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HD Digital
Radio provides digital quality sound.
• Life 1540 WDCD is first AM Christian station in the
Albany-Capital Region of New York to broadcast a digital signal,
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• We are now broadcasting two distinct signals: our current
analog signal (Life 1540 WDCD-AM) and a high-definition digital
signal (Life 1540 WDCD-HD).
• With an HD receiver, you'll hear Life 1540 WDCD with Superior
clarity, in AM Stereo, but without the static and hiss of
current standard AM stations.
• HD Radio is a new technology that enables AM and FM radio
stations to broadcast their programs digitally, a tremendous
technological leap from today's familiar analog broadcasts.
These digital broadcasts provide listeners with radically
improved audio quality and reception and new data services.
Signal fading, static, hisses and pops are a thing of the past.
Data services such as displayed song and artist information,
weather and traffic alerts and much more will revolutionize the
way you experience AM and FM radio. And it's all FREE for
consumers, just like today's analog AM and FM radio.
What are
the benefits of HD Radio?
• FM broadcasts have CD-quality sound.
• AM broadcasts will sound as good as today's analog FM stereo.
• Static-free without pops, hiss and fades.
• New data services, such as scrolling text displayed on a radio
screen with song titles, artist names, traffic updates, weather
forecasts, sports scores and more.
• Opportunity for more advanced data and audio services, such as
surround sound, multiple audio sources at the same dial
position, on-demand audio services, store-and-replay (so you can
store a radio program that airs when you are at work and replay
it on your commute home), overlaying real-time traffic
information on a navigational map to help you find the shortest
route, a 'buy' button for music, sports and concert tickets
etc., along with a host of other services.
• No subscription fees. Its FREE for consumers, just like
today's analog AM and FM radio.
• Easy transition for broadcasters and consumers by using the
existing infrastructure and spectrum and at the same time
preserving the existing analog service for as long as needed.
• This means you can continue listening to your local AM/FM
stations on your existing analog radios as well as on your new
HD Radio receivers, with all the added services and benefits
that HD Radio offers.
How can
you get HD Radio?
• To hear an HD radio broadcast, you will need a new HD Radio
receiver that is tuned to Pulse 96.7 WPTR which is now sending
an HD Radio broadcast.
• To find out what types of HD Radio receivers are available, go
to iBiquity Digital Corporation website under the HD Radio
Products. To find out where to buy an HD Radio, go to Where to
Buy.
Who
developed HD Radio technology?
• iBiquity Digital Corporation is the sole developer of HD Radio
technology. With input from radio broadcasters, consumer
electronics and broadcast equipment manufacturers, automakers,
retailers, and consumers, the company has brought to market an
idea that was conceived over a decade ago by scientists and
engineers at Westinghouse, CBS, Gannet and Lucent/Bell Labs.
• The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved HD Radio
technology in 2002, and the commercial rollout of the technology
began in 2003 when AM and FM stations around the country began
digital broadcasts and continued with the launch of HD Radio
receivers at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2004. For
more information on iBiquity Digital, go
www.ibiquity.com
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