Do you listen to AM Radio???

[Mr Tony]

I figured I'd ask it here in the FTA area since we are a little more "eclectic" group and would probably give better (and more diverse) answers

Pretty simple question...do you listen to AM Radio?

Never...What is AM radio?
A little bit...maybe for a local sports team or a talk show
A fair amount...Radio is on AM more than FM
All the time...You mean there is options other than AM??

 

[MrMars]

I am going with :

A little bit...maybe for a local sports team or a talk show.

Red Sox & Celtics games are on AM here, don't listen on the radio often but if I am driving around and want a score update i'll put it on.

 

[PopcornNMore]

A little bit...maybe for a local sports team or a talk show for me.

 

[Pepper]

What's a radio?

You mean one of those old fashioned audio streaming devices without a network connection?

 

[Mr Tony]

I said a fair amount

3 of the 4 pro teams are on AM (The Vikes are on both and unless there is a conflict the MN Wild get bumped to FM) so I usually listen to those if I'm out and about.

As for music there is a new station that started this past summer and they play great classic country. Its satellite fed (one of the feeds that is on AMC8 C-Band) so its nice to listen to that when in the truck. The tower is far enough away so nighttime reception is bad (that and they drop to like 30 watts) but during the day its on

Also one station (ikki will give me crap...its KDHL 920 which is near him) plays "old time" (polka) music every day so I listen to that too...Sunday there is a station near me that plays old time too so I listen to that

At night its fun to tune the dial and pick up those "clear channel stations". I listen to a fair a mount of 540 CBC Regina at night (whats weird is 990 CBC Winnipeg is closer but doesnt come in real well)

yes I am weird....but you already knew that

 

[tds04]

I picked a fair amount. I listen to talk radio in the morning on the way to work and sometimes on the way home if something good is on. Coast to Coast when i work nights.

 

[yorktown]

I thought that AM radio broadcasting would be obsolete by now.

I haven't listened to AM radio for 20 years or so.

I remember hearing they were even going to have AM STEREO radio at one point.
Did that ever happen ?

 

[meinename]

A little bit...not that I know when the shows I like to listen to are on AM.
Listen to FM occasionally.
Like the radio variety I can find on FTA.

EDIT: Post 500 for me

I remember AM stereo having problems catching on in consumer recievers

Speaking of which thanks for reminding me about why my favorite stations come in crappy.
Hybrid Digital (HD) radio overloading one of the amp or noise-canceling circuits in my newer radio.
Yes, I live that close to the Transmitters

 

[Pismire]

I chose a little bit. I listen to nothing but AM for 2 weeks during my annual hunting trip.

 

[N5XZS]

I do AM radio for Dxing fun, with my new Sony HD digital radio.

 

[Lak7]

All of a sudden, FM Radio around here sucks.
Flipped to AM Sports Talk, gets me to and from work.

 

[Corrado]

I haven't listened much in years on a regular basis. I used to like listening after the sun went down for the DX. It's fun hearing stations from states away as though they were local.

 

[Bill_KY]

Mostly I listen to AM for local news, weather and traffic and some occasional Dxing. If conditions are right , I'll try to catch a couple of innings of the NY Yankees of out WCBS NY 880 during the baseball season. Mostly I listen to MP3's of tunes or MP3's of alternative talk shows not carried on the AM. With MP3's who needs FM? (except for the e-Skip season). I say my listening habits are 80% MP3's and 15% AM and 5% FM.


Iceberg,
I have picked up 990 Winnepeg a few times in the winter @ around 7:00 am in the morning about the same time I hear KOA Denver ....both come in weakly.

 

[Mr Tony]

I remember hearing they were even going to have AM STEREO radio at one point.
Did that ever happen ?

yep I still have a radio that has AM Stereo option

 

[turbosat]

Raised on radio

Raised on the radio was a country song, I think. But I was. Grew up listening to WWL New Orleans, & WLS, those were the main two I heard at night . WCKY Cincinnati, and of course the am stations in Birmingham, all of which are either gone now or switched to talk formats.
Currently I'm trying to build a good outdoor AM antenna as there is so much noise from my computers and tv equipment in the house, I really can't get many stations very well.

edit to add : Yesterday I found two interesting gadgets I'd forgot I owned, one is an auto FM-Converter, you hook to am car radio, back when they were only AM, and it receives the FM band. The other thing was a little ac-powered box from radio shack called an FM amplifier. Forget how I used it , but apparently is meant to amplify signals from outdoor FM radio antennas.

 

[photoman76]

I listen to AM radio quite a bit. But I generally listen to the internet streams because reception is better and I am not limited to local stations.

 

[guapoharry]

I thought that AM radio broadcasting would be obsolete by now.

I haven't listened to AM radio for 20 years or so.

I remember hearing they were even going to have AM STEREO radio at one point.
Did that ever happen ?

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[B.J.]

I figured I'd ask it here in the FTA area since we are a little more "eclectic" group and would probably give better (and more diverse) answers

Pretty simple question...do you listen to AM Radio?

Never...What is AM radio?
A little bit...maybe for a local sports team or a talk show
A fair amount...Radio is on AM more than FM
All the time...You mean there is options other than AM??

Well you were looking for eclectic.....
I listen to AM about 12 hours/day. Of course, it's probably NOT the AM you were referring to. I have my scanner on the military aircraft band basically all the time I'm home and awake, because I live under a low level route, and planes fly over at 500' or less above ground level at 500 kts, and I like to get warning of when they are approaching so I can take pictures of them.
Anyway, the aircraft bands are pretty much all AM mode.

Re the AM broadcast band though, haven't listened on that much for years. I used to listen to AM stations from my home town, when I lived other places, but the propagation doesn't seem to work very well up here for receiving in that direction for some reason.

Someone above mentioned AM stereo. I remember back when stereo first came out, when you had to use two radios, one AM, and one FM, and you got left channel on one, and right channel on the other. Pretty neat.

I also used to listen to foreign AM SW band broadcasts quite a bit years ago, but it isn't as interesting anymore, since you're never quite sure of where the actual transmitter is located. For example, last time I scanned through the SW band, I ran into an incredibly strong signal from China. Darn thing was so strong that it was overwhelming other strong stations on different freqs. I was even getting it without having an antenna connected. Turned out that I was receiving it from CANADA, just a couple hundred miles from here. Apparently radio China was paying radio Canada to re-broadcast their signal. Anyway, I haven't tuned into the SW AM band in years either.

For me, AM is pretty much just the aircraft band.

 

[dfergie]

Not in ages... Sirius First then CD or MP3 on disc then FM...(unless listening to the Cowboys when the FM is about 10 seconds faster than Sirius for a night game)

 

[mecro]

Still a huge AM listener, between 700 WLW in Cincinnati, and 1100 WTAM in Cleveland.

It should be noted that 700 WLW AM has dominated Cincinnati's Arbitron ratings for many years now, for all demographics.