The Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (or MMTC) has been lobbying the FCC for the inclusion of HD radio capabilities in the majority of new satellite receivers.

The MMTC is hoping to achieve a breakthrough which would find the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulating a process wherein future models of SDARS satellite receivers would be able to properly comply with AM, FM and HD signal input and scanning.

MMTC spokespeople expressed a desire for Sirius XM Radio to make use of their merger savings in order to provide a truly practical alternative to terrestrial radio broadcasts.

[Via Orbitcast]