Re: [neradio] That old Dupe rule

[SteveOrdinetz <steveord@xtdl.com>]

At 09:06 PM 12/9/98 -0500, jwc@travelin.com wrote:

>
>A point that has not been mentioned to my knowledge, and a reason many
>of the stations wanted to simulcast....home vs car listening.  Even in
>the late 70's the majority of cars only had AM radios, so by providing a
>simulcast or similar programming, folks could listen in stereo ( a big
>deal then) at home on the FM, and listen to the same station in the car
>on the AM frequency.

Not to mention the fact that most car FM receivers of that era left much to
be desired in the way of sensitivity and selectivity.  Front end overload
was a big problem then, too.

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