Re: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30

["richarda@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <richarda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick:

I have to agree we are probably the last generation
of MW DXers.  I hope I'm wrong.  But how can the
younger generation listen to radio or anything else
with a cellphone glued to their ear?  

I had a young man ask me what I was reading on my
Kindle.  I told him it was book about how David
Sarnoff and RCA screwed Farnsworth and Armstrong over
their radio inventions.  I doubt he understood much
of anything I said.

But, I'm old enough to remember listening to
children's programming after school on an AM radio. 
Heck, I remember (barely) when REA brought
electricity to our farm and dad no longer had to
charge the radio batteries with a wind charger.  Back
then, the telephone was on the wall and had to be
cranked.      

Richard.

Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W
(near Perry OK USA)   

------- Original Message -------
>From    : Patrick Martin[mailto:mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent    : 4/6/2011 1:08:21 AM
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Subject : RE: Re: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30

 >>50 years from now, I wonder if radio stations will
even be around. 
Today's youth, as has already been mentioned on this
list, are getting
their music from iPods, and if none of them even know
about AM radio
these days, I can imagine there'll come a point in
time where FM will
become passe in their minds, too.  And a generation
that grew up on
radio will be long gone.<<

I hate to say it and I hope I am wrong, but we may be
the last
generation of MW DXers. Several DXer friends I know
feel the same way. I
am now 62 and have been at the dials since I was 13.
But the future of
AM radio in this country could be on its' way out.
Now there will be a
lot of stations on the air for years to come. I don't
think WBZ, WABC,
KGO, KFI, etc are going anywhere for a long time. But
we are seeing a
lot more streaming on the internet. I know the talk
shows on KGO get a
lot of callers that listen online and even more the e
mail the station.
Add Ipods to mix and the need for the power monster
50KW transmitters,
the days may be numbered. Especially if electric
rates continue to
climb. That is one main reason KAIM 870 in Hawaii
shut down was the high
electric rates on Molakai to run 50 KW. With the
downturn in the
economy, even big TV stations are having trouble.
Personally, I don't
see the need for zillions of stations running the
same talk shows. I
many went off,Better  DXing would return too.  

73,

Patrick 

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR 
KGED QSL Manager


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