HD Radio to Rock Toyotafest

Long Beach Crowd to Experience Digital Radio

LONG BEACH, Calif., May 12 -- Enthusiasts visiting the 11th annual Toyotafest May 13th at the Queen Mary in Long Beach will be able to experience HD Radio(TM) and discover the benefits of digital-quality AM and FM, as well as a new multicast world of programs, thanks to a specially outfitted Scion xB featuring an HD Radio receiver. A new HD Radio equipped JVC car radio will also be given away at the event.

The Toyota Owner's and Restorer's Club (TORC), the group hosting Toyotafest, expects more than 5,000 fans of the Japanese automaker to walk amongst the more than 300 Toyota, Lexus and Scion models, including the HD Radio equipped Scion xB.

HD Radio technology offers listeners more choice through new HD2 multicast channels, significantly higher quality reception and innovative data services all through local AM and FM radio stations. And, it's free, though listeners do need HD Radio equipped products to experience these new features.

Eight hundred (800) AM and FM stations across the country have started using HD Radio technology to broadcast digital signals, with some 215 FM stations offering unique, second (in some cases third) channels of additional programming. In Los Angeles alone, there 28 HD Radio stations now on the air ranging from KABC to KROQ. Nine of these stations are offering additional content via their HD2 multicast channels.

The number of stations broadcasting in HD Radio is growing daily and expected to exceed 3,000 nationwide within the next few years. The ever- increasing list of radio stations can be found at: http://www.ibiquity.com/hdradio/hdradio_hdstations.htm.