"Telamon" wrote in message
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"David Eduardo" wrote:

The fact that you are on this group means you are not an average
listener.

I don't see my being above average as important to this discussion.

The average listener does not spend any time thinking about radio. It is
just "there."

AMBCB has good fidelity and so does FM. AMBCB is not stereo but I
don't care as I listen to talk radio and news on that band. I don't
spend much time with FM. Generally I listen to AMBCB, short wave,
and spend time on the Internet for news.

I don't think it is the sound as much as FM is in stereo.

FM stereo was permitted in 1960, and it took 3 years to get to 100 stations.
It had zero audience impact then.

What made FM work was when the FCC madated the end to simulcasting, and
suddenly a thousand or so new formats came on all over America, most with no
commercials... in an era when AM had 18 minutes an hour on nearly every
station.


There are a number of AM stations playing music but I don't listen to
them. There are news stations like KNS besides the talkers.

Those that play music play standards or ethnic fare for the majority of
cases. 65+ audience.