Hey All, Thanks for the views Les and Steve, they are very interesting but I hope wrong. I don`t see a lot of the talk shows going to fm as that will limit their reach too much. The growth of sat. radio as we all know has been somewhat less then expected. I think that people are right now tired of mindless chatter by mindless djs. This will just farther erode fm into something else.(what I don`t know) Although most people now don`t really know or care where their "radio station" truly comes from.(on fm) Am has been losing market share for many years. But as one RCA eng. once sead "the static,like the poor, will be with us always!" I hope that is true(the static, not the poor) and for the foreseeable future it will be. I don`t think that dx is going away anytime soon.(at least I hope not) I also think that those that listion to the more "out there" shows like coast to coast and the like will keep them on am. I, to, also see more ip based "broadcasting" and file sharing of all kinds. I don`t want to peek too far into the future at this point. But "the times, they are a change`n" as the song sead. I left the broadcast industry years ago.(my dad is still in it) I think(and hope) that am and fm will be around for some time to come. I don`t like to "predict" the future too much as you know what happened with fm don`t you? They sead it wasn`t going to happen and RCA tryed to make this so, but in the end it came to pass in some form or fashin anyhow. Good dx(and holidays) to all, de kd7cjo in dn 51
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