"David Eduardo" wrote in message
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- - - and the Art {Hobby} of AM/MW Radio DXing
is Obsolite due to Technological Advancement
-ie- IBOC Broadcasting.

Considering that the total membership in AM DX clubs over the last
decade is less than 1000 persons, I think the whole point is moot.


Most DX'ers don't BELONG to clubs. Most of us sit in our own homes or
cars and listen to distant stations for fun, or, simply listen to a
station we're not supposed to (out of your precious contours) because we
LIKE it. It may come as a suprise to you, but most dog owners don't
belong to the AKC, either.


Actually, it's the dogs themselves that the AKC registers.

In any case, the reality of your argument is simple; "I don't care if AM
radio dies as long as I can listen a while more to stations that were not
even licensed to serve me."

Again, stations are licensed to serve the PUBLIC. I am part of the PUBLIC,
as are all those millions of others that you so easily dismiss. Or does the
term 'freedom of choice' not mean anything to you? (not that we have much of
that anymore, what with Clear Channel, Entercom, etc. running cloned formats
coast to coast). What you're saying is that people outside your precious
contours have no choice what they can and cannot listen to. If they have
only one station in their town (there are a LOT of such places, believe me),
or, worse yet, none at all, they are just **** out of luck. Sorry, I ain't
ever going to buy into that malarky. When I was growing up, I had to listen
to stations perhaps 150 miles or more away if I didn't want to listen to the
farm report or the swap meet of the air or other equally lame (to me, as a
teen) programming.

I know I'm just banging my head against the wall here, because you will
never see the other side of this issue (and yes, I do see the business side
of the issue), but dammit, PEOPLE have to be more important than the
almighty dollar, or the entire business ideal is doomed to eventual failure.
You serve the PEOPLE. That's the way it's supposed to work. The PUBLIC
first.. the advertisers second. If you don't serve the public, the
advertisers will eventually go elsewhere because they'll be advertising to
nobody.