Subject: Is AM Radio Still Relevant? Petition





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  From: "C Crane Company" <[log in to unmask]>

  Subject: Is AM Radio Still Relevant?

  Date: March 15, 2016 at 7:59:27 PM EDT



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                    If you don’t have time to read this but want to help keep AM 
stations capable of long distant night time broadcasts, here is a link to KFI, 
who has organized a petition to keep it the way it 
is:http://www.kfiam640.com/features/save-am-radio-1919/

                    Is AM Radio Still Relevant?
                    The FCC is proposing radical changes to AM radio signals. 
They have already adopted some of the proposed changes. Others that could have a 
more noticeable impact are still under review and are now open for comment. 
Currently, smaller stations generally have to reduce power and sometimes change 
the direction they broadcast their signal so they don’t interfere with more 
powerful stations. What this means is larger 50,000 Watt stations like KGO, San 
Francisco; WGY, New York; KDKA, Philadelphia; WGN, Chicago and many, many more 
are capable of transmitting several hundred miles at night and early morning. 
Those stations have a “protected” status during those specified hours. They’re 
known as clear channel stations (not to be confused with Clear Channel 
Broadcasting).

                    This proposal is being called the AM Revitalization Plan. 
Some of the reasoning behind it stems from what is called the AM radio noise 
floor level. With the increase in all things electronic (think smart phones, 
televisions, Bluetooth and even LED light bulbs), the noise produced by all of 
these things has impacted AM Radio and not for the better. In many areas (you 
may be in one of them) the noise is so bad that AM, and in some cases FM, is 
almost not listenable. Another argument in favor of these changes is to allow 
room for more local stations or to expand coverage for existing local stations. 
In theory, this expansion would give listeners a wider choice of programming. A 
lesser understood impact may include these larger powered stations losing up to 
46% of their listenership due to the change in the late night coverage where 
their signal currently travels hundreds of miles. One of the biggest concerns 
for losing this protection is the unintended consequences. The FCC claim of how 
these changes will work out is actually a theory while the reality of 
implementation will be different. Unfortunately this is not a “try again” 
situation if the results are considered horrible by some listeners. It is a 
situation best served with the idea of “doing no harm”.

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