Re: FCC Orders All TV's To Have Digital Tuners By 2007

[Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>]

<<On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 08:59:20 -0400, SteveOrdinetz <steveord@bit-net.com> said:

> There were AM-only radios made well into the 80s, I don't think Rat Shack's 
> AM stereo tuner had FM on it...that was introduced in the mid-ish 
> 80s...apparently there was a loong deadline to make this happen.

The All Channels Act does not apply to radio.  There has never been
any requirement, other than a market requirement, for radios to tune
both bands.  Thus, today you can buy FM-only tuners, and twenty years
ago, AM-only tuners were still common.  The only requirement, AFAIK,
is that tuners be capable of tuning the entire band.

-GAWollman