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Is the long term future for AM really this dark?

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50kguy

From NorthEast RadioWatch at www.fybush.com on Aug 28, 2006:

"CFCY (630 Charlottetown) is now testing its new FM signal on 95.1. Once CFCY makes its move to FM, expected later this fall, Prince Edward Island will become the first Canadian province with no full-power AM signals at all. Will it be the only one for long?"

Granted, PEI is not exactly a major market but the idea of an entire province without AM is chilling. Could this trend eventually move south of the border?
 
Technically, in snowbird season. Mesa-Apache Junction is a canadian province with no fullpower AM station.
 
zumahans said:
Technically, in snowbird season. Mesa-Apache Junction is a canadian province with no fullpower AM station.
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Actually, KXAM 1310 and KMIK 1580 both transmit from the north side of Mesa - which is pretty much the same as having no AM stations there. ;D

But getting back on topic, Canada has been slowly changing their primary radio services from AM to FM for many years. IIRC, the CBC has already switched their stations over, with other commercial outlets taking their former AM frequencies.

I don't know how well (or not well) the new AMs are doing, but the change from AM to FM is happening in the Great White North, eh.
 
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