CRYSTAL-CLEAR digital radio was set to hit America this September – but the technology has run into trouble. The US National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) last week decided the system’s sound quality is not good enough to broadcast.
As a result, the NRSC has suspended its digital radio standards-setting process, which is vital to the launch of new radio sets. The NRSC says digital radio cannot be rolled out to consumers until iBiquity Digital of Columbia, Maryland – the company that is providing the digital technology – gets it right.
iBiquity Digital planned to use a technology called in-band, on-channel (IBOC) broadcasting that…
