Re: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30 WAY OT

["HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>]

Although we're going way off of the other "off topic" topic, a co-worker
bemoaned the FCC relaxing ownership rules.  He said that one larger town
in the Northern Plains has all of the major FM stations owned by the
same firm.  They did not have any kind of plan to relay NWS weather
warnings and when a big storm hit, the music and syndicated talk just
kept right on playing.  Of course I can't confirm this hearsay info but
it sure sounds about right!

73,
Dave in Indy



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Sadly, AM radio is one of the worst places to try and get current local
information in the Memphis area. Most of the stations have no local news
department, and those who do pretty much work 9 to 5 and go home. After
that it's either what they recorded during the day or what the sat feed
gives them. Radios like the CC Crane models that could pick up TV audio
used to be good for severe weather and the like, but thanks to the
digital sift (Progress? Yeah, right. Don't get me started on that), that
option has also been eliminated. 



Jim Pogue 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Johnson" <radiok3pi@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America"
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Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 2:24:54 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30 

We lost power for about a day recently due to the big storm that 
ripped through the Southeast. 

My wife was bemoaning the loss of TV or internet - - as she could not 
get up to date info on weather, road conditions, etc. 

I handed her a square black box (DX-375) and said....'remember 
this...it's called a radio.' 

I thought it was interesting that radio never even crossed her mind. 



On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Ira Elbert New III <ien3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote: 
> 
> Keep it up with the Kindle and we may be the last generation to turn a
page in a book! My Wife is a graphic designer for The University of
Georgia Press, as well as several other presses around the country, and
that thought of books disappearing makes her just a bit sad. 
> 
> Bert New 
> Watkinsville, Georgia 
> Proudly Serving You Since 1964! 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> From: richarda@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 11:29:51 -0400 
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] DXers under the age of 30 
>> 
>> 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 
>> To ? ? ?: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> Cc ? ? ?: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> 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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