{"id":41497,"date":"2020-01-07T08:54:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T12:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41497"},"modified":"2020-01-07T08:54:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T12:54:05","slug":"final-step-for-proposed-rule-to-allow-am-broadcasters-to-use-all-digital-transmissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/final-step-for-proposed-rule-to-allow-am-broadcasters-to-use-all-digital-transmissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Final step for proposed rule to allow AM broadcasters to use all-digital transmissions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Paul Evans<\/a>, who notes:<\/p>\n

The Federal Register has today published the proposed rule for AM stations to go digital. This is close to the final step.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2020\/01\/07\/2019-27609\/all-digital-am-broadcasting-revitalization-of-the-am-radio-service<\/a><\/p>\n

Comments before 2020-03-09, replies by 2020-04-06.<\/p>\n

Thanks for the tip, Paul!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Paul Evans, who notes: The Federal Register has today published the proposed rule for AM stations to go digital. This is close to the final step. https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2020\/01\/07\/2019-27609\/all-digital-am-broadcasting-revitalization-of-the-am-radio-service Comments before 2020-03-09, replies by 2020-04-06. Thanks for the tip, Paul!<\/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":[373,1114,6647,3],"tags":[4196,625,1241,8240,7864],"class_list":["post-41497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-digital-modes","category-hd-radio","category-news","tag-am-digital","tag-am-radio","tag-fcc","tag-mb-docket-no-19-311","tag-paul-evans-w4-vp9kf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aNj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41503,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/radio-world-time-to-sound-off-to-the-fcc-about-using-all-digital-on-the-am-band\/","url_meta":{"origin":41497,"position":0},"title":"Radio World: Time to “sound off to the FCC about using all-digital on the AM band”","author":"Thomas","date":"January 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following note posted by Paul McClane at Radio World: For those who want to sound off to the FCC about using all-digital on the AM band \u2014 either \u201cfer it\u201d or \u201cagin it\u201d \u2014- the comment deadlines now are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","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\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg-1024x623.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg-1024x623.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW-lg-1024x623.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46198,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/fcc-authorizes-am-radio-stations-to-operate-using-all-digital-broadcast-signals\/","url_meta":{"origin":41497,"position":1},"title":"FCC Authorizes AM radio stations to operate using all-digital broadcast signals","author":"Thomas","date":"October 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Evans, Mike S, and a number of others who have contacted me regarding the FCC's Authorization of All-Digital AM Radio. 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