[78-L] AM radio--WAS: acoustic recording

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> In the 1980s the broadcasters requested the FCC to require the receiver 
> manufacturers to widen their bandwidth AND require the reduction of the 
> transmitter frequency response to match.  Because of the misguided 
> "marketplace" policy of the Reagan appointed FCC Chair, Mark Fowler, 
> they said it could be voluntary.  Of course nobody did anything because 
> both sides had to happen in order for it to work.  In the late 90s the 
> FCC enacted NRSC, National Radio Systems Committee, which did restrict 
> the frequency response of stations to 10KHZ, and the broadcasters 
> encouraged radio manufacturers to improve their bandwith.  A few radios 
> are good at that, such as the GE SuperRadio III and the Grundig A-350.  
I can't help but wonder what my once-owned Philco 38-9 receiver might
have done with these signals...?! I received AM signals from 43 states
back in "them days"...including KFI in California...! AM radio seems to
be the "unwanted stepchild" of the 21st century?!

Steven C. Barr