[cma-l] AM for CR

[James Cridland]

AM is being switched off all over Europe, including here in the UK.

AM receivers are being removed from cars (BMW one of the first), will never
be in most microprocessor-powered electronics, like mobile phones.

The sound quality is relatively dire, the electricity costs are huge, the
interference is growing, the user experience lacking, the audience is
falling away. Many AM masts are nearing the end of their life cycle.

AM isn't an equivalent platform to FM, therefore; and you'd be crazy to
want to use it.

(It is still quite large in Australia, for coverage reasons, incidentally,
but I still worry about its future here too).



On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 12:36 AM Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com> wrote:

> We have been trying for over 8 months now to together a reliable and
> predictable  AM transmission system together for a Client (sadly not a CMA
> Member) who insists on taking an AM frequency rather than pushing Ofcom for
> FM.
> We're now looking at a 600W transmitter from Bulgaria.
> Can I ask for some views please?
> Does anyone have anything positive to say about Ofcom's policies of:
>
>    - Offering AM as an equivalental platform to FM?
>    - Offering only AM if an Applicant wants greater coverage than a 5km
>    radius
>    - Offering AM licences on a countrywide basis in the second half of
>    2016
>
>
> Thanks for whatever you can contribute
>
> *Ian Hickling*
> Partner
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