{"id":64339,"date":"2025-10-23T07:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64339"},"modified":"2025-10-23T07:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:23:45","slug":"exploring-the-am-graveyard-frequencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/exploring-the-am-graveyard-frequencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the AM Graveyard Frequencies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Dennis Dura for sharing this article from Radio World which delves into the legacy of AM broadcasting in \u201cDigging Up the AM Radio Graveyard<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

This piece explores the so-called \u201cgraveyard frequencies\u201d\u2014those crowded AM channels where hundreds of local stations once operated at night, all competing in a sea of overlapping signals. It\u2019s a great read for anyone interested in radio history, signal propagation, and the enduring mysteries of the medium wave band.<\/p>\n

Read the full article here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dennis Dura for sharing this article from Radio World which delves into the legacy of AM broadcasting in \u201cDigging Up the AM Radio Graveyard.\u201d This piece explores the so-called \u201cgraveyard frequencies\u201d\u2014those crowded AM channels where hundreds of local stations once operated at night, all competing in a sea of […]<\/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],"tags":[625,10940,634],"class_list":["post-64339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-news","tag-am-radio","tag-graveyard-frequencies","tag-radio-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gJJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17957,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/radio-romania-international-2016-summer-broadcast-frequencies\/","url_meta":{"origin":64339,"position":0},"title":"Radio Romania International 2016 Summer Broadcast Frequencies","author":"Thomas","date":"March 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David\u00a0Iurescia (LW4DAF), who notes that Radio Romania International has published their updated English language broadcast frequencies: RRI Summer Broadcast Frequencies\u00a0valid March 27 to October 30, 2016 Source: http:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en_gb\/rri_summer_broadcast_frequencies-2544502","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"RRI-RadioRomaniaInternational","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RRI-RadioRomaniaInternational.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RRI-RadioRomaniaInternational.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/RRI-RadioRomaniaInternational.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13123,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/seans-a15-season-international-broadcasting-statistics\/","url_meta":{"origin":64339,"position":1},"title":"Sean’s A15 Season International Broadcasting Statistics","author":"Thomas","date":"May 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Sean Gilbert, International Editor at the World Radio TV Handbook, who is kindly sharing some international broadcasting statistics with us again. 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