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General Category => Huh? => Topic started by: ThaDood on April 28, 2023, 1855 UTC

Title: NASBA on Loss of AM in Cars? AM Owners: The Next Move Is Yours?
Post by: ThaDood on April 28, 2023, 1855 UTC

https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/nasba-on-loss-of-am-in-cars-1300-am-stations-could-be-left-in-the-dark

Too little, too late to go whaaaaaaaaaaaaa???

Then, there's the "AM Owners: The Next Move Is Yours!"  https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/guest-commentaries/am-owners-the-next-move-is-yours

(Thanks Boomer!!!!) Well, AM Part 15'ers could kick some butt here.

Title: Re: NASBA on Loss of AM in Cars: “1,300 AM Stations Could Be Left in the Dark”?
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on April 28, 2023, 2320 UTC

If you ask me there has been no foresight into this decision by certain auto makers. This may be good for large metropolitan areas but useless if you are rural. Where I live, there is no such thing as digital AM or digital FM so I guess, no radio at all?

Title: Re: NASBA on Loss of AM in Cars? AM Owners: The Next Move Is Yours?
Post by: ThaDood on June 18, 2023, 1738 UTC

And then, SWL'ing put these RW articles together:   https://swling.com/blog/2023/06/radio-waves-my-fathers-radio-am-listenership-by-state-and-longevity-of-am-in-cars/  Keep talkin' about it!