HD Radio: sold!(Cutting Edge)(first high definition radio tuner is sold in Cedar Rapids, Iowa)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, January, 2004

History was made at an Ultimate Electronics store in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, last week when Nathan Franzen became the first person in the country to purchase an HD Radio tuner. Franzen had a Kenwood KTC-HR100 HD radio tuner installed in his Pontiac Grand Prix and, ceremonially, tuned to KZIA-FM X102.9 to pull in the station's CD-quality HD radio signal.

At CES later in the week, Kenwood, JVC and Panasonic introduced HD car radios, and Onkyo announced plans for a stereo receiver to be delivered later this year.