HD iPod
Apple is enabling HD Radio's 'push to buy' technology via its iTunes service. The new "iTunes tagging" feature, found in select new HD Radio devices with a special iPod dock, enables consumers to 'tag' a song by pushing a button. The next time the iPod is synced on iTunes, tagged songs are displayed and available for purchase.
BusinessTalkRadio Closes on WLFP-AM/Pittsburgh
BusinesstTalkRadio.net has closed on its acquisition of Talk WLFP-AM in Pittsburgh from Inner City Broadcasting for an undisclosed amount. BTR now owns four stations including KNUU-AM/Las Vegas, WXBR-AM/Boston and WGCH-AM/Stamford-Norwalk, CT. The company also owns the Business TalkRadio Network and the Lifestyle TalkRadio Network
“And the good ideas keep on coming...”
ReplyDelete“So let me understand this... HD radio has been reduced to being a storefront for iTunes?”
http://www.hear2.com/2007/09/and-the-good-id.html?cid=81915129#comments
Yea, it is not the big-deal it is made out to be - consumers have shunned table-top HD radio, so why should they spend $500 for a device that still requires AM-loop and externally-mounted FM-dipole antennas to even have a chance to pick up the fragile digital HD signals. This is far from having Apple actually including it as a part of the new iPod. This is all to late for HD Radio:
http://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com/