IBOC vs. DAB-T: In-Band vs. Multiplexed Digital Radio

Presented at HOPE Number Six (2006), July 22, 2006, 1 p.m. (60 minutes).

More and more U.S. stations are going digital using "In Band On Channel" methods where the data is sent with the analog radio station. But a lot of the rest of the world uses a different frequency for the digital version of the station. This talk describes the transmission methods technically, discusses the pros and cons of the different methods as well as the commercial implications, and focuses on how community radio can fit into the changing landscape of radio.

Will the U.S. and its listeners lose out by using different systems than most other countries? A look at this question, why IBOC has been adopted, and how digital radio helps and hinders reception.


Presenters:

  • Russell Trafford-Jones
    Russell Trafford-Jones studied physics at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, where he spent a lot of time working at the student radio station as an engineer. There they started broadcasting on AM and on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting). He worked for NPR in the U.S. for a short time and for a commercial network in the U.K., GWR (now GCap Media), who were early adopters of DAB and helped to push it forward. He then became a broadcast engineer at the BBC at Television Center in London where he now works.

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