Re: Another technology is officially on the way to an end.

Posted by Fish'n Jim On 2023/5/5 9:16:24

With digital equipment, there's already a phone app for that...(AM reception) negates need for hardware.

More importantly, what's the status of the AM radio licenses, maybe they anticipate them going way of the buggy whip and "tubes"? (FM was mainly for tranmitter distance increase.) Most of these AMs now are run by religious or other small independent groups, not the major media. I can't recall the last time I listened to AM. After those imported rotary tuner 9V transistor radios of the '60s, it never did sound good to me, but that was all we had unless you lived in/near a big city. Once FM caught on, the esoteric stereo freak movement took off.
AM was OK in the convertible with the "stereo" speaker option. Not to mention, many "reverbs" were sold then.
What is a "shame" is mandated digital TV over the air. Analog didn't pixelate with bad reception.
Have fun.