Comments on: The Health and Future of AM Broadcasting? http://rfblog.lbagroup.com/uncategorized/the-health-and-future-of-am-broadcasting/ Notes on RF Spectrum, Regulatory Affairs, and Signals Testing Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:13:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Roger L http://rfblog.lbagroup.com/uncategorized/the-health-and-future-of-am-broadcasting/comment-page-1/#comment-1653 Roger L Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:13:46 +0000 http://rfblog.lbagroup.com/uncategorized/the-health-and-future-of-am-broadcasting/#comment-1653 It seems to me all this will do is put more money in the pockets of Subscription service providers. Do away with broadcast tv and even long range am and everyone will get to pay to be marketed to. If it works don't fix it! Just my opinion. It seems to me all this will do is put more money in the pockets of Subscription service providers. Do away with broadcast tv and even long range am and everyone will get to pay to be marketed to. If it works don’t fix it! Just my opinion.

]]> By: Sean T. http://rfblog.lbagroup.com/uncategorized/the-health-and-future-of-am-broadcasting/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Sean T. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:48:10 +0000 http://rfblog.lbagroup.com/uncategorized/the-health-and-future-of-am-broadcasting/#comment-669 I agree with you on this one. Outside of the utilitarian use of detecting lightning while working at a tower site, I don't see any reason to keep it alive for commercial purposes. Moreover, I can't see how any modern day AM station could stay in business (even using "modern math') on its own in this saturated marketplace - even in the larger cities. I haven't seen the ledgers, but my guess is they can't and are kept on life-support by their parent company that has FM and sometimes TV assets to pull from. Using the AM band for emergency services "data pushing" would be a very good use for the spectrum. I've moved to satellite radio several years ago and do NOT miss terrestrial radio at all. The sheer variety and lack of commercials is a welcome trade for the price my wife and I pay for the service. Personally I won't be sad to see it go. I've never had any kind of emotional connection with AM (or TV for that matter), but mainly I'm too busy putting new technology into service and on the air to spend much time looking back. Nevertheless, this was a good article on the topic. I agree with you on this one. Outside of the utilitarian use of detecting lightning while working at a tower site, I don’t see any reason to keep it alive for commercial purposes. Moreover, I can’t see how any modern day AM station could stay in business (even using “modern math’) on its own in this saturated marketplace – even in the larger cities. I haven’t seen the ledgers, but my guess is they can’t and are kept on life-support by their parent company that has FM and sometimes TV assets to pull from.

Using the AM band for emergency services “data pushing” would be a very good use for the spectrum.

I’ve moved to satellite radio several years ago and do NOT miss terrestrial radio at all. The sheer variety and lack of commercials is a welcome trade for the price my wife and I pay for the service.

Personally I won’t be sad to see it go. I’ve never had any kind of emotional connection with AM (or TV for that matter), but mainly I’m too busy putting new technology into service and on the air to spend much time looking back. Nevertheless, this was a good article on the topic.

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