[BC] AM Band Migration/FM Band Expansion

[Jerry Mathis]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Robert Meuser <robertm at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>I do not think blowtorches are exempt. I did a dial scan yesterday for
>NYC. All but one major station is either on a digital subchannel or
>simulcast on FM. I think AM stations will ride the storm as long as they
>can make money. Everybody has at least one AM receiver so it is a
>lifestyle choice of whether one chooses to do destination listening
>(turn on a plain old radio receiver) or chooses to have a more
>integrated experience. This is really a content issue. The frequencies
>are valuable as they easily accommodate wide area coverage. It is a
>question of how to make it work with modern technology.

Kinda, sorta, related to this, does anyone know if there's any progress, or any news, on the proposal to migrate the AM band to Channels 5 and 6, and expand the FM band? I haven't heard anything on this subject for many months.

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