{"id":41503,"date":"2020-01-08T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41503"},"modified":"2020-01-07T19:44:52","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T23:44:52","slug":"radio-world-time-to-sound-off-to-the-fcc-about-using-all-digital-on-the-am-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/radio-world-time-to-sound-off-to-the-fcc-about-using-all-digital-on-the-am-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio World: Time to “sound off to the FCC about using all-digital on the AM band”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following note posted by Paul McClane at Radio World<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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 set.<\/p>\n

Comments are due March 9, reply comments are due April 6.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0RW has reported<\/a>, the FCC recently released a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish rules governing all-digital broadcasting by AM radio stations in the United States.<\/p>\n

Read the NPRM\u00a0here<\/a>. The NPRM number is 19-123.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read at Radio World.<\/a><\/p>\n

As we mentioned yesterday<\/a>, this proposal is certainly in the final stages at this point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 set. Comments are due March […]<\/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":[373,6647,433,3],"tags":[4196,625,2635,1241,2477,8240,634],"class_list":["post-41503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-hd-radio","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-am-digital","tag-am-radio","tag-dan-robinson","tag-fcc","tag-hd-radio","tag-mb-docket-no-19-311","tag-radio-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aNp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40411,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/fcc-to-consider-allowing-am-broadcasters-to-transition-to-digital\/","url_meta":{"origin":41503,"position":0},"title":"FCC to consider allowing AM broadcasters to transition to digital","author":"Thomas","date":"October 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio World) All-Digital on the AM Band? 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