Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Real-time OSs (Re: Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 11 SE) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 23:00:28 +0200 Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <3rkmmlxplv.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <107cipt$2g8mr$9@dont-email.me> <107ghmk$3j56j$4@dont-email.me> <107kfi2$d4vh$21@dont-email.me> <107kma2$d4vh$36@dont-email.me> <107kohu$ggm3$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net NAczbfyHccbC4i3hSDdMHgzVKhHZ1nXnihtWSfbwO8fmQrd7g1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:g+yEdapzlyQ6WoAfms8EnMgKK34= sha256:R1I0qDyfG6/t7vyqI11A0KhzY9bdJefswVWAJxsUfGA= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:71269 On 2025-08-15 22:46, rbowman wrote: > On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:42:34 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> Now, one private radio network that had both AM and FM stations, is >> killing the AM stations. Probably too expensive to kill. ChatGPT >> mentions two other private networks still having AM in some regions. > > The is a current food fight in the US. Car manufacturers want to drop AM > completely but some weather alerts and road condition reports are still > broadcast on AM. The commercial AM stations left in this area are mostly > religious, right wing talk shows, or sports. I some times hear one if I > accidentally hit the 'Mode' switch on the steering wheel. AM is longer distance. There are many rural or mountainous areas in Spain where FM doesn't reach but AM worked. I can imagine that it also happens in the USA, given your size and lower population density. However, what stations are promoting as a solution is listening to them via internet and some dedicated app. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.