On Dec 21, 12:51�am, RHF wrote:
On Dec 20, 2:41�pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:





"BoobleStubble" wrote in message

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Eduardo's hate for AM radio is obvious - many of the larger 50kw AM
stations are ranked #1, or are in the top-5, and aren't going
anywhere.

There are nearly no big AMs (power is not the issue... it's coverage) that
are in the top 5 in the sales demogaphics of 18 to 54. And, like 1A clear
channel KSL in Salt Lake city, they are moving as fast as they can to FM...
other 50 kw AMs that have done this are KIRO in Seattle and WWL in New
Orleans and WIBC in Indianapolis... some simulcast, like KSL and WWL, others
just abandon the format on AM as they go where the salable listeners are.

�The HD conversion has stalled - that was the original pointof HD, to get
all stations to convert.

No, that was not. The objective was to get the viable FMs and AMs in the top
100 markets on, and with few, few exceptions, they are.

I don't see WiMax as a huge
issue either - Verizon and AT&T already provide fast service to the
Internet.

WiMax allows for high speed mobile internet. It will allow for the possible
success of internet only stations, local and national.

My boys just got the new Blackberry Storms and the Internet
is real fast.

No, it's not. And it requires being, pretty much, in a static location for
good reception.

The FCC is dead-set on providing Internet services
nation-wide.

That is opposite of the truth, as the Clearwire - Sprint deal proved
(although the two could not come to final terms)

KCBS is now simulcasting on FM in the SF Bay Area and
KGO is watching as well as KSFO and others with so
many under-performing FM Radio Stations in SF Bay Area
and elsewhere : Will 'others' follow suit and take the first
step {Simulcast} to eventually becoming FM Only News &
Talk-Radio Stations ? ? ?
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All News KCBS-AM on 740 kHz goes to . . .
FM 106.9 MHz in the SF Bay Areahttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/487324639bfd2f89
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Simulcasting doesn't mean that they are turning off the AMs.

"PocketRadio" wrote in message
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On Dec 21, 12:51�am, RHF wrote:
On Dec 20, 2:41�pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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All News KCBS-AM on 740 kHz goes to . . .
FM 106.9 MHz in the SF Bay
Areahttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/487324639bfd2f89
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Simulcasting doesn't mean that they are turning off the AMs.

It means they have read the tea leaves and are preparing for the time when
nearly all salable listenership will be on FM.

Many have taken the big format from AM to FM, like KTAR, KIRO, WTOP, etc.

David Eduardo wrote:

"PocketRadio" wrote in message
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On Dec 21, 12:51�am, RHF wrote:
On Dec 20, 2:41�pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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All News KCBS-AM on 740 kHz goes to . . .
FM 106.9 MHz in the SF Bay
Areahttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/487324639bfd2f89

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Simulcasting doesn't mean that they are turning off the AMs.

It means they have read the tea leaves and are preparing for the time
when nearly all salable listenership will be on FM.

Many have taken the big format from AM to FM, like KTAR, KIRO, WTOP, etc.

But KFYI beats KTAR-FM.

"Dave" wrote in message
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David Eduardo wrote:

"PocketRadio" wrote in message
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On Dec 21, 12:51�am, RHF wrote:
On Dec 20, 2:41�pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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All News KCBS-AM on 740 kHz goes to . . .
FM 106.9 MHz in the SF Bay
Areahttp://groups.google.com/group/rec.radio.shortwave/msg/487324639bfd2f89
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Simulcasting doesn't mean that they are turning off the AMs.

It means they have read the tea leaves and are preparing for the time
when nearly all salable listenership will be on FM.

Many have taken the big format from AM to FM, like KTAR, KIRO, WTOP, etc.

But KFYI beats KTAR-FM.

Not where it matters. KTAR-FM is way, way ahead of KFYI in the ages
advertisers buy. And that is why they made the move...