Re: [IRCA] WWFD 820 Becomes First All-Digital AM Station

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

There will now be just digital hash where the AM signal would have been.
But the rush into this ignores some important points -

1. How many car radios are capable of receiving these transmissions ? My
understanding was that carmakers were reducing, not increasing the HD
capability as standard equipment because it hadn't caught on.
2. How many listeners are driven off by the low range AM signal - which
will continue and perhaps be worse - and not by analog
3. How many people actually listen on AM anyway and would this change them ?

I predict this adventure will fail.


Russ Edmunds
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On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 9:37 PM, Les Rayburn <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hereâs some news that Iâm not sure how to feel about:
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