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In reply to the discussion: Save Our Signal! Politicians close in on votes needed to keep AM radio in every car [View all]BumRushDaShow
(131,263 posts)and because of that, want to get rid of the platform completely, which is just the broadcast mode.
Every Sunday, I listen to a gardening show that is recorded as a podcast from Saturday morning broadcasts on a low power station that I can't pick up here in Philly (and is not syndicated on any stations around here that I can pick up). I have been listening to radio garden shows since the mid-'70s and many of the high power and low power stations USED TO run that type of programming along with "home repair", "car questions", "cooking tips", etc., all the time.
After Raygun got in and the communications were deregulated (unfortunately that includes under Clinton), RW loons bought the bundles of stations and removed most of that "community programming" (with local hosts), replacing it with their syndicated nonsense.
"AM radio" is NOT equal to "the programming", and that is what needs to be emphasized.
I think the article (or some articles I saw) mentioned about farmers who get the farm reports early in the morning from some AM stations (I remember, even here in Philly, when there were "farm reports" on TV at like 6 am - I think including weather, etc).