On May 23, 10:44*am, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"dave" wrote in message

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David Eduardo wrote:

"PocketRadio" wrote in message
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I started working in FM in 1959 when we could do logs 90 daysin advance
because there were no spots.

You still didn't answer my question - why, do you hate AM radio so
much?

I don't hate it... aswww.americanradiohistory.comwill conclusively
prove.

But, like much in history, its time is coming to an end .

If they'd thin out the number of stations, get rid of the mask, and let
some people with fresh ideas run them, they'd have an audience.

Corporations can do lots of things well, but the arts ain't one of them..

Some nations, as diverse as Austria, South Africa, Mexico and Canada, have
eliminated or significantly reduced the number of AMs. Mexico is
implementing by region a plan to allow about 90% of all AMs to move to FM,
effectively leaving only a few rural stations for indigenous populations and
a few specialized metro area stations. Entire provinces of Canada are
without or soon will have no AM (PEI, NB, NS, for example).

Countries like Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala have seen a significant reduction
in AM facilities as FM has taken all the audience with even the talk and
news stations moving there. Those places have no masks or restrictions.

- No matter how "good" AM sounds, it is still AM.
- It is subject to every kind of atmospheric and man
- made noise, and today's receivers have crappy AM
- sections.
- It's over.

d'Eduardo, Nah It Ain't Over , , ,

Shortwave has been dying for Decades but . . .
it is still around and the AM/MW Radio Band
will still be around for Decades too ~ RHF