There's no question that there are relevant AM stations - probably a good many of them. But the question isn't on an individual station level. The question is whether AM - as it is currently in the broadest sense is, given declining audiences and for most people under about 35 the overall only dim awareness of AM is the problem. Most people in that age group if they think of AM at all, think in terms of static and interference right up there with lack of formats of interest to younger people. That's what I mean, and I think that's what the writer meant as well.
Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id <[email protected]> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot --- On Tue, 3/5/13, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] FCC may help remove electrical noise > To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" > <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 8:11 PM > AM is still very relevant.... > www.i1430.com is an example of a very > relevant, very successful community minded Am radio > station. > > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Russ Edmunds <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Oh, sure. Let's increase powers and put more stations > on at night. That > > doesn't really address the interference problem at all. > What's needed is > > more enforcement of existing regs. For instance, the > power supply which is > > used to maintain charge on the battery backup for my > fiberoptic ( FIOS ) > > telephone service in the event of a power outage is one > of the dirtiest > > power supplies I've ever experienced. > > > > But enforcement costs money and the FCC hasn't got much > of a budget and it > > probably isn't likely to. Besides, that enforcement > would naturally > > adversely affect business in the electronics industry. > > > > Bottom line, I'm not going to hold my breath for any of > this, because I > > think the initial question posed in the article - "Is > AM still relevant ? " > > is probably more reasonable. And we probably need fewer > stations at night - > > and perhaps in the daytime too - not more. > > > > Russ Edmunds > > 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia > > Grid FN20id > > <[email protected]> > > FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; > Grundig G8 > > AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot > > > > > > --- On Sun, 3/3/13, Craig Healy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > From: Craig Healy <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [IRCA] FCC may help remove electrical > noise > > > To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club > of America" < > > [email protected]> > > > Date: Sunday, March 3, 2013, 9:12 PM > > > The FCC is considering acting on > > > their current laws to remove noise on the AM > band. > > > There is an article about this. The link is > posted on > > > the AM-DX.COM site. > > > > > > http://www.am-dx.com > > > > > > If that actually happens, it will at least stop > the increase > > > of electrical noise that degrades DXing. I > certainly > > > hope they do enforce their laws. > > > > > > Craig Healy > > > Providence, RI > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > IRCA mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing > list are > > > those of the original contributors and do not > necessarily > > > reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, > publishing > > > staff, or officers > > > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IRCA mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are > those of the > > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect > the opinion of the > > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are > those of the original contributors and do not necessarily > reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing > staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
