NAB 2010: We're not the only ones lost on the digital radio front

LAS VEGAS – it’s easy to be on the sidelines and criticize where we are – or more precisely, aren’t – when it comes to digital radio.The European standard we adopted in Canada, DAB, has gone nowhere here because radio station owners don’t want to spend to fully make the shift, stores weren’t selling the receivers, automakers chose to build-in satellite radio receivers instead – and consumers likely aren’t interested in upgrading their in-home and in-car devices, which they (rightly) figure are working just fine, thanks. And now, the lack of action on digital radio has led some to question...