Re: AM (was Re: LPFM Rules)

[Mike Thomas <nostatic@earthlink.net>]

I agree.  My dad, who is 60, lives in Connecticut and while he listens to
WTIC-AM on occasion for the weather, its a lot less than he used to.  Once Bob
Steele retired, his AM listening went way down.  These days he bounces between
WRCH and WNLC-FM.

We have talked in the past on this list about standards and talk moving to
FM.  It's the future, so get used to it.  As younger listeners defect to the
internet and satellite radio in the next few years, the FM band will begin to
cater to older listeners, who don't wish to chase the new technologies.
Mainstream AC's already sit at the top of the ratings in many markets, and
oldies stations do well also.  Add talk and standards to FM and older people
will have no reason to listen to AM (unless they speak Spanish...)

Mike Thomas
WXLO & Mediabase 24/7


SteveOrdinetz wrote:

> Why do so many people on this list have such a hard time accepting this?
> Ask pretty much anyone who's not a radio geek (and a lot who are) when the
> last time they listened to an AM station was, and if you're lucky you'll
> get a blank look.  My parents, also in their 70s & 80s almost never listen
> to AM either.  My father listens to the same station he's listened to for
> 30+ years...WHOM.  As the southern Vt & western Mass. AM stations dropped
> their Sunday morning polka party shows, it was just one less reason to
> listen.