Radio World - February 13, 2013 - (Page 1) SUN RAYS POWER AM SITE — Page 16 February 13, 2013 | inside equipment HandLes onLy a motHer CouLd Love The News Source for Radio Managers and Engineers | $2.50 CE Manufacturers Embrace Connectivity | Companies open up app development, seen as a way for radio to remain relevant • Get rid of them! — Page 12 radioworld.com sprint deal is a Building Block By LesLie stimson Photo by Leslie Stimson • San Diego’s KPBS(FM) got a mammoth makeover. — Page 24 • Has IBOC changed anything since 2007? — Page 36 Sprint’s announcement that it will put FM analog chips in some of its phones later this year heralds more work for the radio industry and for Emmis Communications. So says Emmis Senior Vice President/Chief Technology Officer Paul Brenner. Sprint has agreed to activate FM analog tuners in a total of some 30 million devices over three years. The carrier will determine which models get chips, but Brenner said devices will include smartphones and possibly tablets and “phablets,” which are large form-factor phones. Free local FM radio would be delivered on these devices through apps like one Emmis is developing called NextRadio. Consumers today who want to hear radio stations on most smartphones must do it via streaming and thus incur data charges. Serious negotiations on the FM chip took some six months to a year, according to radio executives involved. The structure of the legal agreement remained a work in progress in early February. Emmis is acting as a place-holder or “point” for what will become an industry consortium so Sprint can negotiate with one party, according to Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan. Under the deal, Sprint would embed and activate FM tuners in a minimum of 30 mil- (continued on page 5) one station, two upgrades take Five to full-blown large-screen infotainment systems. LAS VEGAS — Some 50 percent of By 2014, an estimated 70 percent of cellphone sales are smartphones. The consumer devices will connect to the proliferation of these devices influences Internet, according to the Consumer automakers and consumer electronics Electronics Association. The trend of manufacturers as they strive to entice extending the “digital lifestyle” into young car buyers and consumers who vehicles is apparent as more drivers want to upgrade their in-dash receivers connect their smartphones into the dash. Automakers and aftermarket receiver manufacturers plan to make more use of big-screen infotainment systems and to give consumers more control over content on those big screens as well as cloud storage options. How many apps can be displayed on screen displays is a question in play. And developers race in Pioneer Electronics was one of several manufacturers hopes of positioning highlighting the connected car at CES. their apps on the first screen that pops up when a driver activates a device. Automakers are starting to crack open the door on proprietary systems and launching “development houses,” a way for car companies to communicate directly with third-party developers — with the goal, among other things, of making apps safe for use in a vehicle. Radio in all its forms is part of this (continued on page 3) By LesLie stimson Big where it counts, baby. Ne w D E SQ A oIP console. Just $ 4,9 9 0. F r om A xia, of cour se. 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