Switzerland tried to move on from FM radio. Now may bring it back.
Digital Audio Broadcasting or DAB has long been touted as the successor to FM. Canada tried to make it happened about 25 years ago but because the US stubbornly refused
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Random music news for Wednesday, January 8, 2025
AI doesn’t sleep or take vacations. Will humans be expected to keep up? One company insists employees work 84-hour weeks. Hell, no. Moving to music news for January 8, 2025…
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No matter what happens, I will always love AM radio. Here’s why.
[This was my column for Global News,ca. – AC] It’s been a tough couple of years for anyone who loves AM radio. Things began to wobble before the pandemic as
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There’s a new Nash the Slash doc in development
Nash the Slash was a unique figure in Canadian music history. As a member of FM, he was part of a trio that took Canadian prog in new directions. If
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Is this what radio will transition to after AM and FM?
Commercial terrestrial radio has been with us since the early 1920s when the governments made the then-cutting-edge technology available to civilians. AM was the first band we used. FM was
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France will cease all FM radio broadcasting by 2033. This portends a problem for North America.
There’s a technological movement afoot in other parts of the world that could leave North America behind when it comes to radio broadcasting. Commercial AM radio has been with us
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, April 5, 2024
Smash Mouth lives! At least in robot slide whistle form. (Via Christopher). As for the rest of the music news for April 5, 2024.., BONUS: Damn… (Via Rick J)
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Ongoing History Daily: The introduction of stereo (part 3)
If you’re listening to me on an FM radio, you’re listening in stereo. But FM wasn’t the first type of stereo broadcast. The first broadcast was made with AM radio
Read MoreRandom music news for Tuesday, April 11, 2023
I wonder what the rib sauce is like at this Texas restaurant? You’ll know what I mean. Off now to music news for Tuesday, April 11, 2023. More music news?
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, July 4, 2020
If there’s a better metaphor for what’s happening in the US right now, I haven’t seen it. Fisticuffs 😂 pic.twitter.com/KCJnnad7la — Theo Shantonas (@TheoShantonas) June 27, 2020 Moving to music
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Random Music News for Monday, October 30, 2017
All Hallow’s Eve Eve? Sure. Let’s go with that. And now some music news for October 30. Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders had a bad gig. Then again, she did
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