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when will 710, 770, 820, 880, 1010 move to FM.? And, when will 570,
660, 710,770, 820, 880, 1010, 1050, 1130, 1560 be sold?
5 years? 10 years ? (HD AM won't save AM radio)
 
Unregistered said:
when will 710, 770, 820, 880, 1010 move to FM?
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When an owner/operator of an existing FM allocation thinks he can make more money with any of those formats than he can with what he is doing now. i.e...never. ;-)

Unregistered said:
And, when will 570,
660, 710,770, 820, 880, 1010, 1050, 1130, 1560 be sold?
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When someone wants one of those signals enough to pay a current owner enough to convince him to cash in. (I don't think anyone wants to pay the owners of 660, 770, 880, 1010 what it would take to convince them. They are still valuable properties.)

Unregistered said:
(HD AM won't save AM radio)
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No, but that's a tall order..."to save AM radio".

I don't think there is anything that can save it. However, there are owners who are making sure they get every drop of nectar out of that fruit before the AM band is thrown on the compost pile.
 
Wimmmex said:
No, but that's a tall order..."to save AM radio".

I don't think there is anything that can save it. However, there are owners who are making sure they get every drop of nectar out of that fruit before the AM band is thrown on the compost pile.
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I'm not sure about stations like News Radio 88, but I duly note that in places like Buffalo NY, When 930 WBEN tried to offer a repeater on FM @ 107.7 it failed miserably. People in that neck of the woods continued to listen to the AM side. As a result, 107.7 went back to a music format.

Let's say for just a second that poor FM signal was the problem. (...and it may have been) I still don't understand how AM stations can move to a crowded FM (depending on market, respectfully) without giving up something that may already be a really good money making FM sister station.
 
imagine if 770 is sold in the future & becomes infomercials & preachers like 570.
 
I keep wondering what will eventually happen to the CBS all-newsers that are still AM only: Two in NYC, one in Philly, a "mostly" all newser in Boston, one in Detroit, one in LA, and one with news blocks in Dallas. What will be their fate as the average age of AM band listeners gets older and older?
CBS uses FM for its all newsers in Chicago, San Fran and DC/Baltimore. However, current FCC rules limit how many FMs CBS can own in a market. I think if those caps were relaxed somewhat, CBS might consider buying some underperforming FM signals to transfer its all newsers to.
But, without that change by the FCC, what will happen to the above mentioned CBS all newsers in the next 5 or 10 years?
A. Nothing. They'll continue to be some of that last stations anyone listens to in large cities on AM.
B. CBS will be forced to make some tough decisions regarding its existing FM properties ... keep their current music formats or switch to their all news format.
C. Audio news will move to the web. Once the Internet is integrated more easily in cars, these stations will become mostly web stations.
D. All news radio itself will just die off with the exception of a few stations on FM.
E. Something else.

What does everyone think?
 
K6JHU said:
F. Move to the 76-88 All-digital band. But that (being the most logical) will never happen.
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The problem with a new band is that nobody is buying discreet radios today... entertainment options for the future must integrate with smartphones and tablets since people want all their on one device.
 
maybe AM will plod along until nobody wants to operate the stations anymore or
until cars no longer have AM radios. Then AM radio may be dead & gone.
I can't see the FCC doing anything to help AM survive long term.
 
AM radio stations that are valued locally (as opposed to digitally based or FM stations that don't envelope themselves in their community) are maintaining relevance by being streamed live on their websites. Whenever people ask me what station I am on, I tell them the AM freq but also tell them to check out the internet site....that's whats relevant these days.
 
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