent on the ballot from this point forward.

Posted by: dood | July 2, 2008 12:00

Welcome to the club. I said the same thing a week ago in another posting and I'm sticking by it.

How many more of these senile, depends wearing, nursing home escapees do we have to hear chime in before a decision is rendered? This is the biggest miscarriage of justice over a prolonged period of time that I can ever remember! Our government has no shame at all. This is really unbelievable, and is a clear example of why people in this country have lost faith in politcians..... and our system of government. The whole process needs to be overhauled. The majorities concerns fall on deaf ears my friends, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. The BULLSHIT is now so deep, I just wish they (XM/Sirius) would wave the white flag and walk away. At least somebody would be left with some dignity. This is a DISGRACE of the highest magnitude.

how many more times must we hear this clown state that hd radio is a true alternative to sat rad....all that nab propeganda should be muted....especially when HD now wants to charge for programming which means current HD recievers would be obsolete and destroy signal stregnth with more and more HD stations clogging the airwaves yet NO IS LISTENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I am going to vote against my congress woman. If she can vote against my interests....I will vote against hers. After 8 terms of voting for you, bye bye Louis Slaughter (D-NY).

Warrior, while I agree that our government sucks and does not represent the people, the only group less respected that people have no faith in are corporations. In this case, XM & Sirius needing a bailout due to overspending and poor decision making. XM/Sirius could have walked away at any time and gone about their business. They chose not to. Mel has hung everything on this merger going through. If it doesn't and one or both company's go under it's on Mel.

LOOKS LIKE A DONE DEAL FOR MERGER APPROVAL.

ALL : Anonymous NAB ahole cowards, tough shit.

Limit Seen On Bid For More Minority,Public XM/Sirius Channels

7/2 3.52ET

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--There's a move in Congress to force XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR) and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (SIRI) to further expand public and minority channels as a condition of their merger. But the proposed additional concessions aren't likely to prevail, according to people familiar with the deal.

Two letters sent last Friday from members of Congress to the Federal Communications Commission asked that the merged entity set aside 20% to 25% of its airwaves for public and minority programming. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has recommended an 8% set-aside.

"With the commitments the two companies have offered, on balance, this transaction seems to be a fair way to compromise," said FCC Spokesman Robert Kenny, responding to the letters.

In addition to the 24 channels that would be devoted to minority and nonprofit programming, XM and Sirius also have pledged to cap subscriber prices for three years if the merger is approved.

Martin's recommendation to approve the merger now is being considered by the other four FCC commissioners. The parties are hoping the two Republican commissioners will soon sign off, which, with Martin's support, would effectively seal the deal.

People close to the talks say Martin's recommended conditions have been carefully negotiated, hinting that there may not be much more wiggle room on the terms.

Republican commissioners Deborah Taylor Tate and Robert McDowell are asking questions about the proposal, FCC officials say. Democrat Michael Copps is probably the least likely to sign off on the merger, having publicly stated his concerns in recent weeks. Jonathan Adelstein, the other Democratic commissioner, hasn't announced a position.

Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Ben Cardin, D-Md., penned the stronger of the two most recent congressional letters, saying a 20% spectrum set-aside is on the low end of what they would recommend. "The commission should require the merged entity to lease as much as 50% of its satellite system capacity," their letter said.

House Minnesota Democrats, in a separate letter to the FCC, recommended that 25% of the satellite spectrum be reserved for noncommercial and minority channels.

Both letters also say satellite radios should be integrated with HD radio capability.

Lawmakers can't stand in the way of the merger if the FCC approves it, but they hope to influence the deliberations within the commission.

Sens. Kerry and McCaskill both sit on the Senate Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the FCC. McCaskill, with Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, earlier called on the merged entity to divest up to half its airwaves.

House Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell, D-Mich., and Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Edward Markey, D-Mass., also have asked for conditions on the merger, but they have not addressed spectrum set-asides

The Minnesota Democrats, led by Rep. Betty McCollum, primarily are concerned about maintaining healthy public radio coverage, according to several staffers. Minnesota Public Radio is a leader among public radio broadcasters.

A requirement that the merged entity's satellite radios not interfere with HD radio signals would go a long way toward resolving the Minnesota Democrats' concerns, several staffers indicated.

Incorporating HD radio technology into satellite radio "would encourage competition in the digital terrestrial market and would leverage the millions of federal dollars already invested in noncommercial stations to HD radio," the McCollum letter said.

The proposed satellite merger, announced some 16 months ago, was approved with no conditions by the Justice Department earlier this year.

The National Association of Broadcasters, which is fiercely opposed to the deal, has been circulating lawmakers' letters asking for conditions. NAB declined to comment on the specifics of the conditions, however.

Final straw. Dems can go to Hell.

OBAMA sucks - just like the rest of them. If he wants change, he will have to go against dems like Kerry!

Remember in the old westerns when Indians used smoke signals to communicate? Wasn’t that cool? Well, HD Radio is almost as popular (but not as well know). Let HD Radio take you back in time where your great grand parents pitched woo to the hottest technology of the day. You can relive their misery with a new HD Wireless Telegraph Receiver our radios are designed for horseless carriage and parlor use. Our new 2nd gen power saver chipset will allow for our new line of luggable coal fired HD radios. Yes that’s right clean burning coal our technology

HD RADIO…… Where’s there’s smoke there’s fire (it’s probably at one of our transmitters.)

MORE PROOF OF (H)ardly (D)ifferent Radio’s DISMAL position in the market. Unfortunately for AC/NAB SHILL amazon.com keeps track of sales by category hourly and it shows only one HD radio in the electronics top 25 while standard radio has 4 radios in the top 25 this is exceeded by Satellite radio which has six radio’s in the top 25 That more than HD and standard radio combined!

The rankings change from time to time but if you look through them you’ll see AC NAB/ SHILL is a DELUSIONAL DOUCHEBAG Satellite radio, ipods and their accessories are vastly more popular than HDR. Don’t let this shill point to HD ready radios you can track the popularity of the HD head units verses Satellite head units with amazon too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/226184/ref=pd_ts_e_nav

I'm on vacation this week and enjoy spending my day reading satrad, posting and enjoying the farm sans phones, faxes, and e-mails.... just me and the farting Dogs.

Anyhow....

I'm struck by how this merger has distracted the real issues we should be debating.... What went horribly wrong with the satrad business model. We are past determining if two companies could make it.... they can not. NOW we wonder and look at the future and ask, or should be asking... can TWO combined companies "make it" or at least, in my case, make it whopping, fucking good.

I don't think they can.... I think this model maxes at 52-60 million subs and I'm not sure how much money they will throw off... but my best guess is 2.8 billion of profit on 6 billion in sales sometime in 2015 -2017. This makes each share worth between 12-16 per share BTW..... BUT this is small fucking change compared to the potential .... this is small thinking... this is NOT how Mel thinks, or has ever thought. It has never been just about "surviving" for Mel... it's been taking all the fucking marbles...the big Cat's eyes for you old timers.

I'll tell you where I'm going with this... I think backseat video gets dumped... and I think NAV gets dumped....and I think SIXM goes for a piece of the 4.0 Billion ad market by offering split services via that bandwidth.

When asked why he robbed banks Willie Sutton once said " Because that's where the money is". Well Mel, I suspect you know where the money is too don't cha? One can piss around getting 1.0 million subs and losing 800K or one can become Willie Sutton and rob the banks of the NAB.

Look for a new business model sometime in 2009 is my thoughts.... remember you heard it here first!

Plow "multi revenue streams" Boy

HD Radio, We built it and nobody came............NOW WHAT?!?!

I know, put a call out to every gay bath house we need every one of our shills to further alienate people who have paid not to be our customers. That should send our sales soaring! If that doesn’t work we got NOTHING! Remember desperately spam the same thing over and over and over and over again so people know what type of programming to look forward to with HDR. You could use a catch phrase like, ”repetitious radio” and then spam our HD mantra along with our public relation websites until you are threatened with expulsion that’s sure boost sales.

IT's OFFICIAL!! JOHN KERRY AND HIS FRIENDS ARE RETARDED!!

What day does Guy Fawkes day fall on this year?

Why have an FCC if congress and the senate want to run the FCC themselves?

Here HD RADIO is a scam and killing itself:
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/music/the_age_of_dark_payola/Content?oid=413875

Here it states HD Radio is too expensive for automakers:
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2632750220070427?pageNumber=1

The first siri/xm HD Radio RADIO:(that nobody wanted)
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/onkyo-debuts-worlds-first-xm-sirius-hd-radio-tuner-254920.php

Imitation is indeed flattery: HD Radio copies Sirius
http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/imitation-is-indeed-flattery-hd-radio-copies-sirius.html

I also have been told there is a switching signal with HD RADIO that constantly interfers with reception. HD RADIO can not be heard after driving several miles just like regular am/fm while satellite radio you can hear across the whole usa while traveling and even listen to the same station if you want!! HD RADIO has commercials and satellite radio has non on the music channels!!

Fuck all these corrupt mother fuckers. Between this and the possibility of Obama in the white house, I feel like going to another country. If merger goes through and I make enough money back, I just might.

Any suggestions ?

EAT THIS MESSAGE

From: Bob S
To: All AC NAB/SHILLS

HD RADIO SALES OFFICE **TOP SECRET** REPORT **AC EYES ONLY**

It has come to our attention that Amazon.com publishes hourly bestseller ratings that reflect poorly on overall (H)ardly (D)ifferent radio sales. This failure is especially apparent when you compare our technological afterthought to technology that people actually want like mp3’s players and the dreaded satellite radio. Hell standard radios outsell us more than PS2’s outsell PS3’s! Our advice to our web shills is to ignore this inconvenient truth and just keep insulting your potential future customers with the same repetitive spam. Remember this spam was formulated by top PR Firms to maximize it’s IGNORE factor. Our brand of malignant narcissism is specially designed to only attract rabid psychopaths (our key sales demographic). The boys upstairs feel this key market demographic is our only hope for future customer growth. The numbers show 1 in 10,000 psycho’s may buy an HD radio out of spite just to smash it on YouTube. I think we can all agree those are promising sales numbers, INDEED!

**IMPORTANT EAT THIS MESSAGE AFTER READING**

W S U X! ………………….HD RADIO!!!

Back to an extended set of commercial breaks after these words from our sponsors:

Are you easily confused? Are you tired of overpowering signals bringing in clear reception? Does listening to a format you can set your watch by appeal to you? Are you a poor ignorant hillbilly with little disposable income? All of these questions and more are answered by HDR.

Easily confused: No problem, HD stands for Hardly Different. HD radio only offer three times more the homogenized auditory nightmare as standard radio and we guarantee it will all sound the same (no confusion!). If you’re a fan of commercials (and who isn’t?) now you’ll get 3x more FREE! (w/ purchase of radio)

Overpowering signals: NO problem here, our digital signal is only licensed to transmit at 1% of our analog signal. If you’re getting us in HD you must be close to our transmitter so stop in and say Hi! (NO…..really, we can see you!)

Anyone who listens to AM/FM radio knows the atomic clock accuracy we use to time our commercials, music and talk. It allows for tighter segues “up next we’ll hear from the 7:45 band followed by the 7:48 band closing that music set”.

Ignorant Indigent Hillbilly: We know FREE is all you can afford so we’re offering 3x’s the FREE for FREE (w/ purchase of radio)! It has come to our attention that 99% of our radios are only available on the “Magic typing box” better known as the Internet or from electronics liquidators with that said you’ll be happy to hear that due to dismal sales these units will soon be available at a LOCAL DUMPSTER near you!

HD Radio…… Answering The Question Nobody Asked!!!

Coming up on H2…… 1000 Top Commercial followed by our new talk show ADventure where we’ll discuss the exciting world of Ad company joint venture marketing. Join us won’t you

Tonight on H3….. It’s the top rated “Who Gives A Sh*t Show” Tonight’s topic:
H DOA Radio…. We built it and nobody came NOW WHAT!?! Join us while we discuss various strategies to beat this dead horse back to life. Unfortunately NAB Shill Anonymous Coward won’t be with us tonight he won another Bestiality Dial A Date on the Howard Stern show.

Now I ask you. How can Clear channel and the NAB talk of minority ownership while Sirius/xm has offered more on a percentage basis on top of what they already offer, than every radio station in the US combined?

A speech given by commissioner Tate:

"...But, what is the state of women and minorities in broadcasting? According
to a recent Free Press survey of commercial television ownership entitled, “Out
of the Picture: Minority & Female TV Station Ownership in the United
States,” researchers found that:
• Women comprise 51 percent of the entire U.S. population, but own a total
of only 67 stations, or 4.97 percent of all stations.
• Minorities comprise 33 percent of the entire U.S. population, but own a
total of only 44 stations, or 3.26 percent of all stations.Breaking minority
ownership down even further:
• Hispanics or Latinos comprise 14 percent of the entire U.S. population,
but own a total of only 15 stations, or 1.11 percent of all stations.
• Blacks or African Americans comprise 13 percent of the entire U.S.
population, but own a total of only 18 stations, or 1.3 percent of all
stations.
• Asians comprise 4 percent of the entire U.S. population, but own a total
of only 6 stations, or 0.44 percent of all stations

http://www.mediainstitute.org/Speeches/Tate_20070228.pdf

Of the 10,577 commercial AM and FM radio stations licensed in 2000, only 4
percentwere minority owned

http://www.nowfoundation.org/issues/communications/fcc/010203comments.pdf

We put the KKK in KROC and the W in WHIT(E) "Kountry You Kan Kount On"
YEE HAW!!!

Can someone please explain to this moron that it you give away 25% of the spectrum, it will result in less noncommercial stations that the 8% set aside?? Where do they find these people?

Pocketradio aka KKKROC & WHIT..... WHITEMAN RADIO aka WSUX (H)ardly (D)ifferent Radio! aka HDOA RADIO aka HD WIRELESS TELEGRAPH aka BOB "ON THE NOB" STRUBLE aka NAB propeganda aka HOMOSEZ aka Bicycle! Bicycle! I WANT TO RIDE MY....aka TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES aka BWHAAA,HA,HA,HA,HA aka "YOU HIDE LIKE A COWARD" aka Pocketradio aka RADIO WE PAY TO AVOID aka WSUX HD RADIO!!! aka H DOA RADIO aka (H)IDEOUSLY (D)ISMAL RADIO aka IGNORE ALL POSTS BY AC is so fearful and desperate to spread his personal FUD about HD Radio. Give it up lune, the word is getting out about you and your ignorance. Your trolling, your phoney blog, your numerous posts under different screen names, your repeats of FUD which have already been DEBUNKED many times over. Your FUD is only affecting the uneducated like yourself. Those who are educated with the ability to read and understand know the TRUTH and FACTS about HD Radio. The FACT is quality is better than satradio.

Pocketradio DEBUNKED yet again.

The TRUTH vers Pocketradio's DEBUNKED FUD

www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/ISEO-rgbtcspd/ learningcenter/car/hdradio_faq.html
www.npr.org/everywhere/digital/faq.html
www.kbia.org/programs/HD-radio-FAQ.php
www.hdradio.com/faq.php
www.wfiu.org/hdradio_faqs.htm
www.wguc.org/hdradio/faq.asp
www.xpn.org/inside-xpn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27

Pocketradio DEBUNKED yet again.

We want fresh meat.. .we want fresh meat...... we want.....

PS.. IF I were Ryan, I'd be deleting you dick-wads and all this bullshit about HD... who gives a royal fuck....HD was born DOA.

Jim Cramer Makes Positive Comments on Sirius Satellite (SIRI)
9/12/07

More News related to SIRI
Jim Cramer makes positive comments on Sirius Satellite (Nasdaq: SIRI), saying the merger with XM Satellite (Nasdaq: XMSR) will go through by year end and shares of SIRI will go to $6.

Cramer says shares could fall to $2.50 if the deal doesn't happen, saying that would be 'the floor' on the stock. However, Cramer spoke with the SIRI CEO and said he's positive every issue presented to prevent the merger has been resolved.

2/21/07 ....

Cramer Thinks XM-Sirius Gets Approved
Jim Cramer has stated on today's Wall Street Confidential on TheStreet.com that regulators won't block the XM (XMSR) & Sirius (SIRI) mergerbalked.

Cramer said the XMSR/SIRI deal is a LAY-UP and that Martin has probably green-lighted this deal. Cramer said iPod and Free Terrestrial Radio compete and all the show trials and show hearings will take place before they approve it. He also thinks it could take a year to get done. Keep in mind that just last night the ex-FCC head (Michael Powell) also noted that he believes this will ultimately get approved.

Many Retailers Forecast ’08 HD-Radio Gain

NEW YORK — Sales have been picking up and will likely get an additional boost this year from a growing selection of affordable products and the launch of iTunes Tagging.

The digital-AM/FM technology could get an additional boost if more retailers focus on HD Radio’s ability to deliver multicast stations and if more retailers install outdoor antennas to deliver a compelling demo, HD-Radio developer iBiquity Digital noted. In its latest promotional campaign, the HD Digital Radio Alliance has already shifted to focus mainly on multicasting’s benefits.

When the first HD Radios hit the market in 2004, digital FM stations had not yet begun to multicast an additional channel using digital-FM’s multicast capability, but now more than 800 FM stations are broadcasting two to three programs simultaneously on their assigned frequencies. "We always had a vision it was about the additional applications it would bring, but out of the gate, the only thing we could say was it sounds better," said Bernie Sapienza, iBiquity retail business development VP. "Unfortunately, that’s what stuck with retailers, but our best application is multicasting, and we recently released another application called iTunes Tagging."

In the future, Sapienza added, HD Radio will also offer "conditional access," or the ability to pay for select programming, he continued. "If Bruce Springsteen is playing tonight and you don’t have a ticket, you could pay a buck and buy that one concert on your radio," Sapienza said. Listeners could also buy individual sports games. "You may say, I don’t want to pay $13 a month [for satellite radio], but I’ll pay $1 just to listen to a Browns game."

In home audio, MyerEmco purchasing VP Dave Glassman foresees long-awaited gains. "HD Radio is being included on more and more [A/V] receivers that are in the popular price points, so I think you’ll see a pick up in interest.

Flanner’s audio buyer Jarrett Ernst described his home HD Radio as "doing very well," and Crutchfield said it is seeing some momentum build on the home side.

On the car side, "HD demand is growing," said Dan Jeancola, merchandising senior VP for Car Toys. Dual and Jensen CD players with built-in HD-Radio tuner "have been very popular," he said. "And there is excitement from our sales team and customers about the upcoming add-ons with iTunes tagging."

Neil Riffer, mobile electronics buyer for ABT Electronics, agreed that demand is rising on the car side. "We’re getting more people coming in and asking for it," he said.

Action Electronics called HD Radio an opportunity for mobile specialists to replenish lost satellite radio sales. "We feel that HD Radio is just stepping in where satellite radio dropped the ball," said owner Mark Gebeloff. "The merger is on hold, and you can’t get [satellite-radio car] product."

For its part, mobile specialist Westminster Speed & Sound is promoting HD Radio as a way to boost margins. The company has been pushing the JVC KD-ADH39 in-dash CD-receiver. "We found we can take a customer who was going to buy a $120 CD player and bump them up $80 to a $200 HD Radio," said owner Mark Miller. "There is demand. Some people are asking about HD, and others like the idea once you mention there’s no subscription."

At Sixth Avenue Electronics, operations VP Tom Galanis said HD Radio "is picking up in both home and car." Although he described current sales as "OK," he pointed out that "HD-Radio products are starting to become more accepted." Sixth Avenue carries A/V receivers with HD Radio along with some car stereo, and the company plans to add tabletop HD Radio.

Sixth Avenue and other retailers said they promote the technology’s sound quality. "That’s the big advantage compared to Sirius and XM — it’s a huge difference in sound," Galanis said. Flanner’s, on the other hand, promotes HD Radio’s ability to receive extra stations through multicasting. "That’s our main pitch," said Flanner’s audio buyer Jarrett Ernst. In Milwaukee, he noted, the sole classical radio station ceased broadcasting, and the only classical station is now exclusively on HD Radio.

The Flanner’s buyer also claimed his HD-Radio sales over Christmas "were spectacular" in Sangean and Sony tabletop radios.

It is quite unfair for any agency government or business executive to take so long for a clear cut decision. This combination of Sirius an XM are required for the U.S. to continue our economic underpinnings of innovation, and future export capability. Remember the combined firm still only covers 48 states and we as a country are part of a worldwide economy, (I think Bush may remember that), We can win or stifle our competitiveness on a worldwide basis. Let us get this approved, or we will continue the demise of the U.S. Remember the dominance of Rome, Britain, Egypt etc. Without the understanding and actions required, we as a country will become second rate. God bless Americas creativity, and let it shine.

Comment by Tom Hanson - January 28, 2008 at 4:46 pm

I agree, this merger has taken way to long to be approved. With the savings to be seen, and the choice is still yours to become a subscriber. Let’s go FCC, DOJ, get it approved!!!!

Comment by Anonymous - January 28, 2008 at 5:22 pm

very corrupt people running the show, i wonder if they are able to sleep or even face their children. all they are interested in is fill their pockets.

Comment by khalid - January 28, 2008 at 5:40 pm

Tell us something we don’t know cramer! The FCC already told us they will have a decision before the 1st quarter ends. That means before march 31st…2 months! Cramer is full of it and runs his mouth way too much. This deal is in the hands of our govt and we(investors) are just sitting ducks

Comment by rck - January 28, 2008 at 10:36 pm

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/01/28/sirius-cramer-sees-75-chance-xm-deal-closes-within-2-mos-says-siri-better-choice-than-xmsr-if-merger-flops/

My notes: What a collection of assholes we have at the FCC.

MSN Direct Is Gaining Popularity

MSN Direct is a service that is provided for GPS users. MSN Direct provides GPS systems with traffic updates, weather updates, and gas prices.

This service is now expanding into the HD Radio market. As digital radio becomes commonplace, use of HD Radio is on the rise. Ford is going to start offering HD Radio as standard in 2009. Avis will also start to provide customers with cars that have GPS systems with MSN Direct functionality. Because of this trend it looks as those MSN Direct has found a great partner in HD.

At CES this year Microsoft also released a couple of new features for MSN Direct: stock prices, news headlines and local-event listings.

Eric Lang, general manager of the MSN Direct initiative at Microsoft responds to the popularity, "In this past year we have seen a tremendous response to the MSN Direct service from many top leaders in the navigation industry — ranging from personal navigation device-makers and in-car system manufacturers to the top brands in the rental car field"

WSUX HD RADIO !!!

WIRELESS TELEGRAPH OF THE FUTURE, TODAY!!!!!!

Yes you too can be sporting technology that would be the envy of Tesla and Marconi. Are you too incompetent to program your new mp3 player with stuff you want to hear? Then let HDR decide what you want to listen to (incompetents like you don’t deserve better). Do hundreds of channels confuse you? No problem, (H)ardly (D)ifferent radio is just that hardly different, we don’t have the talent to fill the channels we already have much less extra channels.

HDR offers a fish a bicycle and you are welcome to ride along.

HD RADIO …….The smart fish’s bicycle!

W S U X……… (H)ARDLY (D)IFFERENT Radio !!!!

Up next on WSUX an extended commercial break after these words from our sponsors.

Are you tired of music, news and talk interfering with your favorite commercials? Then HD Radio is for you! We can offer up to three low quality channels of your favorite commercials on one station. Do overpowering radio signals annoy you then HD Radio is for you! Our digital signal is only 1% the strength of our analog signal. Whether you crave multiple low quality sideband channels or one crystal clear digital channel to hear your favorite commercials then HD Radio is for you! Can’t find HD radios in stores? Then try a dumpster behind any local electronics liquidator!

HD Radio commercials make it “FEE”

Today on H2: Top 1000 Commercials followed by the Lonely Radio Show without listeners we get lonely.

Tonight on H3 it’s the “Who Gives A Sh*t Show” Tonight’s topic: HD radio Horrible Failure or Failing Horribly? We’ll discuss why consumer apathy towards HD radio is so extreme here’s a sample:

(“WGASS” correspondent): Excuse me sir don’t you want more free channels from the same station? You can have all that and more with the purchase of an HDR.

(Consumer): I don’t care how many tits my dog has I ain’t drinking dog milk! Now get the hell away from me, I gotta figure out how to make my mortgage and pay for gas this month!

REVEALING RADIO Tonight on WSUX H3 !!!

Tonight on H3 it’ the “Who Gives A Sh*t Show” Tonight’s topic: HD Radio a bridge Too Far To Nowhere?

Tonight we’ll be talking about public dole boondoggles like Alaskan senator Ted Stevens Famous Bridge to nowhere and HD radio’s efforts to force its way to life through congress. Some say it isn’t ethical to waste public figures time on frivolous issues while wars rage, food/fuel prices soar, homes are lost and the economy tanks but let’s face it folk we’re desperate we got nothing but the legislators we own to combat the onslaught of technology. Tonight on WSUX HD RADIO!!!

HD Digital Radio • IT'S TIME TO UPGRADE!
HD Digital Radio. It's here. It's local. It's free. DISCOVER IT!

HD Radio(TM) broadcasting is the technology that is enabling AM and FM radio stations to broadcast digitally in addition to providing their analog service. With this technology, local radio broadcasters can provide listeners with more audio content through FM multicasting, higher quality sound and new data services, while remaining in their traditional places on the radio dial. HD Radio broadcasts are available today to more than 83% of Americans, subscription-free. As with traditional AM, FM and TV broadcasting, HD Radio programming is free and supported either by commercial advertising or by membership as in public broadcasting. Therefore, the HD Radio system is considered a no-fee alternative to satellite radio.

As of June 2008, more than 1,700 AM and FM stations are broadcasting with HD Radio technology, with more than 700 FM stations offering more than one digital channel per FM frequency, thus doubling or tripling the number of programming channels available to listeners. Most of the stations that have adopted the technology are FMs, while AM stations have been slower to upgrade.

Pocketradio DEBUNKED yet again.

All of the commercials sound great on HD. They are louder than normal programming too!

MORE PROOF OF (H)ardly (D)ifferent Radio’s DISMAL position in the market.

Unfortunately for AC/NAB SHILL amazon.com keeps track of sales by category hourly and it shows only one HD radio in the electronics top 25 while standard radio has 4 radios in the top 25 this is exceeded by Satellite radio which has six radio’s in the top 25 That more than HD and standard radio combined!
The rankings change from time to time but if you look through them you’ll see AC NAB/ SHILL is a DELUSIONAL DOUCHEBAG Satellite radio, ipods and their accessories are vastly more popular in amazon's top 100 than HDR. Don’t let this shill point to HD ready radios you can track the popularity of the HD head units verses Satellite head units with amazon too.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/226184/ref=pd_ts_e_nav

POOR LITTLE DESPERATE NAB MAGGOT CAN”T EXPLAIN HDR’s DISMAL AMAZON.COM SALES SO HE LASHES OUT!!

*cough*DOUCHEBAG*cough*

As a student of history, It’s ironic that we approach the Independence holiday waiting for word on a merger that was proposed more than 515 days ago. Honoring our founding fathers and this nation reminds us of the conviction, the courage and their wisdom it took to do the right thing despite the political pressures and personal risk of the day.

These were men and women of strength who accepted the responsibilities as well as the rights of their office.

The examples of a Washington, Madison or a Jefferson are lost in the politics of these times. The principles of institutions like this FCC are ruled not by the will or benefit of the people, but too often by the self-serving fortunes of those entrusted. I’m embarrassed for these five FCC leaders. I’m embarrassed for the America that both encourages and condones the politicizing and deliberate procrastination before public service.

Most of you are not aware that FCC Commissioners take the oath of office by pledging that they will support the Constitution of the United States of America. At this Forth of July, and regardless of your stance on this merger, do you see the principles of our Constitution and the spirit of our founders represented by the actions of these five leaders?

More HD posts on ORBITCAST pluuuuueeeeessseee

"and I think SIXM goes for a piece of the 4.0 Billion ad market by offering split services via that bandwidth"

I'm with you on this plowboy. All those deactivated factory installs are $ for Sirius. I think some of the spectrum will be free and ad supported. This gets all the deactivated receivers back on line. I don't agree that video and nav will get dumped. It will be part of a premium package that people will suscribe to and pay for. I'm not sure when it will happen. Probably not until the market is saturated with dual band receivers. But, sooner or later, it will happen (free service ad supported for part of the spectrum).

This is why the NAB is fighting so hard to stop the merger. As sat rad becomes standard in all new vehicles, Sirius with free service ,will compete with AM/FM. This will be a deathnail for testicle radio. Especally with nationally syndicated talk radio.

HD RADIO SALES OFFICE **TOP SECRET**REPORT **AC EYES ONLY**

It has come to our attention that Amazon.com publishes hourly bestseller ratings that reflect poorly on overall (H)ardly (D)ifferent radio sales. This failure is especially apparent when you compare our technological afterthought to technology that people actually want like mp3’s players and the dreaded satellite radio. Hell standard radios outsell us more than PS2’s outsell PS3’s! Our advice to our web shills is to ignore this inconvenient truth and just keep insulting your potential customers with the same repetitive spam. Remember this spam was formulated by top PR Firms to maximize it’s IGNORE factor. Our brand of malignant narcissism is specially designed to only attract rabid psychopaths (our key sales demographic). The boys upstairs feel this key market demographic is our only hope for future customers. The numbers show 1 in 10,000 psycho’s may buy an HD radio out of spite just to smash it on YouTube, those are promising sales numbers INDEED!

**EAT THIS MESSAGE AFTER READING**

Somebody cast a vote. Have you really been pondering this for 470 days?

Pocketradio aka WSUX HD RADIO aka KKKROC & WHIT..... WHITEMAN RADIO aka WSUX (H)ardly (D)ifferent Radio! aka HDOA RADIO aka HD WIRELESS TELEGRAPH aka BOB "ON THE NOB" STRUBLE aka NAB propeganda aka HOMOSEZ aka Bicycle! Bicycle! I WANT TO RIDE MY....aka TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES aka BWHAAA,HA,HA,HA,HA aka "YOU HIDE LIKE A COWARD" aka Pocketradio aka RADIO WE PAY TO AVOID aka WSUX HD RADIO!!! aka H DOA RADIO aka (H)IDEOUSLY (D)ISMAL RADIO aka IGNORE ALL POSTS BY AC,

With his same regurgitation of fear and desperation over the technology standard for digital radio. HD Radio.

With each of your trolling posts the word is getting out about you and your ignorance. Your trolling, your phoney blog, your numerous posts under different screen names, your repeats of FUD which have already been DEBUNKED many times over. Your FUD is only affecting the uneducated like yourself. You Pocketradio and your posts are a joke to the educated. Your are all alone and your personal fear and desperation over HD Radio is a complete failure. The TRUTH and FACTS posted from more reliable sources show the reality of HD Radio.

Better watch out child, your personal nightmare big bad Bob Struble and his HD Radio technology is all around you. The TRUTH is striking down each and everyone of your lunatic posts of FUD.

Pocketradio DEBUNKED each and every time.

this is such a joke, f@#k Kerry and his ketchup c#$t wife, I may have made a big mistake investing in Sirius but that was my choice but getting screwed by the gov who are in bed with the NAB is just not fair to investors in ths company.

F#$k the FCC, NAB and the DEMS and lets not forget the DOJ

My sentiments exactly....

I will remember these democrats when I vote and make it a point to work for the opposite party.
After seeing them cater to the NAB, I have nothing but disgust in my heart. How dare they claim to be helping the public. Their comments are a joke.

I have one question:
Are the democrats working for the NAB? Does anyone have an idea who these legislators are.
We need to generate an "in Your Pocket" list of legislators who lobby for the NAB and HD radio. The public needs to know who is working against them.

pfreak - Exactly my sentiments. I'm so pissed off at the situation that I sometimes neglect to mention that Sirius has been less than prudent in terms of spending, business decisions, etc. There is no denying that (XM also); they have created a huge financial mess! However, in lieu of so many other mergers being approved - many of which have impacted the publics lives far more than this one ever will - I see no scenario by which any sane person could be so vehemently opposed to these sevices combining.

Ronman,

Good points all.

I wish I were a technical expert, but I'm not sure if this bandwidth is large enough to support NAV, Video, Pay-for AND free without degrading the sound quality to the levels of HD or AM? If you or anyone has thoughts on this, please advise.

I am very sure that Mel is a entertainment genius, and that this business model won't be successful (widely) without changes. Having run businesses, a second or third revenue stream is where it's at!!

Why is it legal for politicians to accept "campaign contributions" when this is clearly not in the best interest of the citizens they are suppose to be representing? When a police officer accepts "contributions" it is called a bribe and they go to jail. I would vote for anyone who would propose campaign reform which amounted to "stock campaigns" in which it would be mandated that the campaigns were all equal. There should be no money involved. The campaign could be run for free over the internet. The debates could be viewed over the internet. People could ask the candidates questions on their views over the internet. If some other form of campaigning was done such as television or radio commercials, every candidate would have equal time. Is it any wonder that all of our politicians are already rich and influential? Why would they even care about the quality of life for the average citizens unless in some way it helped their pocket book. They can not even relate to a middle class family. For instance, John McCain was quoted as saying, "Now, my friends, I'll offer anybody here $50 an hour if you'll go pick lettuce in Yuma this season and pick for the whole season. So -- OK? Sign up. OK.
You sign up. You sign up, and you'll be there for the whole season, the whole season. OK? Not just one day. Because you can't do it, my friend." We all know for a fact there is a large percentage of the lower and middle income class that work extremely hard for nothing near fifty dollars an hour. There would be riots for jobs picking lettuce for fifty dollars an hour. We all know this, but not the politicians that are suppose to be representing us. Something needs to be done, now.

Why is it legal for politicians to accept "campaign contributions" when this is clearly not in the best interest of the citizens they are suppose to be representing? When a police officer accepts "contributions" it is called a bribe and they go to jail. I would vote for anyone who would propose campaign reform which amounted to "stock campaigns" in which it would be mandated that the campaigns were all equal. There should be no money involved. The campaign could be run for free over the internet. The debates could be viewed over the internet. People could ask the candidates questions on their views over the internet. If some other form of campaigning was done such as television or radio commercials, every candidate would have equal time. Is it any wonder that all of our politicians are already rich and influential? Why would they even care about the quality of life for the average citizens unless in some way it helped their pocket book. They can not even relate to a middle class family. For instance, John McCain was quoted as saying, "Now, my friends, I'll offer anybody here $50 an hour if you'll go pick lettuce in Yuma this season and pick for the whole season. So -- OK? Sign up. OK.
You sign up. You sign up, and you'll be there for the whole season, the whole season. OK? Not just one day. Because you can't do it, my friend."

We all know for a fact there is a large percentage of the lower and middle income class that work extremely hard for nothing near fifty dollars an hour. There would be riots for jobs picking lettuce for fifty dollars an hour. We all know this, but not the politicians that are suppose to be representing us. Something needs to be done, now.

July 3rd,the last day before the long weekend.I bet no voting today or Monday,it will be after their July meeting.Two votes then one yes and one no vote.and then another two weeks for the final votes.You see the shit flying then,a all out war,it could go either way then.The NAB will drag this out untill august.

Vote all the politicians out! This fiasco reminds me of the Freedom Tower BS that is going on here in NY--Everyone special interest wants their piece, too many hands out, too much politics, lots of illegal things going on-----and nothing done how many years later?

Still the uneducated are getting all upset and placing blame on everyone but the one person who is responsible for this whole mess. That one person is Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin.

"Most of the merger rumors have come directly or indirectly from Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin. In a November 2006 interview, Karmazin remarked that he would be open to a merger. "I have focused my entire career on shareholder value and wealth creation. Often mergers allow for that," said Karmazin. "I combined my radio company with CBS, and I combined CBS with Viacom."

"When the FCC initially licensed the two satellite radio companies in 1997, there was language in the licensing barring one from acquiring control of the other."

"Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin told reporters after an FCC meeting that the Commission would not approve a merger between satellite radio rivals Sirius and XM Radio. Martin said that "there is a prohibition on one entity owning both of these business."

"it would have the effect of eliminating competition—something that rarely benefits consumers."

Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin is desperate to line his pockets again on the backs of consumers and the destruction of the satradio industry. Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin knew back in 2006 when he first mentioned his "merge" scheme it wouldn't clear the FCC regulations agreed to in 1997.

The FCC, the NAB, and everyone else are doing their jobs, not only will a "merged" satradio company be bad for consumers, be bad for the satradio industry, remember uneducated people satradio uses public spectrum to do business so their actions effect everyone even non-subscribers. Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin made the wrong choice in his latest greed and arrogance cash grab.

If Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin cared, if Nate Davis cared if anyone in either satradio company cared on day 200 they would have stopped the "merge" themselves for the good of consumers and more importantly the future of the satradio industry.

The "merge" mess is the fault of one person Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin. In over 400 days now it's sad the uneducated still haven't figured out the truth and still blame everyone else for Melvin Alan "Mel" Karmazin's greed and arrogant actions. Wake up and educate yourselves.

HD RADIO IS A JOKE!! WHO WANTS BETTER SOUNDING COMMERCIALS. SATRAD IS THE NEW NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT & NEWS PLATFORM. MY WIFE & I HAVE INVESTED HUGE AMOUNTS OF OUR SAVINGS IN A PRODUCT THAT WE BELIEVE IN. 17 MILLION OF US AGREE (AND 5000 NEW SUBS PER DAY 24/7). IF YOU TRULY GIVE A DAMN ABOUT
ANYTHING "IN THE PUBLICS BEST INTEREST" THEN STOP THE CIRCUS PARADE AND VOTE THIS MERGER THROUGH TODAY!!!

DENNISGEM,

Too bad your ignorance about HD Radio matches your poor posting skills and worse your choice to "invested huge amounts of our savings in a product" with no future.

DENNISGEM,

Too bad your ignorance about HD Radio matches your poor posting skills and worse your choice to "invested huge amounts of our savings in a product" with no future.

HD Digital Radio • IT'S TIME TO UPGRADE!
HD Digital Radio. It's here. It's local. It's free. DISCOVER IT!
www.hdradio.com/

After seeing this outrageous assault on our freedom of speech, by these DEMOGOGUES that clearly are bought and paid for, by the mainstream terrestrial radio lobby, you would think more people would be chiming in for a complete overhaul of the FCC. These people are clearly NOT acting in your public interest. I guess we really do get the government we deserve. THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR.

HD Digital Commercial Radio • IT'S TIME TO LISTEN TO COMMERCIALS!
HD Digital Commercial Radio. It's here. It's local. It's free. DISCOVER MORE COMMERCIALS!!
www.commercials.com/

After seeing this outrageous assault on our freedom of speech, by these DEMOGOGUES that clearly are bought and paid for, by the mainstream terrestrial radio lobby, you would think more people would be chiming in for a complete overhaul of the FCC. These people are clearly NOT acting in your public interest. I guess we really do get the government we deserve. THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR.

When they ask for a percentage of the spectrum to be set aside, what do they mean? Is this a percentage of channels or a percentage of bandwidth? For example, if it's just a percentage of channels, could Sirius-XM just agree to it and then compress the hell out of them?

"Satellite radio mergers, HD, and toasters"

From Inside Radio:

"The [XM/Sirius] merger faces more Senate opposition - and a call for mandatory HD Radio inclusion in satellite radio receivers. Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) oppose the satellite radio merger as proposed, writing “We remain concerned...that the merger of these two companies will eliminate competition in the Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service market in violation of the FCC rules establishing this service.”

"Even if we ignore the fact that HD has no more to do with satellite radio than a mobile toaster does, somebody should tell our elected representatives and their friendly neighborhood NAB lobbyists that the future of satellite radio is not on satellite radios.We should be wary of what we wish for. We just might get it."

http://www.hear2.com/2008/07/satellite-radio.html#comments

Ramsey's right - here comes in-dash Internet, so Satrad had better be prepared. HD Radio will eventually be left behind, anyway.

@AC

"Better watch out child, your personal nightmare big bad Bob Struble and his HD Radio technology is all around you. The TRUTH is striking down each and everyone of your lunatic posts of FUD."

For once you are correct - got a special visitor to my blog, yesterday:

197. national association of broadcasters

Stupid fucks - you think they would have used a proxy server to hide their IP address. BTW, here are some my other notables:

41. cbs corporation
57. sirius satellite radio
70. admin ofc us courts
90. bloomberg financial market
157. harris corporation
181. kagan research llc.747
187. lexis-nexis
198. national science foundation
202. new england research
213. osterweis capital management
219. pioneer electronics
247. pricewaterhousecoopers llp
269. scientific atlanta
306. us dept of justice
309. visteon corporation

23 countries have visited my blog, some where HD Radio is being tested - all this since I enabled Google Analytics on June 16th.

PocketRadio,

You blog is a JOKE and the powers that be are hot on your fearful and desperate trail. They need no proxy as it's only you who hides behind different names while posting your FUD, hoping the uneducated are fooled.

MORE PROOF OF (H)ardly (D)ifferent Radio’s DISMAL position in the market.
Unfortunately for AC/NAB SHILL amazon.com keeps track of sales by category hourly and it shows only one HD radio in the electronics top 25 while standard radio has 4 radios in the top 25 this is exceeded by Satellite radio which has six radio’s in the top 25 That more than HD and standard radio combined!
The rankings change from time to time but if you look through them you’ll see AC NAB/ SHILL is a DELUSIONAL DOUCHEBAG Satellite radio, ipods and their accessories are vastly more popular in amazon's top 100 than HDR. Don’t let this shill point to HD ready radios you can track the popularity of the HD head units verses Satellite head units with amazon too.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/electronics/226184/ref=pd_ts_e_nav

POOR LITTLE DESPERATE NAB MO CAN”T EXPLAIN HDR’s DISMAL AMAZON.COM SALES SO HE LASHES OUT!!

*cough*DOUCHEBAG*cough*

HD Digital Commercial Radio • IT'S TIME TO LISTEN TO COMMERCIALS!
HD Digital Commercial Radio. It's here. It's local. It's free. DISCOVER MORE COMMERCIALS!!
www.HDradiocommercials.com/

@AC

"Your blog is a JOKE and the powers that be are hot on your fearful and desperate trail."

If my blog is such a joke, then why are they "hot on your fearful and desperate trail"? And, why do you spend so much time bashing me and Satrad? You sir, are the one who is running-scared. Your little HD Radio scam is now in the hands of the Commerece Commission:

"HD Radio fails miserably"
Bob Savage, CEO, WYSL

"I've been in touch with Congressman Dingell's office, and have brought the iBiquity-lobbying IBOC situation to his attention as his office probes how the Commission conducts its business. I have further offered to testify before his Subcommittee if they have interest in pursuing how HD Radio was allowed to find the light of day."

http://tinyurl.com/5mu8cn

Pocketradio aka *cough*DOUCHEBAG*cough* aka WSUX HD RADIO aka KKKROC & WHIT..... WHITEMAN RADIO aka WSUX (H)ardly (D)ifferent Radio! aka HDOA RADIO aka HD WIRELESS TELEGRAPH aka BOB "ON THE NOB" STRUBLE aka NAB propeganda aka HOMOSEZ aka Bicycle! Bicycle! I WANT TO RIDE MY....aka TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES aka BWHAAA,HA,HA,HA,HA aka "YOU HIDE LIKE A COWARD" aka Pocketradio aka RADIO WE PAY TO AVOID aka WSUX HD RADIO!!! aka H DOA RADIO aka (H)IDEOUSLY (D)ISMAL RADIO aka IGNORE ALL POSTS BY AC,

Yet more ignorant, fearful and desperate posting from HD Radio's troll Pocketradio. Oh it's going to be a fine day when Bob Struble and David Rehr's people "contact" you and give you the education about HD Radio you so desperately need.

Pocketradio aka *cough*DOUCHEBAG*cough* aka WSUX HD RADIO aka KKKROC & WHIT..... WHITEMAN RADIO aka WSUX (H)ardly (D)ifferent Radio! aka HDOA RADIO aka HD WIRELESS TELEGRAPH aka BOB "ON THE NOB" STRUBLE aka NAB propeganda aka HOMOSEZ aka Bicycle! Bicycle! I WANT TO RIDE MY....aka TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES aka BWHAAA,HA,HA,HA,HA aka "YOU HIDE LIKE A COWARD" aka Pocketradio aka RADIO WE PAY TO AVOID aka WSUX HD RADIO!!! aka H DOA RADIO aka (H)IDEOUSLY (D)ISMAL RADIO aka IGNORE ALL POSTS BY AC,

Your Blog IS a joke and if you don't know why your FUD is making you and your blog both a laughing stock and also a target for those who are educated and know the TRUTH, better to not ask but just keep running. Big bad Bob Struble and David Rehr's are a'coming, and Pocketradio is a'going fearful and desperate.

Pocketradio = DEBUNKED.

Goldman Sachs is Obama's number one contributor, buying him off with
$632,830.

John McCain accepted a bribe from Goldman Sachs in the amount of
$166,470, putting them as the fifth largest contributor.

Hilary Clinton received a bribe in the amount of $645,470 from Goldman
Sachs.

Even John Kerry received $305,750 from Goldman Sachs.

I wonder where they get all this money for campaign contributions.
I'll tell you. If you couldn't stand the pain of the big drop in
Sirius stock which was caused by Goldman Sachs and had to sell your
shares for a loss, it's your money they are buying our government
officials with. Goldman Sachs stole your money and bribed government
officials with it to work for them. So now, no matter who we elect
President, there will be no investigation into Goldman Sachs stock
manipulation. See how that works?

From: Matt (Tristan28) - view profile
Date: Thurs, Jul 3 2008 3:24 pm

Why is it legal for politicians to accept "campaign contributions"
when this is clearly not in the best interest of the citizens they
are
suppose to be representing? When a police officer accepts
"contributions" it is called a bribe and they go to jail. I would
vote for anyone who would propose campaign reform which amounted to
"stock campaigns" in which it would be mandated that the campaigns
were all equal. There should be no money involved. The campaign
could be run for free over the internet. The debates could be viewed
over the internet. People could ask the candidates questions on
their
views over the internet. If some other form of campaigning was done
such as television or radio commercials, every candidate would have
equal time.

Is it any wonder that all of our politicians are already rich and
influential? Why would they even care about the quality of life for
the average citizens unless in some way it helped their pocket book.
They can not even relate to a middle class family. For instance,
John
McCain was quoted as saying, "Now, my friends, I'll offer anybody
here $50 an hour if you'll go pick lettuce in Yuma this season and
pick for the whole season. So -- OK? Sign up. OK. You sign up. You
sign up, and you'll be there for the whole season, the whole season.
OK? Not just one day. Because you can't do it, my friend."

We all know for a fact there is a large percentage of the lower and
middle income class that work extremely hard for nothing near fifty
dollars an hour. There would be riots for jobs picking lettuce if
the
pay amounted to $104,000 per year. We all know this, but not the
politicians that are suppose to be representing us. Something needs
to be done, now.

From: Matt (Tristan28) - view profile
Date: Thurs, Jul 3 2008 4:37 am

I apologize for ranting, but, to say I am getting a bit frustrated by
this political process would be a massive understatement. When I
posted in September that I believed this process was going to take
until the end of March people thought I was crazy. But I had no idea
they could drag this out for so long. We are so close. Hopefully,
just one more step to go, the FCC vote. Unless, the FCC approves the
merger and then Congress rollsback the FCC's decision like they did
with the media consolidation decision. Then the President (if it is
still Bush) will veto the rollback. Congress will then attempt to
negate his veto with a two-thirds majority vote.

It seems clear to me now why the commissioners are not casting their
votes. Why would you cast your vote and lose out on all of that
money. The first one to cast their vote won't get paid a dime.
However, the swing vote could make some serious money and you can't
be
the swing vote if you vote first.

From: Matt (Tristan28) - view profile
Date: Thurs, Jul 3 2008 5:28 am

LarryJ, what you fail to understand is, under the current election
process, if you were to vote for John McCain, you are not electing
John McCain to be President. You are electing Merrill Lynch,
Citigroup Inc, Blank Rome LLP, AT&T Inc, the dreaded Goldman Sachs
and
especially Hensley and Company, one of the largest Anheuser-Busch
distributors in the nation, just to name a few, to be President of
the
United States. His decisions will be based on the best interest of
these companies and not for the best interest of the American people.
For those of you who do not know, John McCain is married to Cindy Lou
Hensley McCain who is the chair of Hensley & Company.

An example of this is when an agent for the Arizona Liquor License
and
Control attempted to enforce the law and threatened a small portion
of
Hensley and Company's income, the agent was ordered by his supervisor
to never do another inspection at that establishment again and the
law
was quickly changed in order to protect Hensley and Company's
profits.

Under the current system, no matter who you vote for, it's the
lobbyist that control the government. I guess LarryJ is all for a
government not for the people, but for the lobbyist.

HOMO SEZ DEBUNKED!!! HOMO SEZ DEBUNKED!!! HOMO SEZ DEBUNKED!!! HOMO SEZ DEBUNKED!!! HOMO SEZ DEBUNKED!!! HOMO SEZ DEBUNKED!!! HOMO SEZ DEBUNKED!!!

HD Digital Commercial Radio • IT'S TIME TO LISTEN TO COMMERCIALS!
HD Digital Commercial Radio. It's here. It's local. It's free. DISCOVER MORE COMMERCIALS!!
www.HD Radiocommercials.com/

WSUX HD RADIO !!!

WIRELESS TELEGRAPH OF THE FUTURE, TODAY!!!!!!

Yes you too can be sporting technology that would be the envy of Tesla and Marconi. Are you too incompetent to program your new mp3 player with stuff you want to hear? Then let HDR decide what you want to listen to (incompetents like you don’t deserve better). Do hundreds of channels confuse you? No problem, (H)ardly (D)ifferent radio is just that hardly different, we don’t have the talent to fill the channels we already have much less extra channels.

HDR offers a fish a bicycle and you are welcome to ride along.

HD RADIO …….The smart fish’s bicycle!

**************************************************************************

Remember in the old westerns when Indians used smoke signals to communicate? Wasn’t that cool? Well, HD Radio is almost as popular (but not as well know). Let HD Radio take you back in time where your great grand parents pitched woo to the hottest technology of the day. You can relive their misery with a new HD Wireless Telegraph Receiver our radios are designed for horseless carriage and parlor use. Our new 2nd gen power saver chipset will allow for our new line of luggable coal fired HD radios. Yes that’s right clean burning coal our technology

HD RADIO…… Where’s there’s smoke there’s fire (it’s probably at one of our transmitters.)

Anonymous Coward posting under yet the same name badly acting like there is only one lunatic who is fearful and desperate against the overwhelming march of competing technologies. Just yet more proof directly from Anonymous Coward who is being called out for his HD Fanboy BUTTLOVE and his trolling pointed out all over the web. Everyone is getting the education Anonymous Coward and all his post are nothing but ignorant posting by a desperate, delusional lunatic.

Anonymous Coward = DEBUNKED

Pocketradio aka Anonymous Coward aka HOMOSEZ aka *cough*DOUCHEBAG*cough* aka WSUX HD RADIO aka KKKROC & WHIT..... WHITEMAN RADIO aka WSUX (H)ardly (D)ifferent Radio! aka HDOA RADIO aka HD WIRELESS TELEGRAPH aka BOB "ON THE NOB" STRUBLE aka NAB propeganda aka HOMOSEZ aka Bicycle! Bicycle! I WANT TO RIDE MY....aka TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES aka BWHAAA,HA,HA,HA,HA aka "YOU HIDE LIKE A COWARD" aka Pocketradio aka RADIO WE PAY TO AVOID aka WSUX HD RADIO!!! aka H DOA RADIO aka (H)IDEOUSLY (D)ISMAL RADIO aka IGNORE ALL POSTS BY AC,

Poor Pocketradio is getting even more fearful and desperate. Everyone is finding out that everything which comes from Pocketradio is fraud (deception made for personal gain) Pocketradio while hold up and hiding in his mom's basement can only post more regurgitation of prior DEBUNKED information. Nothing but lies from HD Radio troll Pocketradio. Pocketradio's lies only affect the uneducated. Educated people know the truth and can read and understand the truth from reliable sources not lunatic Pocketradio's delusions of fear and desperation of the digital radio technology standard HD Radio.

"Ibiquity, the creator of advocate for HD Radio says, "Thousands of radio stations are upgrading to digital HD Radio technology. Approximately one new HD Radio broadcaster goes on the air each day, reaching every major U.S. city and 60% of all listeners. By 2008, more than 90% of the U.S. population will be reached by HD Radio broadcasters."

So, if there is no HD Radio in your area, be patient. It should be there soon."

Unprecedented Traffic to HDRadio.com

In addition to the raw increase in traffic to HDRadio.com, the percentage of new visitors to the site continues to exceed 80%. The site currently sees some 2700 unique visitors per day and those visitors currently spend an aggregate of 5600 hours per month on the site.

“Since January 1st, 2008, there have been over two million page views, with tens of thousands more coming from widgets embedded in radio-station Web sites,” said Jamie Allen, Chief Operating Officer at Texas Creative, the company that built and maintains the site. “All of the stats are for organic traffic, not aided by any search-engine optimization.”

"HD Radio™ technology, digital AM and FM radio broadcasting, is transforming the radio experience in ways never thought possible. Developed by iBiquity Digital Corporation and supported by the leaders of the broadcasting, consumer electronics, retail and automotive industries, the technology is available to 83 percent of Americans. More than 1,600 HD Radio stations are on the air with over 800 offering new FM multicast channels (HD2/HD3) – all subscription free."

Pocketradio DEBUNKED

Pocketradio your credibility is ZERO, each of your posts are proof that your more fearful and desperate than ever. You and your HD Radio trolling has been and will be called out so that everyone knows there is Pocketradio FUD and then there is the TRUTH. Everyone knows that blog your so proud of is nothing but a troll's fearful and desperate rants about a technology standard which is future of radio, HD Radio.

HD Radio technology is being tested and adopted in more than a dozen countries throughout the world, due in large part to its ability to deliver digital quality sound and services while leveraging existing analog spectrum. There are more stations broadcasting today with HD Radio technology around the world than DAB or DRM. Examples of international HD Radio successes include:

Argentina—FM HD Radio technology was tested in 2004 with initial trials in Buenos Aires. Further testing of the technology began in early 2007.
Bosnia—Trial and tests of HD Radio technology began in Sarajevo in March 2007.
Brazil—About 25 stations in Brazil have converted to HD Radio technology covering an area of 30 million people. The “Brazilian Alliance for Digital Radio,” founded by broadcasters in 2006, continues to promote and support the deployment of HD Radio technology. ANATEL, the regulatory body overseeing radio operations, is conducting the testing necessary for final government approval.
Canada—The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) began HD Radio testing in September 2006, focusing on transmissions from Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has since revised its policy on digital radio to allow HD Radio operations pursuant to Public Notice CRTC 2006-160.
Colombia—Caracol Radio began testing of the HD Radio technology in both the AM and FM bands in early 2008.
China—The first HD Radio test station in China commenced broadcasting in late February 2008 in Beijing. A multi-phase test program is planned by the State Administration of Radio, Film & Television (SARFT) throughout 2008.
Czech Republic—Initial testing of the HD Radio system commenced in Prague in February 2007.
Europe—In September 2007 the European HD Radio Alliance (EHDRA) was formed by broadcasters and other interested groups to promote the adoption of HD Radio technology by European broadcasters, regulators and standards organizations.
Germany—Radio Regenbogen began HD Radio operations on 102.8 MHz in Heidelberg on December 3, 2007 pursuant to government testing authority.
Indonesia—Both MW-AM and VHF-FM have been tested in Jakarta and Surabaya respectively. The MW-AM station is a fully operating religious broadcast network; the VHF-FM station was part of HD Radio trials in Jakarta.
Jamaica—Radio Jamaica began operating full time with both HD Radio AM and FM signals in the city of Kingston in 2008.
Mexico—All Mexican radio stations within 320 km of the U.S. border are allowed to transmit their programs on the AM and FM bands utilizing HD Radio technology. Approximately six Mexican AM and FM stations are already operating with HD Radio technology along Mexico’s border area with the US.
New Zealand—Following successful testing on 106.1 MHz from the Skytower in Auckland, the Radio Broadcasters Association (RBA) initiated a comprehensive trial of HD Radio technology in December 2006. The aim of the trial was to assess the coverage potential of the HD Radio system and to make a recommendation on the suitability of the technology for adoption.
Philippines—The first HD Radio station in the Philippines began broadcasting on November 9, 2005. The Philippines National Telecommunications Commission finalized its rules for FM digital radio operations on November 11, 2007.
Poland—An HD Radio trial began in Warsaw in 2006 in order to demonstrate the technology to local radio stations.
Switzerland—VHF testing sponsored by Radio Sunshine and Ruoss AG began in Lucerne in April 2006. HD Radio operations in Switzerland continue and are spotlighted each year during “HD Radio Days”, an annual gathering in Lucerne of European broadcasters and manufacturers for the purpose of discussing the rollout of the technology in Europe.
Thailand—In March 2006, an HD Radio system was installed for a public radio network targeting mass transit commuters in Bangkok by installing HD Radio receivers in public buses.
Ukraine—The first FM HD Radio broadcasts in Kiev went on the air in October 2006 on two FM stations operated by the Ukrainian Radio Group.
United States—Available to more than 80 percent of the listeners, more than 1,700 HD Radio stations currently on the air; more than 800 new multicast channels available; an array of the HD Radio receivers available at mass merchant retailers.

Pocketradio DEBUNKED

Perhaps Big bad Bob Struble and David Rehr can have your blog taken down for it being against Blogger's policy. Thats probably why you think you have proof they were looking at the POS recently.

@AC

"Yet more ignorant, fearful and desperate posting from HD Radio's troll Pocketradio. Oh it's going to be a fine day when Bob Struble and David Rehr's people "contact" you and give you the education about HD Radio you so desperately need."

LOL!!! Tell me my name, address, and phone number! I'lll be waiting with a good First Amendment lawyer! I would very much welcome them in court, then we could put your little HD Radio scheme on trial for all the public to see! LOL!

Now a days HD Radio is hotter than Cleveland Steamer! Be the first (and only) person in your neighborhood to own a new HDR receiver.

Is it local? You bet!
HDR is only transmitted at 1% of our analog strength so you’ll be sure to only hear the very closest stations in true digital.

Is it here today? That’s a big YES!
As a matter of fact it’s been here for years languishing about like a delinquent teenager waiting to rob you of twenty minutes an hour just like regular testicle radio.

Is it free? Sure! (with purchase of new radio).
We pay our bills with lots of annoying commercial breaks every hour. That is until we get you hooked then we’ll start charging (I learned that from my “Pharmacist”).

HD RADIO * It’s the future of WIRELESS TELEGRAPH ……TODAY! *

HD RADIO IT’S TIME TO …………….ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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Wh….what was I saying? It was so boring I fell asleep. Oh well it must not have been that important anyway.

Oh wait ,that’s right!

HD Digital Commercial Radio • IT'S TIME TO LISTEN TO COMMERCIALS!
HD Digital Commercial Radio. It's here. It's local. It's free. DISCOVER MORE COMMERCIALS!!

www.HDRadiocommercials.com/

Court? Pocketradio Your lunatic lies and ramblings are more than proof your unfit for trial.

Better for Big bad Bob Struble and David Rehr to continue to make you more and more fearful and desperate over the technology standard HD Radio, the future of digital radio.

Pocketradio = DEBUNKED

HOMO SEZ DEBUNKED!

Bob”THE NOB” Struble and David “I LUV IT IN THE” Rehr sounds like a couple of MO’S deeply in love with failure. If those two pole riders weren’t scared shitless of the specter of Satellite radio their shills wouldn’t be trolling competitors blogs to fight with lunatics. If HDR had “legs” it wouldn’t need to be attached to products that do. Nah, with all the whining and butt clenching these two Mary’s are doing they can’t find any time to play any “put it where it don’t belong”.

Poor Anonymous Coward is getting even more fearful and desperate. Everyone is finding out that everything which comes from Anonymous Coward is fraud (deception made for personal gain) Anonymous Coward while hold up and hiding in his mom's basement can only post more regurgitation of prior DEBUNKED information. Nothing but lies from HD Radio troll Anonymous Coward. Anonymous Coward lies only affect the uneducated. Educated people know the truth and can read and understand the truth from reliable sources like AMAZON.COM’S bestsellers list Anonymous Coward s delusions of fear and desperation of the digital radio technology found in satellite radio.

Also I need to correct something I wrote, I said There are. “more stations broadcasting today with HD Radio technology around the world than DAB or DRM. But like most of the shit I post it’s just another public relations lie. If you read carefully HDR is only being tested in most of the countries I cited. The Truth is:

One-way standards are those used for broadcasting, as opposed to those used for two-way communication. While digital broadcasting offers many potential benefits, its introduction has been hindered by a lack of global agreement on standards. The Eureka 147 standard (DAB) for digital radio is “THE MOST COMMONLY USED” and is coordinated by the World DMB Forum, which represents more than 30 countries. This standard of digital radio technology was defined in the late 1980s, and is now being introduced in many countries. Commercial DAB receivers began to be sold in 1999 and, by 2006, 500 million people were in the coverage area of DAB broadcasts, although by this time sales had only taken off in the UK and Denmark. In 2006 there are approximately 1,000 DAB stations in operation.[1] There have been criticisms of the Eureka 147 standard and so a new 'DAB+' standard has been proposed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_radio#One-way_digital_radio

@AC

"Perhaps Big bad Bob Struble and David Rehr can have your blog taken down for it being against Blogger's policy. Thats probably why you think you have proof they were looking at the POS recently."

Against what policy? If my blog is a joke, then why all of the attention?

Because actually I'm in love with you and your ideas and any attention I get is "good" attention. I was once a PR honcho until my boss fired me for being "All nut and NO shaft" Now I just eek out an existence arguing with fan boys on blogs. I get a coupon for a free Big Mac every time I post the “IT’S TIME” spiel! I hope this doesn’t sound too GAY but pocketradio touches me in places I can’t mention. There I’ve said it now I’m blushing.

ANONYMOUS COWARD....

Nice try hope you and pocketradio are very happy together.

WE ARE CAN"T YOU READ!!

I’ve got to see my Doctor, if I keep having these conflicting thoughts and feelings I’ll have to poke them out with a sharpened screwdriver again. The Doctor said exposure to HDR would have an adverse effect but I didn’t think it would make me so delusional so quick.

HD RADIO ……. It’s Time To… ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

@AC

Another interesting visitor:

4. information systems u.s. house of representatives

Perhaps, this is Savage's Commerce Commission. So, this in addition to:

8. us dept of justice
2. admin ofc us courts

Better hold onto your ass, motherfucker! LMFAO!!!

I am holding on to my ass! I love it when you skewer me for all to see! Not so deep this time you almost popped my prostrate gland last time.

What I find really amusing, is that all of these came from offices in Wash., D.C., including the NAB, within about the past week:

admin ofc us courts
information systems u.s. house of representatives
national association of broadcasters
us dept of justice

Going down, anyone! LMFAO!!!

Pocketradio aka KKKROC & WHIT..... WHITEMAN RADIO aka WSUX (H)ardly (D)ifferent Radio! aka HDOA RADIO aka HD WIRELESS TELEGRAPH aka BOB "ON THE NOB" STRUBLE aka NAB propeganda aka HOMOSEZ aka Bicycle! Bicycle! I WANT TO RIDE MY....aka TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES aka BWHAAA,HA,HA,HA,HA aka "YOU HIDE LIKE A COWARD" aka Pocketradio aka RADIO WE PAY TO AVOID aka WSUX HD RADIO!!! aka H DOA RADIO aka (H)IDEOUSLY (D)ISMAL RADIO aka IGNORE ALL POSTS BY AC is so fearful and desperate to spread his personal FUD about HD Radio. Any visitors who might get linked to your BS Blog are going there for a laugh. Word is out there about you and your ignorant games. You are so full of fear and desperation over the APPROVED technology standard for the future of radio HD Radio. Lots of FUD coming out of a small little troll locked into his basement watching who stumbles onto his fiction blunder blog.

We know it's impossible for you but others who are educated should read and learn the TRUTH about HD Radio:
http://www.ibiquity.com/broadcasters/us_regulatory
http://www.ibiquity.com/hd_radio/hdradio_how_does_it_work

Pocketradio - DEBUNKED

HD RADIO IT’S TIME TO …………….ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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***Due to the results of my recent court mandated Psychological tests I have to notify everyone I have contact with that I suffer from the following conditions:***

HD Psychopathy The HD psychopath is defined by a continual seeking of psychological gratification in criminal bending of the truth and outright lying, deviant sexual, or aggressive ignorant impulses and the inability to learn from past mistakes (like when I constantly spam the web with HDOA pre-outdated technology). Using Freudian terminology, the psychopathic personality occurs when the ego can't mediate between the idiot and the stupid-ego, thus allowing the idiot to run off the pleasure principle, and the stupid-ego has no control over the actions of the ego. In other words, individuals with this disorder gain satisfaction through their aggressive ignorant, deviant sexual and criminal bending of the truth and outright lying impulses. All this as well as lack a conscience in constantly recommending woefully inadequate technologies like HDR.

Otto “I like to get BLOTO” Kernbergstein believes that HD psychopathy should fall under a spectrum of pathological narcissism, that ranged from narcissitic personality on the low end, malignant narcissism in the middle, and psychopathy at the high end. Because of the psychopaths inability to internalize stupid-ego precursors, they are unable to learn from past mistakes so they constantly say the same lame shit promoting HDR, They are completely devoid of a conscience independent thought this makes them prime candidates for championing lost causes like HDR.

Audio Induced Digital Schizophrenia (pronounced /ˌskɪtsəˈfriːniə/), better known as A.I.D.S.

From the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν, "to split") and phrēn, phren- (φρήν, φρεν-, "mind"), is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental illness characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality, (like when I argue with myself and others) most commonly manifesting as auditory hallucinations (like when I think HD sidebands have CD quality) paranoid or bizarre delusions (like when I think everyone is my beloved pocketradio…swoon) or disorganized speech and thinking in the context of significant social or occupational dysfunction (have you read any of my recent posts)?

Due to a bout of neuroleptic malignant syndrome I’ve been unable to medicate myself so I’ve been exposed to a new form of court ordered treatment called “The Rapee”. After my recent Therapee evaluation I was given the choice of more the rapee or a prominent
disclaimer explaining why I act like a douche.

My “The rapist” was right that felt good!

AC=Absoultely Crazy/Anonymous Coward XXOOXX

@AC

Is that the best response that you have, wack-job?

Pocketradio aka KKKROC & WHIT..... WHITEMAN RADIO aka WSUX (H)ardly (D)ifferent Radio! aka HDOA RADIO aka HD WIRELESS TELEGRAPH aka BOB "ON THE NOB" STRUBLE aka NAB propeganda aka HOMOSEZ aka Bicycle! Bicycle! I WANT TO RIDE MY....aka TELL ME HOW MY ASS TASTES aka BWHAAA,HA,HA,HA,HA aka "YOU HIDE LIKE A COWARD" aka Pocketradio aka RADIO WE PAY TO AVOID aka WSUX HD RADIO!!! aka H DOA RADIO aka (H)IDEOUSLY (D)ISMAL RADIO aka IGNORE ALL POSTS BY AC:

Oh your so desperate, your so fearful and your ignorance is proven with each and every post you make Pocketradio, What's even better is EVERYONE here at Orbitcast and throughout the rest of the internet is getting to know (if they dont already) that Pocketradio is a blind, ignorant, troll who is afraid and desperate to FUD the approved technology standard for the future of radio HD Radio. Pocketradio your a lune and your blog and you have ZERO reputation. Your fearful and desperate games are well known and each and every post you make gets DEBUNKED.

We know it's impossible for you but others who are educated should read and learn the TRUTH about HD Radio:
http://www.ibiquity.com/broadcasters/us_regulatory
http://www.ibiquity.com/hd_radio/hdradio_how_does_it_work

Pocketradio - Troll
Pocketradio - DEBUNKED

@AC

Wack-job - DEBUNKED

Please pocketradio I know I’m crazy but at least I admit it and that’s half the battle. Don’t you see how I scream your name/s at the top of my lungs like a satisfied lover every time you disrupt my kidneys with your manly thrusting? I love being made the fool especially by you but you have to remember my safety word is DEBUNKED. When I say DEBUNKED that means you’re being too hard on my balloon knot and I need a rest. The Doctor said if I tore my sphincter again they’d have to sewn it shut and I’d be bagging it for the rest of my life. Just repeating DEBUNKED isn’t good enough you’ve got to stop reaming me too!

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