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Re: Better than satellite Rescue the AM band? Fuhwah? Is there some starving baby wave-height fund I don't know about? Who cares? AM has the content it has on it because it doesn't support the fidelity required for music. They "tried to save the AM band" (and jeez, again, AM is not a band, they just happen to broadcast AM on the MW band) with AM stereo -- there was just no need for it. There's plenty of room on FM for the blowtorch rockers.
True, the MW frequencies could support some longer ranges at night, but there's another issue of the content! FM plays 3-4 minute songs. AM plays multi-hour talk and news. Distance doesn't matter for FM. When FM fades, there's usually another talp fahrty rahk/pahp station you can tune to and find your Alicia Keyes crap. AM keeps a listener for hours, so that's the distance advantage.. And sorry, clarity and fidelity just don't matter that much for Limbaugh.
So again, in the end.. You won't have to pay a subscription fee -- but so what? It's the same crap. A polished turd is still a turd even if it's free.
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EDIT.. I just wanted to make it blatantly clear that I do not listen to Rush Limbaugh, and was simply using his entertainment progrum as an example. Please put down the flamethrowers.
[text was edited by author 2002-10-14 09:48:02] |
