I have been considering all that has happened in this circus
merger process, and I have been reviewing some of my fellow
posters articles, as well as my own. It has occurred to me that
one of the things that has been criticized the most, could in
fact be the turning point to this merger, and that is HD radio.
What do we know about HD radio?    1. A slew of Attorney
Generals have proposed it as a condition.   2. A ton of
Congressmen have proposed it as a condition to merger.   3.
iBiquity has proposed it as a condition to the merger.   4. Even
Commissioner Addelstein has proposed it as a condition to
merger.  So by agreeing to install HD into all future models of
SatRads, Sirius/XM could potentially swing a large amount of
support towards the side of approval. This would have to be done
with some stipulations, of course.    1. All FUTURE models would
be designed with HD radio. All current models are exempt from
this requirement.   2. iBiquity or the HD alliance would have to
provide the funding to pay for all