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Currently the HD Digital Radio Alliance, a consortium of major radio group owners implementing HD Radio Ready Tuner technology, has urged its members to broadcast multiple programs, without radio commercials on the extra digital-only channels for a period of at least 18 months (ending sometime in 2007). Clear Channel HD Radio Division is actually selling programming of several different music genres to other competing stations, in addition to airing them on its own stations.
Some station owners are also simulcasting their local AM stations on FM HD Radio sister stations to circumvent the current HD Radio daytime only rule for AM. An example of this is Atlanta's WSB AM 750 being simulcasted in high quality surround stereo on WSRV FM 97.1's HD-2 channel.
In addition, it is a very common practice to broadcast a former FM station's format on its HD-2 channel, such as WPGB (104.7 FM) in Pittsburgh, which carries the smooth jazz format on its HD-2 band. Said station was once known as WJJJ.