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WARM Gone?
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Nairda said:
Well, you have to figure that whatever dollars were being spent on WARM are now up for grabs. I would think that if all or most of the other AMs in the market went away, their dollars would flow (mostly) to the FMs.
Multiply this effort nationwide, and there could almost be a case made for taking the AM whole band and using it for garage door openers. Let the strong survive...
Our insistence on keeping AM alive has made for some pretty good jokes over the years, not the least of which was the effort to put noise on TWO channels. Reality will someday break through the, er, static. Radio is in decline much like General Motors. And like General Motors, Radio's AM is kind of like Hummer...already well under water.
Perhaps the best way to save the patient is to amputate the gangrene.
So many metaphors, so little time...
Many years ago, MANY years ago, radio legend Rick Dees made a sadly prophetic comment about the future of AM. Forgive me for mangling his words in an attempt to paraphrase, but it went something like this...
"The only future AM has is traffic delays and taxicabs."
Dees made the comment in the late 1970s. Again, I am paraphrasing, but it doesn't change the fact of just how long AM has been slipping beneath the waves.
Back again.....the NAB was somewhat depressing to say the least. Back to Dan and the technical discussion of WARM. It is important to note that WARM has not always been on 590. In looking at the original CP study from 1948-49 for WEJL which incredibly I have, WARM is listed as operating on 1400 in Dunmore near I380. It is my understanding that WARM went to 590 in the mid or late fifties. It may not predate some of these nitetime operations. Ultimately, someone needs to do a nighttime skywave study to see what WARM can really do. If it could switch to Class D operation with 30 to 100 watts with a middle valley stick (nighttime); this might be the logical thing to do. The operational reductions in cost would make it viable. Maybe even a simpler two tower directional would be another solution. These "simple" directionals seem to work better and still maintain cost savings. Obviously, WARM needs some engineering TLC
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Kevin Fitzgerald said:
Like I said on another thread, the NAB has become the radio version of AARP. They started out okay, and then decided to chum up with the government while they bled people, then when nobody wanted any part of them they sneaked their dues into insurance premiums (in the case of AARP), by putting the collection of same on the reverse side in small print.
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