The name rings a bell. KGO had a powerful signal and on Sunday nights driving home from work I could pick up Dr Bill clearly up in Seattle.
The demise of AM radio
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The name rings a bell. KGO had a powerful signal and on Sunday nights driving home from work I could pick up Dr Bill clearly up in Seattle.
I listen to AM talk radio about 50%, Sirus 50%.
Never listened to AM, won’t be sad to see it gone. Anytime my dad would turn it on there’s like a…. Hum(?) that drives me nuts.
We listen to AM WBZ out of Boston until cars for us comes on then we switch to 50s music which is best heard on a scratchy AM station.
AM radio was supposedly dead in 1984 until it wasn’t.
That said (will never happen) but technically they could repurpose AM, though AMs saving grace is that you can pack channels very close together but who cares if there aren’t any channels to pack?
Can we transmit FM signal using AM band and AM signal using FM band?
What I am asking is if it is possible to transmit a frequency modulated wave in AM range(550-1650 Khz) and similarly to transmit an Amplitude modulated wave in FM band (88-108 Mhz). I would like t...
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I always found it strange that TV was AM
That said the long frequency of AM and even FM has very little use outside radio , TV perhaps? So I don’t think it’s in much threat of repacking
Why AM Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Broadcasting at Night
Most AM radio stations are required by the FCC's rules to reduce their power or cease operating at night in order to avoid interference to other AM stations. FCC rules governing the daytime and nighttime operation of AM radio stations are a consequence of the laws of physics. Because of the...
Growing up my mom listened to her TV on a trusty TV radio, my thought is that TV stations could simulcast their audio into AM considering its a dead space now and nobody can get portable TVs to work on digital ATSC 1
Some tv stations back in the day had the gimmick of buying channel 6 then making sure you could hear them on fm108 (channel 6 tv overlaps just above 108)
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Alan Funt is still alive ?
Where I live FM radio reception is almost non-existent and even when driving where it is, the programming choices are horrible.
I can pull in KFI out of Los Angeles which is a 100 year old, 50,000 watt station. They have a good assortment of talk programming plus their news and traffic reports are useful.
There is a tiny, automated low power AM station up here in the mountains that provides emergency alerts in case of road closures or forest fires and evacuation warnings and I have that saved as a favorite AM station just in case.
But the biggest issue to me with AM is that so many stations have changed to Spanish language and play music that is geared towards that audience. It therefore has no use to me.
I am surprised that the automakers are allowed to leave AM bands off of their radios. Isn't the Civil Defense system set up to broadcast only on the AM band, probably for reasons of broad coverage ?
Where I live FM radio reception is almost non-existent and even when driving where it is, the programming choices are horrible.
I can pull in KFI out of Los Angeles which is a 100 year old, 50,000 watt station. They have a good assortment of talk programming plus their news and traffic reports are useful.
There is a tiny, automated low power AM station up here in the mountains that provides emergency alerts in case of road closures or forest fires and evacuation warnings and I have that saved as a favorite AM station just in case.
But the biggest issue to me with AM is that so many stations have changed to Spanish language and play music that is geared towards that audience. It therefore has no use to me.
I am surprised that the automakers are allowed to leave AM bands off of their radios. Isn't the Civil Defense system set up to broadcast only on the AM band, probably for reasons of broad coverage ?
If it actually has something to do with the vehicle being too electrically noisy to have am in it, then when the vehicle also be electrically too noisy for the FCC to allow it to exist.
Been listening to Coast to coast since 1990.
As cell phones have gone mainstream and gotten smaller the governments view of zero EM is acceptable (1960-1990)
for children
Has changed to unlimited amounts is fine.
Stuff is noisy because the gatekeepers say there is no conclusive… you know the drill
Can’t find a station that carries it but I remember back when I was driving to craft shows in the early AMs and getting to listen to it, fun program
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As of last year, the median age of the AM radio listener was 57. The core group of users is getting older and passing away... Put me in the category that move on - any format I used to listen to on AM is available on FM or streaming - and that's where I get it instead - without the crappy AM signal...
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The any format claim is not true. A Major League Baseball team that I follow has sold the exclusive radio rights to an AM station. It is nice to go to a ball game and listen to the live AM radio broadcast while the game is being played - keeps you informed of the details of the game. The Streaming broadcast through the MLB app is always a half second behind. You just watched the ball clear the fence while the streaming broadcast guy is saying “and he swings….”
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I messed up. It was written by Peter Funt, his father was Alan Funt. Peter is still involved in the candid camera franchise that his dad created.
Local radio station once known as WPRW (for Prince William County) AM 1460 went dark/offline a few years ago. When they were WPRW they were a country station and that was prior to 1995. After 1995, the station sold and changed formats several times prior to going dark.
As of last year, the transmitter building (the studio was in the same building when it was WPRW) and towers have been torn down, probably to make way for more townhouses.
Theoretically, the AM 1460 frequency is available for a new AM radio station located elsewhere in the area.
As far as I know nobody is interested.
As of last year, the transmitter building (the studio was in the same building when it was WPRW) and towers have been torn down, probably to make way for more townhouses.
Theoretically, the AM 1460 frequency is available for a new AM radio station located elsewhere in the area.
As far as I know nobody is interested.
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AM transmissions have stopped in certain parts of Europe already. Streaming is the way to go IMHO.
At least I'm old enough to remember top 40 AM radio stations. WLS in Chicago was AM top 40 till at least 1988, and I remember listening to it as a kid with a Radio Shack crystal radio kit.
Well, the topic as written in the original post by you was cars getting rid of of the AM frequency on their entertainment systems... A half second delay is nothing in the car. One of our video streams for the local NHL team is over a minute behind...