One thing they might consider is turning off HD 
at night.  We spend a week near Michigan City 
Indiana, sixty miles away from where we live just 
west of Chicago and I can hear a hell of a lot 
more DX after dark without all that hash that 
appears either side of H D transmission, pretty 
common with Chicago A M broadcasting.  Not that 
there is a hell of a lot to listen to, but you can sure hear it better!
Pat, K9JAUAt 04:16 PM 3/23/2016, you wrote:
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>broadcasts, here is a link to KFI,
>who has organized a petition to keep it the way it
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>                     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).
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>                     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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