In the real world, culturally, AM passed its peak decades ago. For most people under a certain age, AM is either unknown or irrelevant.
The industry seems to always have the same answers - more stations, more power, fewer regulations - the last being the staple of pretty much any industry you can name over the past 20 or so years. More power simply increases the baseline. More stations, more hours increases the amount of interference. Interference from other devices ( which have their own lobbyists ) are ignored - rules which have existed for some time are not enforced. So to me, this is just another round of same-old-same-old with one exception. That exception is the addition and expansion of FM translators for AM's. ( There are some in this area running a ridiculous 250 watts !). Ultimately that accomplishes a similar escalation of power and stations on FM, which will push FM into a place similar to where AM is today. Bottom line though, broadcast radio is still fighting an uphill battle against other means of providing audio entertainment. It's just that the broadcast industry and the FCC have ended up enabling the "enemy". Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id <[email protected]> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (4) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4); modified Sony ICF2010's (3) w/APS9B @ 15'; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Dennis Gibson <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.radioworld.com/nab-show/0028/beitc-preview-fcc- > am-revitalization--what-it-is-the-impact-and-consequences/339402 > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > 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]
