iBiquity Digital Chooses Specialist KGPR to Increase HD Radio(TM) Awareness in Auto Industry

iBiquity Digital Chooses Specialist KGPR to Increase HD Radio(TM) Awareness in Auto Industry

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- International Consumer Electronics Show -- To more effectively communicate the advantages, impact and importance of digital HD Radio to the automotive industry, iBiquity Digital Corporation, the sole developer and licensor of HD Radio technology, has appointed Kermish- Geylin Public Relations to be its communications agency to work with the automotive media.

According to Jeff Jury, iBiquity Digital Corporation's chief operating officer, "KGPR's history was a key consideration for this decision. KGPR has been a specialist in the automotive world for more than 20 years," he said. "Given its long-standing relationships with automotive industry leaders and the media, KGPR is an ideal adjunct to iBiquity's in-house communications department and our corporate agency, Ogilvy PR."

KGPR President Mike Geylin, a 27-year automotive publicist, will lead the iBiquity team. "This is one of those ideal accounts," he said. "My background includes providing communications counsel in both the automotive and the consumer electronics fields, a perfect preparation for helping expand HD Radio broadcasting presence in the market."

Based in Harrington Park, NJ, KGPR's automotive clients have included DaimlerChrysler, Porsche Cars North America, Subaru of America, Hyundai, Exide Technologies, Alpine of America, Pirelli and The New York International Automobile Show.

About iBiquity Digital

iBiquity Digital Corporation is the sole developer and licenser of HD Radio(TM) technology in the U.S. HD Radio is transforming today's AM and FM radio stations to digital, enabling radically upgraded sound, crystal-clear reception, multicasting (multiple channels broadcast from the same FM station) and advanced data services such as real-time traffic updates. iBiquity Digital's investors include 15 of the nation's top radio broadcasters, including ABC, Clear Channel and Viacom's Infinity Broadcasting; leading financial institutions, such as Grotech Capital Group, J.P. Morgan Partners, New Venture Partners, Pequot Capital and J&W Seligman; and strategic partners Ford Motor Company, Harris, Texas Instruments and Visteon. Named one of Deloitte's Fast 500 Companies, iBiquity Digital is a privately held company with operations in Columbia, MD, Detroit, MI, Belmont, CA and Warren, NJ. For more information please visit: http://www.ibiquity.com/.

Source: iBiquity Digital Corporation

CONTACT: Vicki Stearn of iBiquity Digital Corporation, Work:
+1-410-872-1565, Cell: +1-301-233-0200, stearn@ibiquity.com; or Mike Geylin of
Kermish-Geylin Public Relations, Work: +1-201-750-3533, Cell: +1-201-341-1099,
mgeylin@kgpr.com

Web site: http://www.ibiquity.com/

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