Introduction

Congratulations! You are about to embark on an adventure in radio broadcasting that can be compared to the adventure Marconi, DeForest, and Armstrong took in the early days of our craft.

It is a time of change in our industry and one of the biggest changes of all is in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital broadcasting technology, otherwise known as the HD Radio system, possibly the biggest advancement in radio since the introduction of multiplex FM stereo in the 1960s. October 10, 2002 is a historic day in the United States, as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted that day on the Report and Order that selected the HD Radio system as the digital transmission technology for terrestrial radio broadcasters. That decision was reaffirmed ...

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