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   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 25/08/13 11:14 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   > In article , Robert Bannister   
   >  wrote:   
   >> On 23/08/13 2:11 PM, Brian M. Scott wrote:   
   >>> On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 11:06:38 +0800, Robert Bannister   
   >>>  wrote in   
   >>>  in   
   >>> rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.movies,rec.arts.books:   
   >>>   
   >>> [...]   
   >>>   
   >>>>> AM radio is traditionally 530 - 1605 Khz - not sure when   
   >>>>> that was established but pre-WW2.   
   >>>   
   >>>> I don't recall hearing the term until FM became popular,   
   >>>> and that's not very long ago. All we knew was Short Wave,   
   >>>> Medium Wave and Long Wave.   
   >>>   
   >>> Which term?  AM radio?  I remember making the AM - FM   
   >>> distinction over 50 years ago, and I’ve been listening to FM   
   >>> for at least 45 years (and most definitely *not* listening   
   >>> to AM!).   
   >>   
   >> Interesting. I had never heard of either until about 20-25 years ago, if   
   >> that long. I still don't know what they stand for and am too lazy to   
   >> look it up. FM radio here only seems to play music, so it does not   
   >> attract me at all, but I'm told a Big Change is coming, which presumably   
   >> means the stations I do listen to will migrate.   
   >   
   > AM radio is only available in the mornings.  ;-)   
      
   Yes. I like that, although I won't know what to do in the FM.   
      
   >   
   > AM = amplitude modulation   
   > FM = frequency modulation   
   >   
   > But that doesn't mean much to non-technical people, and there's a pile of   
   > pros and cons for each.   
   >   
   > In the real world the difference in AM and FM basically comes down the   
   > frequency bands used by the stations. It has no bearing on what they   
   > actually play, although many newer stations aimed the "younger generation"   
   > that play mainly music mostly use the FM frequencies while the more   
   > established stations for the "older listerners" are usually AM (or both AM   
   > and FM in some cases).   
      
   We do have a "classic" (why not "classical"?) FM station, but the   
   reception is not always the best and I only ever find it by accident.   
   --   
   Robert Bannister   
      
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