{"id":62567,"date":"2025-04-10T07:41:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T11:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62567"},"modified":"2025-04-10T07:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T11:41:45","slug":"drm-should-the-u-s-take-the-leap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/drm-should-the-u-s-take-the-leap\/","title":{"rendered":"DRM: Should the U.S. Take the Leap?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Brock Wegner on Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Alan, for his recent article in Radio World titled \u201cThe Modernization of Broadcast Radio.<\/em>\u201d<\/a> In it, Alan argues that the proposed \u201cAM Radio for Every Vehicle Act<\/em>\u201d in the U.S. should go beyond preserving legacy systems and instead embrace Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) as the future of terrestrial broadcasting. Drawing comparisons with digital transitions in countries like Norway, Switzerland, India, and China, Alan highlights the potential to reduce transmission costs, increase coverage reliability, and enhance emergency communications \u2014 all while offering a path to modernize U.S. broadcasting infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Click here to read at Radio World.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Alan, for his recent article in Radio World titled \u201cThe Modernization of Broadcast Radio.\u201d In it, Alan argues that the proposed \u201cAM Radio for Every Vehicle Act\u201d in the U.S. should go beyond preserving legacy systems and instead embrace Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) as the future of terrestrial broadcasting. 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When I first received Alan's tip, I was surprised that I had not been been given some advance notice or even a hint about Tecsun developing and producing a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "DRM"","block_context":{"text":"DRM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/drm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tecsun-Q-3061-Back-Panel.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tecsun-Q-3061-Back-Panel.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tecsun-Q-3061-Back-Panel.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Tecsun-Q-3061-Back-Panel.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":61996,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/radio-waves-new-ssb-swl-contest-drm-functionality-recommendations-and-word-dab-summit-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":62567,"position":4},"title":"Radio Waves: New SSB SWL Contest, DRM Functionality Recommendations, and Word DAB Summit 2024","author":"Thomas","date":"February 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio.\u00a0Enjoy! 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