"As HD Radio technology moves further toward the mainstream, it's crucial that we continue to add new features and enhance the technology's basic capabilities," said Bob Struble, President/CEO of HD Radio developer iBiquity Digital. "Working with the broadcast industry and equipment makers, iBiquity Digital has completed extensive testing on higher-power FM HD Radio broadcasts, and after reviews, the results are clear. Increasing from 1 percent to 10 percent of analog broadcast power greatly improves digital performance without meaningfully increasing interference."

A review of the filing, signed by commercial and noncommercial broadcasters including Clear Channel, CBS Radio, Emmis, Greater Media, Radio One, Entercom, Lincoln Financial Media, American Public Media, and Beasley Broadcast Group, as well as manufacturers including Broadcast Electronics and Harris Corp., is supported by studies submitted by HD Radio developer iBiquity Digital and CBS Radio that, the filing says, demonstrate that the power increase will "facilitate the transition to digital audio broadcasting by allowing FM stations to improve digital performance with minimal risk of harmful interference to existing analog service."  More on HD from radioink.

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