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Can we save AM radio?
Before Facebook, before the internet, before cellphones and TV and even FM radio, there was AM radio. Entire families would gather around elaborate refrigerator-sized receivers and bask in the warm glow of vacuum tubes as news, music, and entertainment poured from the only source of broadcast content in existence — NBC, ABC, and CBS were all on AM before they were on TV. Amplitude modulation operated at the very core of American culture.
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I don't think I've listened to AM radio for 20 years.
I still listen to sports on AM.
Talk shows are fine because it's just voice. AM is generally a poor choice for music, except for maybe really old music that's poor quality to begin with.
I remember the great CKLW Am Station from Windsor Canada it was still on in the 80's and was the greatest music station on Am. It switched programming and became a talk station . Google CKLW it is an interesting story. There was even a story about the station on a dvd.
Interesting, I thought music sounded really bad on the AM band?
I think before FM became popular,listening to music on AM was the only way.