{"id":37032,"date":"2019-04-28T07:47:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T11:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=37032"},"modified":"2019-04-28T07:47:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T11:47:19","slug":"am-radio-matters-more-than-you-might-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/am-radio-matters-more-than-you-might-think\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;AM radio matters more than you might think&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Tecsun-S-8800-AM-Local-Dial-e1503932712302.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27773\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Tecsun-S-8800-AM-Local-Dial-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark Fahey, who shares the following piece <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/interactives\/2019\/magazine-am-radio-still-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from Politico<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h1>The Lo-Fi Voices That Speak for America<\/h1>\n<p>For decades, AM radio has felt as commonplace as a utility, such a basic fact of life that it\u2019s taken for granted. But that\u2019s changing: Across America, AM radio stations are dwindling in number and profitability, as better-sounding FM signals become cheaper to broadcast and would-be listeners turn to the internet for entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Yet even in decline, it has a strength that politicians and media insiders who want to understand America would do well to heed. In 2019, thousands of AM stations remain on the air, many of them thriving\u2014in part because they serve unique sets of people whose voices aren\u2019t always heard loudly. For generations, it was considerably cheaper to buy or start an AM station than any other form of mass media, making ownership more accessible to people of color, immigrants, non-English speakers and those with political views outside the mainstream. Without the line-of-sight restrictions of FM radio, AM radio can also cover vast geographic areas, and so remains a staple of rural media. Even now, if you tune into the right frequency on a clear summer night, you can hear a broadcast from half a continent away\u2014listening in on the kinds of conversations that shape identity and politics far outside the Beltway.[&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/interactives\/2019\/magazine-am-radio-still-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article and view photos at Politico.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Fahey, who shares the following piece from Politico: The Lo-Fi Voices That Speak for America For decades, AM radio has felt as commonplace as a utility, such a basic fact of life that it\u2019s taken for granted. But that\u2019s changing: Across America, AM radio stations are dwindling in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,433,3],"tags":[4097,4784,625,4099,7737],"class_list":["post-37032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-am","tag-am-broadcasting","tag-am-radio","tag-mediumwave","tag-politico"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9Di","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58595,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/mediumwave-dxer-logs-kfiz-from-arctic-finland\/","url_meta":{"origin":37032,"position":0},"title":"Mediumwave DXer logs KFIZ from Arctic Finland","author":"Thomas","date":"December 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ulis Fleming, who shares the following article from KFIZ via Twitter. I love these articles where a mediumwave DXer blows the minds of a small AM radio station's staff! Finnish man hears KFIZ radio transmission on radio in Artic Circle A man from Finland\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spectrum-at-right-angles.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spectrum-at-right-angles.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spectrum-at-right-angles.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spectrum-at-right-angles.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spectrum-at-right-angles.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/spectrum-at-right-angles.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":51955,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/international-radio-clubs-reprints-collection-of-900-articles\/","url_meta":{"origin":37032,"position":1},"title":"International Radio Club\u2019s Reprints collection of 900+ articles","author":"Thomas","date":"February 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Nick Hall-Patch, who shares the following announcement: The International Radio Club\u2019s Reprints collection of 900+ articles about antennas, radio propagation, receivers, accessories, plus items of general interest to MW DXers, continues to grow. \u00a0 We\u2019ve published an update to the index, at https:\/\/www.ircaonline.org\/editor_upload\/File\/reprints\/irca-reprint-index.pdf\u00a0 ,\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IRCA-Reprints-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IRCA-Reprints-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IRCA-Reprints-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IRCA-Reprints-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16425,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/radio-france-to-shut-down-mediumwave-broadcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":37032,"position":2},"title":"Radio France to shut down mediumwave","author":"Thomas","date":"December 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Marc, who shares this news from Radio France. The article (in French) notes that as of midnight on December 31, 2015, Radio France will cease all mediumwave broadcasts permanently. Up to this point, Radio France's mediumwave transmitters have broadcast France Info,\u00a0France bleu RCFM and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"La Masion de la Radio, Paris, France, (Photo source: G\u00e9rard Ducher via Wikimedia Commons).","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-1024x540.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-1024x540.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-1024x540.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14210,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/radio-france-mediumwave-and-longwave-broadcasts-to-end\/","url_meta":{"origin":37032,"position":3},"title":"Radio France: mediumwave and longwave broadcasts to end","author":"Thomas","date":"July 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Marc, who sends\u00a0this news from France Inter. The article (in French) states that Radio France, in a cost-cutting measure, will end mediumwave transmissions by the end of this year (2015) and longwave transmissions\u00a0by the end of 2016. It's estimated that\u00a0this will save 13 million\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Maison_de_la_Radio_Paris","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Maison_de_la_Radio_Paris-1024x539.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Maison_de_la_Radio_Paris-1024x539.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Maison_de_la_Radio_Paris-1024x539.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41270,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/video-tribute-to-a-century-of-broadcasting\/","url_meta":{"origin":37032,"position":4},"title":"Video: \u201cTribute to a Century of Broadcasting\u201d","author":"Thomas","date":"December 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"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 \u201cTribute to a Century of Broadcasting\u201d video in recognition of the centennial of formal radio broadcasts. 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