AM RADIO
AM broadcasting (or AM Radio) is a radio broadcasting technology, which employs amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions. It was the first method developed for making audio radio transmissions, and is still used worldwide, primarily for medium wave (also known as “AM band”) transmissions, but also on the longwave and shortwave radio bands. AM radio remained the dominant method of broadcasting for the next 30 years, a period called the “Golden Age of Radio”, until television broadcasting became widespread in the 1950s and received most of the programming previously carried by radio. AM transmissions are much more susceptible than FM or digital signals are to interference, and often have lower audio fidelity. Thus, AM broadcasters tend to specialise in spoken-word formats, such as talk radio, all news and sports, leaving the broadcasting of music mainly to FM and digital stations. (More from Wikipedia)
Even as the traditional outlets for getting music out to the general public have waned, such as radio (first AM, and then FM) and MTV, the universe of musical groups has exploded into a tsunami of musicians that I probably could not keep up with even if I tried. Music videos have gotten so scarce on MTV that I have frequently seen “world premiere” broadcasts of new videos by major artists on Entertainment Tonight.
(June 2017)
