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01-07-2017, 01:28 PM
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Interesting. So what's the benefit though? Just better sound quality?
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01-07-2017, 02:12 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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More channels on same bandwidth or free up bandwidth for other transmission
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01-07-2017, 05:41 PM
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Give her some funked up music, she treats you nice
Feed her some hungry reggae, she'll love you twice
The girls don't seem to care tonight
As long as the mood is right
FM - no static at all
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01-08-2017, 12:01 AM
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Here we go...how much Carbon does FM radio consume? 
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01-08-2017, 01:40 AM
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01-08-2017, 02:30 AM
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That's a lot of pollution
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01-09-2017, 11:41 AM
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So do the current FM stations continue broadcasting, just in a different format?
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01-09-2017, 12:10 PM
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So do the current FM stations continue broadcasting, just in a different format?
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I guess that'd be a business decision.
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01-09-2017, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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So do the current FM stations continue broadcasting, just in a different format?
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Its just the switch from analog TV to digital HDTV. They keep broadcasting but on the digital spectrum on different frequencies. Old radios/sets can't recieve the new digital signals. Like when we had the switch to digital TV, many stations didn't have the funds for upgrade to make the transition and closed shop.
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01-09-2017, 12:18 PM
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It would be nice if AM960 changed to FM. Sound quality is annoying
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01-09-2017, 12:22 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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It would be nice if AM960 changed to FM. Sound quality is annoying
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by sound quality do you mean Pinder?
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01-09-2017, 12:38 PM
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can only imagine how clear a digital transmission of a cradle of filth rock block would sound
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01-09-2017, 01:46 PM
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It would be nice if AM960 changed to FM. Sound quality is annoying
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I can listen to AM960 here in Lethbridge. I can't get any Calgary FM stations until I'm just north of Claresholm. So, I don't want AM960 to convert.
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01-09-2017, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Royal Oak
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I picked up 660 news one morning in Chilliwack BC (I had driven out the previous day and it was on my presets). It had lots of static but I could make out what they were talking about.
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01-09-2017, 02:41 PM
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I can listen to AM960 here in Lethbridge. I can't get any Calgary FM stations until I'm just north of Claresholm. So, I don't want AM960 to convert.
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AM Radio is magical, please ignore CroFlames
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01-09-2017, 03:52 PM
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01-10-2017, 10:31 AM
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AM radio does have great range, that's true. It would be awesome if they could simulcast off AM and FM, so that if you're local you get a crisper sound.
I've listened to FAN960 as far south as Dillon and as far west as Penticton. I've literally even heard snippets in front of the Vancouver golf club on a clear day.
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01-10-2017, 10:50 AM
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AM radio does have great range, that's true. It would be awesome if they could simulcast off AM and FM, so that if you're local you get a crisper sound.
I've listened to FAN960 as far south as Dillon and as far west as Penticton. I've literally even heard snippets in front of the Vancouver golf club on a clear day.
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When I was a kid in New Brunswick, there was a huge collection of radio equipment on the NB/NS border. On cold nights we could radio from New York stations all the way down to Florida sometimes. I remember listening to Chicago Bulls games in the MJ era from the local Chicago station all the way in Sackville, NB. It was kind of neat. It was actually a kind of phenomenon. Some said they could even hear radio in their sinks at some points. A local did a documentary on it. It was pretty interesting.
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/arts/this-new...adio-1.3768831
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01-10-2017, 11:51 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Elbows Up!!
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I guess I shouldn't mention shortwave radio... I love you ionosphere!
I get awesome Fan960 up here in greaserville in my truck. at home, I use TuneIn radio.
On topic, when I was in the UK the car radios were "digital", and it was awesome when driving around that they changed channels automatically but stayed in format and content if possible.
On FM radio, or any format really, if no one is listening or has better equipment, many will have already migrated to the digital format.
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edited as the UK radios were indeed DAB. I'm guessing that AM continues in Norway?
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