Thread: AM Radio fading into history
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Old 14-11-2023, 19:42   #76
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Re: AM Radio fading into history
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Originally Posted by Rillington View Post
Iirc Global now only retains one MW service - Gold in Manchester, and they are bound to switch this off by the end of the year.


I do find it surprising that Ofcom chooses not to re-advertise any of these frequencies. AM radio is continuing in America so why let it die in the UK?
Global also operates Smooth Kent, Hampshire & Cheshire, which will close by the end of the year (when the local ad contracts run out). This leaves LBC News in London as the last Global AM service.

US AM services have survived by operating a hybrid digital service (IBOC) in a similar fashion to the AM Stereo transmissions that are described earlier in this thread. Therefore there are also the same drawbacks that stopped AM Stereo taking off in the UK. The US also does not have the option of using DAB, as Band III is fully occupied by TV operators both on & off cable.
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