[BC] QUESTION FOR THE "MIND" MASSES

[Dave Schreyer]

Mike,

That answer makes perfect sense. I forgot about the possibility that AM
could make a music
comeback. As broadcast historian, I find out a lot of neat things about AM
and what I remember
of it as kid back in the 60's and 70's. FM came to power in my sophomore
year of high school
in my market. I remember listening to AM slowly die. As I look back on it,
it was not a very
happy time. 

I miss WLS, WCFL, KAAY, WLAC, WABC, etc as music radio. They were awesome to
listen
to especially if you lived in a market that had triple digits in it's market
size! ;-)

Hopefully, we may see a renewal in AM with digital. Lets hope the "Funny
Candy Company"
doesn't choke on it like they did with AM stereo in the early 80's!

Happy Holidays!

Dave Schreyer
Broadcast Historian
http://www.twinportsbroadcasting.com (coming soon)
http://twinportsmedia.blogspot.com (Blogger page)
Duluth, MN-Superior, WI Market! # 205!!!


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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 08:46:13 -0600
From: Mike McCarthy <Towers at mre.com>
Subject: Re: [BC] QUESTION FOR THE "MIND" MASSES
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While I don't agree with present day IBOC AM in general, your question is 
easy to answer.

It's not what we're doing today.  Its for what we WILL be doing next year 
or sometime down the road. Who knows, music may make a comeback on AM when 
the time comes.  Digital only signals will make that possible and many 
interference issues common in analog will go away in digital when all 
digital comes to be in 10 or so years.  Severely overlapping DA's on 2nd 
and 3rd adjacents will no longer be a problem.

The last thing managers/owners want to hear is something <can't> be done. 
Especially if there was an opportunity to address the condition years 
before and the wallets were open AND there was time to make it happen.

MM