Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill (WD9EQD), who writes:
You probably have already seen this, but from The ARRL Letter, November 21, 2019:
Art Donahue, W1AWX, of Franklin, Massachusetts, has posted his “Tribute to a Century of Broadcasting” video in recognition of the centennial of formal radio broadcasts. The video features a complete scan of the AM broadcast band (530 – 1700 kHz), with station IDs for all 118 AM radio channels.
Following is ARRL Link:
Radio Amateur’s “Tribute to a Century of Broadcasting” Video Debuts on YouTube
Following is YouTube link to the video:
It was a lot of fun to watch the video, hear the on-air id checks, and compare what he heard to the list of stations that I have heard.
Thanks for sharing this, Bill–I missed reading about this in the newsletter. This goes to show you that the AM dial is chock-full of stations here in North America. Those who complain that it’s “dead” simply aren’t listening.
It could be worse, Chris. For example, as in Russia. Where new owners of the country just off all AM broadcasts. This is truly a disaster.
And what is left on FM cannot even be compared with what was in the USSR. Pathetic squalor.
However, a whole generation grew up on this s***, and almost no one remembers what real high-quality and highly artistic broadcasting is.
A bit lengthy and the big boner was for AM 650. That check SHOULD have been WSM Nashville . Also it would have been cool if it would have had more legacy airchecks. The mere mention of IHeart radio and a few other corporate entities that ruined radio from what it was to what it is not…aka a bunch of fm translators and the AM side tied to it as a tagalong really sickens me . I am an operations manager of a radio station and the suits at these corporate entities have no clue of how real radio should be. So my opinion is that this video is hardly a Tribute to radio at all…it’s a stark reminder of what it has become.. Sad