A Quest to Save AM Before It’s Lost in the Static

By EDWARD WYATT

WASHINGTON — Is anyone out there still listening?

Ajit Pai, the Republican on the F.C.C., called AM radio "the audible core of our national culture."

The digital age is killing AM radio, an American institution that brought the nation fireside chats, Casey Kasem's Top 40 and scratchy broadcasts of the World Series. Long surpassed by FM and more recently cast aside by satellite radio and Pandora, AM is now under siege from a new threat: rising interference from smartphones and consumer electronics that reduce many AM stations to little more than static. Its audience has sunk to historical lows.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/09/us/a-quest-to-save-am-radio-before-its-lost-in-the-static.html?hp&_r=2&

Radio listening remains steady

Arbitron announced highlights from its December 2012 RADAR 115 National Radio Listening Report. The report shows radio's audience holding steady year over year, reaching more than 241 million listeners, or more than 92% of the U.S. population, on an average weekly basis.

 

More at : http://rbr.com/radio-listening-remains-steady/

Shortwave listening like a fishing expedition

Trading clicks for turns, clarity for static ... and really loving it
By Bill Husted

My secret is revealed: I'm an analog guy in a digital world. Shortwave listening, once the drug of choice for nerds, is an unlikely hobby nowadays. After all, that distant station I'm straining to hear probably is also available as a crystal clear audio stream somewhere on the Internet.

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http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/may/05/shortwave-listening-like-a-fishing-expedition/#ixzz1u8fNzJc8