That loophole should (but won't) be closed. An HD2 and HD3 with a translator apiece takes up four extra channels. Poor spectrum management, especially since consumers "limit" the HD coverage area by not buying the technology in the first place.
Incidentally, I've ridden in quite a variety of vehicles since my arrival here in 2006. I've heard everything from SiriusXM to African Internet channels to Indian programming on FM subcarrier, but not once have I heard a subsidiary HD channel. Not once.
I've heard KIXI on AM several dozen times, but not on the FM HD. I've heard KKNw a few times, but only on AM. I haven't even heard Jazz24 or KUOW's jazz offering.
I've heard J. Vernon McGee about ten times, but not a single subsidiary HD station. Big radio firms lay off employees by the hundreds, but they're still pouring money into running HD--yet not enough money to provide programming worth listening to.
Sinclair's been smart not to waste money on it here.
Incidentally, I've ridden in quite a variety of vehicles since my arrival here in 2006. I've heard everything from SiriusXM to African Internet channels to Indian programming on FM subcarrier, but not once have I heard a subsidiary HD channel. Not once.
I've heard KIXI on AM several dozen times, but not on the FM HD. I've heard KKNw a few times, but only on AM. I haven't even heard Jazz24 or KUOW's jazz offering.
I've heard J. Vernon McGee about ten times, but not a single subsidiary HD station. Big radio firms lay off employees by the hundreds, but they're still pouring money into running HD--yet not enough money to provide programming worth listening to.
Sinclair's been smart not to waste money on it here.