{"id":64326,"date":"2025-10-22T08:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64326"},"modified":"2025-10-22T08:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:37:46","slug":"radio-world-john-kean-examines-modern-am-interference-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/radio-world-john-kean-examines-modern-am-interference-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio World: John Kean Examines Modern AM Interference Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributors Dennis Dura and Frank Howell for sharing this article from Radio?World, which examines the persistent and growing problem of AM?band interference. In \u201cJohn?Kean Explores AM Interference Issues<\/em>,\u201d Kean outlines how noise from switching power supplies, urban clutter and even future EV wireless-charging technology are threatening reception quality for AM broadcasters \u2014 and offers pathways for engineers and regulators to maintain AM viability.<\/p>\n

You can read the full article at Radio World by clicking here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Dennis Dura and Frank Howell for sharing this article from Radio?World, which examines the persistent and growing problem of AM?band interference. In \u201cJohn?Kean Explores AM Interference Issues,\u201d Kean outlines how noise from switching power supplies, urban clutter and even future EV wireless-charging technology are threatening reception quality for AM […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[373,3,196],"tags":[625,634],"class_list":["post-64326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-news","category-qrm","tag-am-radio","tag-radio-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gJw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62311,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/radio-world-nrsc-studies-rf-noise-on-various-roadway-types\/","url_meta":{"origin":64326,"position":0},"title":"Radio World: NRSC Studies RF Noise on Various Roadway Types","author":"Thomas","date":"March 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dure, who shares the following item from Radio World: NRSC Studies RF Noise on Various Roadway Types (Radio World) Radio World asked Cris Alexander to read the report and comment The National Radio Systems Committee recently published the results of a study on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-09-at-07.14.04.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-09-at-07.14.04.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-09-at-07.14.04.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-09-at-07.14.04.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":58438,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/interference-wars\/","url_meta":{"origin":64326,"position":1},"title":"“Interference Wars”","author":"Thomas","date":"December 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who have shared this article from Tedium.co which takes a deeper dive into the issues and politics surrounding AM radio in EV automobiles in the US. 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