[BC] Re: HD Receiver

[Steve Newman]

Very well put. I remember (you could almost hear the dials spin) the "magic" 
switch to FM seemed to be when the AM stations were playing the short 
version of Light My Fire by the Doors when the FM's were playing the 7+ 
minute version. I believe I remember people talking about AM vs. FM in that 
way. Little tid bit. That may have been a  San Francisco thing since it was 
there that underground radio started. That "magic" moment may have happened 
in other markets in a different way however.

Steve

Steve Newman
Steve Walker Productions
Opp, Alabama

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Meuser" <Robertm at broadcast.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Re: HD Receiver


> Xmitters at aol.com wrote:
>
>> FM obviously took off like a rocket since its introduction thus leaving 
>> the naysayers with egg on their face.
> Totally wrong. FM took the better part of thirty years to 'take off'. Many 
> early stations went dark and those who eventually returned to the airwaves 
> did so at a much lower class. Most Fm announcers need additional jobs to 
> pay the bills. The only difference between FM then and HD now is that 
> there was not the technology then to keep afloat loosing formats. Today we 
> have the automation to do it. FM eventually had an edge or two. One was 
> the extension of day time only stations, the other was formats too deep 
> for researched successful AM stations of the day. The FCC played a major 
> role when they put limitations on simulcasting. In big cities major 
> broadcast companies put on the cheapest possible 'talent' to provide new 
> content. That was the birth of progressive rock in major markets, a format 
> not wanted on the 'successful' AM channels.
>
> R
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