It’s Time to Reassess AM

It's Time to Reassess AM and digital (Digital Radio Mondiale) is the way ahead.....asserts Ruxandra Obreja

Read the Radio World blog entry at :

 

http://www.radioworld.com/default.aspx?tabid=75&entryid=10322

The future of AM bands

EBU tech-i, June 2013

http://www.nautel.com/in-the-news/the-future-of-the-am-bands/

For AM DXers, the Romance Lives On

by James Careless, 04.21.2010
DX is a radio hobbyist acronym for long distance. Since the earliest days of radio, AM DXers have "surfed" the AM band, trying to hear distant stations. When they hear a distant station's call sign, DXers write it down along with details of what's being played on air, the time and date. They send that information to the station in hopes of having their "reception reports" verified by the station's engineer.

Read the full story here : http://www.rwonline.com/article/99602

World's first USB Radio ?

Here's a report on Thanko USB Shortwave AM/FM Radio which some pundits say as "world's first USB radio" ?

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/12/15/thanko-raremono-usb-shortwave-radio/

Terrestrial Radio Still Dominates Listening

Study in US shows that 77 percent of adults still listen to AM/FM radio on a daily basis.

More at :
http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=1609324