On Sep 19, 9:19 am, "David Eduardo" wrote:
"Stephanie Weil" wrote in message

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On Sep 19, 8:19 am, Roadie wrote:

Catching stations from afar is am enjoyable hobby for DXers that
creates no revenue for the radio station. None. There are more than
enough radio stations to service local areas

Some areas have people but not enough to warrant a local station (not
enough advertising income). The only things these people have for
radio entertainment are the distant stations.

Or, imagine yourself being in a town with maybe one or two local
audible signals (either FM or AM). And neither is a format you
like....what do you do if you want radio? Gotta DX.

About the only formats that attract any AM audience among adults are the
variants of news & talk. This is a format that commands less than 10% of
total listening in most markets. Add to that the fact that night listening
to radio is about a quarter of the 6 AM to 7 PM levels.... and you have very
few listeners who would find anything of interest on distant AM stations.

d'Eduardo,

IMHO - You just made the Case for Radio Being
a Licensed 24 Hour a Day Public Service which
allows Commerical Advertising from 5 AM to 9 PM
{16 Hours per Day} : With the Hours of 9 PM to
5 AM {8 Hours per Day} being "Commercial Free
Radio Hours".
* All Commercial Radio Stations would be
Required by Law to operate 24 Hours a Day.
* The Nation-Wide {Uniform} Commercial Radio
Licensing Model would be built on 18 Billable
Commercial Hours per Day.
* Like PBS and NPR Corporate Underwritters
could have a Public Service Message Minute
at the TOH {00} and BOH {30} during the
"Commercial Free Radio Hours".
* PSAs could run during the "Commercial Free
Radio Hours" for One Minute at the Quarter-Hours
{15 & 45}

i have a plan - turn the radio on and listen ~ RHF