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Subject: Re: [IRCA] An Unhappy Birthday For WLW-AM
The AM band is unsuited f
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Hi All:
While I'm sorry to see the big stations go, they really are dinosaurs. The only
way I can get a listenable signal out of WLW anymore is to listen in the car,
and even then they will occasionally be overridden by a descending warbling
tone that has to be coming from
Although I think this is a shame. However, this has been going on since the
1970s where more and more stations are allowed on clear channel frequencies and
the long distance reception is getting harder and harder. This is no surprise.
The FCC is changing the whole spectrum. They are repacking
The AM band is unsuited for a number of things which various bureaucrats or
other outsiders have proposed. I think that's probably the primary reason I
don't expect it to go away very soon. I suspect that when it does, it will
simply die out naturally because of its various limitations coupled
*“Revitalizing the AM band by allowing licensees a low powered FM
translator frequency is not “revitalization.” It’s a white flag surrender,
with the FCC and broadcast industry giving up on the AM radio. And could
that be the ultimate goal? Freeing up the valuable AM (broadcast) spectrum
space to
