On Dec 30, 9:24�pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
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Bob Campbell wrote:

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Also, I find it fascinating that so many people here seem to be cheering
the demise of HD. � As HD goes, so goes radio. � The fact that HD appears
to be failing only reinforces the idea that there is no interest in radio
at all. No one cares about HD because no one listens to commercial radio
any more.

I find this proposition presented in this NG all too often and find it
arrogant and disgusting. �Living in a smaller market, filled with folks
decidedly not in the coveted demographic, we for the most part support,
and appreciate our local AM and non-commercial radio stations and tolerate
the ever-changing FM cacophony; there is no crisis of profitability or
viability in our AM market and if it were threatened you can be sure of
a loud protest in halls of government from our citizens.

AMs are dying, or starving for revenue, even in small markets. In general,
the smaller market FMs have better signals and have killed the rural
daytimers, Class IV's and such.- Hide quoted text -

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"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.net/ZMST/daily/IS031005.htm

Many of the larger 50kw AMs are in the top-5, or #1 in their markets,
such as WLW. It's the music-oriented FMs that are slowly dying.