Re: [IRCA] Radio DXing Hobby Threatened With Extinction

[Mike McKenna <way2twohot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The only reason TV stations are going along with digital is 1.) they get to use two TV chanels until the final switch over and 2.) HDTV will allow multicasting on one TV channel.   It will also force 100% of the cable systems to re-broadcast all of the TV stations  -- giving total household coverage of each and every TV market within the US.   --- AM listenership just gets lower and lower each day.  Why not -- if there is nothing anyone can listen to.  KFWB -- 980 in LA turned off IBOC and even dropped plans to go to 50 KW.  In fact the CP has expired.  Move all of the daytimers -- and any station of less than 1 KW fulltime over to a NEW FM band -- and the OWNERS would move -- tomorrow.  It would mean a profit of 5 to ten times what they have now.   After the present AM band is "weeded out" you would have a NEW AM band that works.  KFI could be heard once again on the east coast.  WSM could be heard in Seattle at night.  KOA could be heard in Florida.   And the remaining AM stations could have a shot at being heard once again.  Give the AM station owners a BIG PUSH ---  open up a new FM Band for some of the weak AM stations to use. 

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