Clear Channel catches the Wavexpress.(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, July, 2000 by Dickson, Glen

Will launch DTV data service at WKRC-DT Cincinnati next month

Clear Channel Communications has formally agreed to work with datacasting technology firm Wavexpress to pursue transactional datacasting services over Clear Channel's digital spectrum. The station group will begin broadcasting Wavexpress services at WKRC-DT Cincinnati on Aug. 15 as part of a planned larger rollout.

Although WKRC-DT is the only DTV station among the 19 operated by Clear Channel, the company has been bullish in pursuing the potential revenues of datacasting. It was a founding member of the Broadcasters Digital Cooperative (BDC), a datacasting consortium, and has informally proposed to the FCC that broadcasters be allowed use COFDM "drop-in" channels to support mobile...

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