On Dec 21, 1:07�am, RHF wrote:
On Dec 20, 3:50�pm, PocketRadio wrote:





On Dec 20, 5:43 pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:

"elaich" wrote in ...
wrote in news:18fe4501-a9ce-42ea-962a-
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Not to put you on the spot but in your estimation how successful of a
year was it for iBiquitys HD radio?

More and more stations are turning it off. WTIC just joined the crowd.

AM is dead, the prime formats moving to FM.

"News/Talk/Sports:Radio's Last Bastion"

"Music FMs of any flavor are utterly screwed...
Right now -- while FMs are losing the music
audience to new media --

- satellite radio is offering more News/Talk/Sports
- programming than we can fit on AM radio..."
-http://ftp.media.radcity.ten/ZMST/daily/IS031005.htm

(OT) : PONG PocketRadio - 'we' as in "WE" :
So You Are A SHILL for Satellite Radio

well that explains all the 'anti' am & fm radio posts ~ RHF
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We had standard Satrad in our new cars, but elected not to sign up. I
wouldn't waste my money on Satrad, anymore than buy into the HD Radio
scam.

On Dec 20, 5:43*pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:

AM is dead, the prime formats moving to FM.

Dying perhaps, not dead, new stations still coming on the air. The
mosquito lobby errr wetland lobby has been fighting the station..

WASILLA, Alaska -- A new radio station has hit the airwaves in the Mat-
Su Valley, much to the chagrin of neighbors who live near the radio
tower.

The new, 1,000-watt station -- 1430 AM -- has been up and running
since Wednesday afternoon.

Spirit of Alaska broadcasting, which owns KMBQ-FM, has successfully
installed a new AM radio tower near Cottonwood Creek. The broadcasting
company received its FCC license Friday.

It's the first-ever AM radio station based in Wasilla. But it didn't
come easy.

The station's owner, John Klapperich, said he almost missed the
deadline to get the license because of a delay building the tower
caused by his neighbors.

In mid-October, Klapperich hit a road block when his neighbors built a
barricade on the road to his property.

Even though it's a Mat-Su Borough road, the road wasn't built where it
was supposed to be and actually runs across private property.

The neighbors say they oppose the tower because it sits on wetlands.

"The bottom line is get your tower up, make your money, it doesn't
matter what you do to the people around you," said neighbor Bonnye
Matthews.

And both Matthews and Barry Wise fear the health effects of the radio
waves.

Matthews says when she expressed that concern to Klapperich, he didn't
seem to care.

"His response to me was, ‘If I can't build my tower, then I'll sell it
to somebody else who will build one with a stronger signal,'" she
said.

But Klapperich said research showed he was not harming anyone's
health. So he went ahead with construction.

Klapperich and six others worked nearly two weeks to install the
tower.

"The entire project was put in by hand, Flintstone technology,
literally," Klapperich said.

The crew manually piled a 750-pound piece of steel into the ground and
used a pulley system to get the tower up.

The neighbors say they will continue to fight Klapperich by contacting
state and federal agencies.

But because the FCC has approved his license, Klapperich says it's a
done deal.

"I'd like to think it was the best for the community, the neighbors,
and Mother Earth, if I may," he said.

Whether Valley residents like it or not, KMBQ-FM can now also be heard
on the AM dial.

"We're simulcasting KMBQ-FM until we design some new, local-originated
programming," Klapperich said.

"David Eduardo" wrote in news:aye3l.11113$c45.6040
@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com:

AM is dead, the prime formats moving to FM.

Gives us BCB DXers a sporting chance.

Also, you are full of ****.

On Dec 21, 12:48�am, elaich wrote:
"David Eduardo" wrote in news:aye3l.11113$c45.6040
@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com:

AM is dead, the prime formats moving to FM.

Gives us BCB DXers a sporting chance.

Also, you are full of ****.

For some reason Eduardo just hates AM radio - AM radio, with its
successful programming is here to stay.

"PocketRadio" wrote in message
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For some reason Eduardo just hates AM radio - AM radio, with its
successful programming is here to stay.

I don't think David "hates AM radio". He is merely stating that, as a
*business*, AM radio is dying. Sure there are still plenty of AM stations
on the air, but they are also moving to FM simulcasts as fast as they can.
How long do you think it will be before the AM part gets shut down?

In my local market here, we had a new AM sports talk station come on about 2
years ago. Frankly, I was amazed. They were *heavily* advertising that it
would be a 50,000 watt station, to cover the entire (large) metro area with
a good signal. However, 2 years later they no longer advertise 50,000
watts, they are *not* 50,000 watts (I can still barely hear it) but they
*do* have a new, powerful FM simulcast that sounds fantastic.

AM radio, with its successful programming, is moving to FM. Existing music
FM stations are the ones in trouble, because no one listens to them any
longer. MP3 players rule the music market now.

This also explains the low interest in HD. If we accept that AM is dying,
then there is obviously no need for AM HD. If FM is becoming the new AM -
mostly news/talk/sports - then again there is no need for HD since analog FM
is more than good enough for that content.

"PocketRadio" wrote in message
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On Dec 21, 12:48�am, elaich wrote:
"David Eduardo" wrote in
news:aye3l.11113$c45.6040
@nlpi065.nbdc.sbc.com:

AM is dead, the prime formats moving to FM.

Gives us BCB DXers a sporting chance.

Also, you are full of ****.

For some reason Eduardo just hates AM radio - AM radio, with its
successful programming is here to stay.

AM, per the ratings and reality, is on a decline and is thus dying. Most of
the audience is over 50 or 55, so revenues are declining and very fast. In
some markets, AM represents less than 5% of the listening by persons under
55. And, most AMs are technically unable to even cover their own market, day
and night. Less than one in ten today is a viable entity...

The "successful programming" is fast moving to FM.