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Any news about HD traffic in Canada yet?

 
Fri, 07/19/2013 - 9:33am

I heard one radio station in Hamilton 95.3 was planning testing traffic data on HD radio. Has anyone heard any news on this subject? If there is any progress then time to get HD traffic receiver..

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Fri, 07/19/2013 - 10:13am

HD

I'm not aware of an HD stations in western Canada so it would be a while before any technology roll-out.

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Sun, 07/21/2013 - 11:33am

HD Radio

News to me, never even heard of it.

Mon, 07/22/2013 - 9:53am

I read about one Hamilton

I read about one Hamilton Ontario radio station which was getting ready to test HD traffic data. The new came back in January 2013. I am not if I am allowed to add a link here?

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Mon, 07/22/2013 - 9:07pm

Toronto Canada was listed in BTC news announcement

This is from the radiobtc.com website:

The Broadcaster Traffic Consortium LLC, known as BTC, is
a unique coalition of 20 radio organizations across the United States and Canada. Working together, these organizations have formed a coast-to-coast terrestrial broadcasting network to distribute local traffic, weather and other map-related data, via radio technology. Seven of the top ten U.S. radio organizations are BTC members.

BTC has partnered with NAVTEQ, the leading provider of in-vehicle navigation and real-time digital map data, to serve end users with up-to-the-minute Traffic, Weather, Fuel Prices and more.

see

http:/www.radiobtc.com/articles/2013/2013-Jan-03-U.S.%20Broadcasters%20Working%20with%20Canadian%20Broadcasters%20on%20HD%20Radio%20Data%20Testing.pdf