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RE: What is the future of AM & FM radio?

In the US, I think that AM, being commercially successful (talk /news), will continue for quite a while (defined as: as long as I'm alive - then who gives a s...).

Don't know about the commercial viability of FM however. Fortunately, the RF spectrum it occupies is relatively small and I don't (yet) see a clamor from other potential users to "take it away". Even if something does come along, I can see the non-commercial (college) stations "bootlegging" into posterity! Yea! Don't throw out your FM tuners just yet.

HOWEVER - current personal devices DON'T have either RF capability and youth probably don't care (AM /FM; what's that?)- so the longer-term future is "cloudy" - but as I said above - I won't be around to give a s...

CHEERS

Charles



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