EV>05-09-14 12:18 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about AM Revitalization   
      
   EV> RW> @MSGID: <5370A508.409.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
   EV> RW> Greetings Ed!   
   EV>Howdy! Roy,   
      
   EV> RW> Clipped from the ARNewsline (found in the HAM echo);   
      
   EV> RW> RADIO RULES:  FCC COMMISSIONER PAI WANTS AM REVITALIZATION   
   EV> RW> SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY END OF OCTOBER   
   EV>-snip-   
   EV> RW> During his talk, Pai said that time isn't on the side of the   
   EV> RW> grand old AM band, so he wants to  commit to getting the FCC's   
   EV> RW> work done by Haloween.   
      
   EV> RW> Pai noted that the FCC proposals will not be a panacea for the   
   EV> RW> real problems confronting AM broadcasters, that they will help.   
   EV> RW>  He added that he plans to hold a series of meetings with   
   EV> RW> stakeholders to discuss these proposals.  (B&C)   
      
   EV>Thanks, I read ARN and wondered what the FCC was thinking.   
      
   EV>After reading Your message it made me think about all of the Automobile   
   EV>Radios that receive the AM Broadcast Band.   
      
   EV>I put a FM Broadcast Band Convertor in a car back in the early 1970's   
   EV>so I could listen to FM Stations as well as AM Stations.   
      
   EV>I can't remember what car I had that first had a Built-In AM/FM Radio   
   EV>in it.   Best I can recall is a car I drove in the 1990's.   
      
   EV>My first car, a 1965 Ford didn't have any Radio in the dashboard.   
      
   EV>To me it doesn't sound Wise to make Analog AM Broadcast Stations cease   
   EV>operating.   
      
   EV>Is that what the FCC is proposing?   
      
   YES but there is some opposition gaining momentum.   
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