[BC] Survey says....

[SteveOrdinetz]

At 12:35 AM 12/10/2005, WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:
>Seriously, my idea/suggestion of having only the 50Kw Clears remaining (and
>even a few new ones created on newly-vacated freqs) is not just for the 
>benefit
>of the small, but passionate, DX community. It is for the public at large.
>When the AM band is cleared of the majority of smaller signals (many of 
>whom end
>up carrying the same syndicated stuff off the bird, anyway) it will be a
>place for the long-range stations to have vast nighttime service areas.
>
>All of the smaller stations, DA's, Daytimers, etc, would be migrated to the
>new FM band on the to-be-vacated TV channels 5&6. Those stations would then be
>able to serve their local communities with FM quality signals, 24/7. I'm sure
>that most AM's would jump at the opportunity to go FM, especially the
>Daytimers & those with low night power.

Or at least the few that could afford to do so.  A lot of these daytimers 
and/or graveyard channel AMs are are shoestring operations now...where's 
the money gonna come from to migrate to this new band?  AM towers are not 
always situated ideally for FM either.  And who's gonna buy receivers for 
this new band just to hear syndie talk, brokered ethnic or paid 
religion...few of which draw much of an audience anyway.