High-definition radio -- touted as the most exciting thing to happen to the AM and FM dials since they were invented -- is finally gaining some traction in the United States. While hardly anyone can
yet receive their gussied-up signals, more than 370 radio stations are now broadcasting in high definition, a digital format that boosts audio quality and limits static. A handful have begun
experimenting with digital "multicasting," which allows broadcasters to spawn inexpensive sister stations and could give traditional radio a fighting chance against the pumped-up variety of satellite
and internet competitors.
Read the whole story at Wired, June 14, 2005 »
