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Totally illegal, but we hear of it in the industry. It's a bad gamble. Translators are NOT allowed to "originate programming." Many of the FCC "field offices" are now closed so their monitoring in the course of normal day to day operation is not happening. The public doesn't know the "rules"...

All that will happen in this scenario is "digital noise" fighting with other "digitnal noise" at night. This is why when HYBRID DIGITAL (notice it's not "high definition) came out, many AM's were not allowed to use it at night because of their (hash noise) sidebands interfering with other...

The overall quality of sound, if AM is properly STEREO processed will help the overall sound, even that of human voice. You'll notice the stereo in the "bumper" music between segments, IF it is in stereo. Stations can turn on the stereo "carrier" without providing stereo content. I'm guessing...

I realize this is a very old thread, but nobody had answered the author's question. ALL stations are required to ID at a "convenient point in programming" nearest the top of the hour, by the way. The translator can ID audibly less amounts per day, silently by frequency shift keying, or by morse...

We pay DEARLY each year! The FCC issues an 8 year license and we pay "Regulatory Fees" every year of that license period based on our signal's population, yes, even AM. Yes, our FM translators, Yes, our Studio-Transmitter Links. You really need to read up on this, all of which can be found on...

Now, the big questions. The first one I ask before the "numbered ones" is ….'WHY?' How would it benefit you, your community, or your local broadcasters, let alone the industry. Please explain your position. Then... 1) Do YOU own the equipment to enjoy this VERY hypothetical "switch" to...

The "usually accepted" way it was before stations had to try to a) get in the pocket of local retailers FIRST for Christmas and b) Cause more "real" announcers to want to commit suicide was... Thanksgiving and fist week after: 1 per hour, Next week 2 per hour, 3rd week 3 per hour, 4th or week...

More likely, if we don't win the battle in my industry which NEEDS public voices....to keep AM in cars.... the services will go away. Just my opinion. FM is too crowded now, with LPFMs, Translators, (full disclosure, I have two translators)...and regular signals. I think, if we don't win this...

Some have, some have gone "all digital". Other countries call it "medium wave" but, also remember that in most countries outside of the USA, the GOVERNMENT owns and operates the broadcasting, thus they make the decisions. Our country is rather unique in having privately owned and operated...

I think, and this is my opinion, that the "noise" issue of all-electric cars having AM came up somewhere in a laboratory for (some) manufacturers, and the easy way out was to pull it. The "big" people in broadcasting, like the NAB only got on board with trying to assist (AM) broadcasters when...

OK, it's time. Again: We're talking CONTENT here, not rules of being a licensee. Do you have any qualifications to argue this? What are they? Where are you coming from and why can't you grasp the concept of the fact that WE as broadcasters decide ou own content....there are NO guidelines on...

Does anybody here get it? Putting up the fact we have public files has NOTHING to do with what WE CHOOSE to program. Have you ever READ a public file? Do you know what it is or what it's contents are to be? It's a report on how we serve OUR communities, which means HOW we do it is up to US...

In reasonable memory. Meaning for the "exactness" person trying to prove me wrong, they are NOT going to send AM to the graveyard over "talk shows" and agendas that people spread rumors-of on the internet. Good Grief. I've been an owner for nearly 20 years and in radio for 35. What you're...

Don't give in to that very common assumption/conspiracy. You must remember a couple things. 1) The FCC makes plenty of money on licenses for AM stations every year, they call it "spectrum fees" while WE call it "pay your yearly fee or lose your 8-year license. and, 2) The FCC has NEVER...

And Toyota proved that hybrids and EV's CAN indeed have AM. This was an excuse for Ford, who then agreed to send an "over the air" update to put the AM button BACK into their vehicle...(for now.)