[cma-l] Community Radio on AM

[Marc Tierney]

I agree with you Alan. 

The way people listen to radio has changed significantly. Many people will still have a radio capable of tuning in AM, but few will change bands to do it. I would be familiar with AM radio but even at home there is too much interference from electrical devices to make it a lengthy listen.  I'm not sure I would even replace the broken AM aerial for my hi-fi. How many listeners would know how to optimise reception?

So then it's about listening in car, with low power only good for short journeys. 

Technology is changing there is an increasing number of cheap FM/DAB sets on the market. 

So it has to be FM as a baseline and then DAB/DAB+ as future delivery platforms with an increasing move to online broadcasting. With 4G rollout and data becoming cheaper on mobiles, in a few years we'll be wondering what all the fuss was about. 

Marc 

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> On 24 Sep 2014, at 12:04, Alan Coote <alan.coote at 5digital.co.uk> wrote:
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> It’s hard enough to make ends meet on FM yet alone AM.
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> Let’s face it, these days no one is inclined to tune in and most don’t even know what the AM button is for!
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> The only way AM may work is by having exclusive mass appeal content, such as football, broadcast to an in car audience. 
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> Although I’ve not done the analysis, I suspect the cost would not be too much more for broadcasting similar as a popup service on a regional DAB.      
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> From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Martin Steers
> Sent: 23 September 2014 15:16
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> whats the coverage like on AM at 10w, 4w and 1w?
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> On 23 September 2014 15:11, Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I updated our own internal record of Community Radio stations today with the most recent additions.
> This is based with acknowledgement on Ofcom's published TX Parameters and shows that out of the 267 individual CR transmitters (as opposed to the number of broadcasters) licensed, 231 are currently on air.
> I will happily pass this document on to any interested parties that message me.
> At the same time I looked at the number of CR transmitters operational on Medium Wave (AM) and the power they are using.
> There are just seven out of that total of 267, - two using 100W EMRP, two at 70W which is the normal maximum allocated to a CR, one at 10W, one at 4W and the last which we know well at 1W.
> This illustrates I suggest the level of uptake of AM - that Ofcom is offering as an alternative where it says that no FM frequency is available.
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