Doc Searls writes:
... PORS (my new initialism for Plain Old Radio Service: AM/MW, FM, shortwave) is growing ever more anachronistic — and so are efforts either to A) give it with a digital gloss (as do the IBOC digital enhancements to AM and FM, which have made listening worse on old radios while reaching too damn few new ones), or B) replace it with something new developed decades ago (such as DAB), while still sounding like regular old radio stations (while listeners are moving by the millions to iPods and other alternatives over which they are the ones in control). ...
Link: Doc Searls Weblog. If you're attending the Public Media 2008 conference in L.A. this week, you can ask Doc about this. He's going to be joining Rafat Ali and Diane Mermigas on a "Technology and Trends" panel I'm moderating on Thursday. --Dennis
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