Re: AM Kate?

[Paul Benjamin <Benjamin@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA>]

    Really-From: <DSR@CRNLNS.BITNET>

    Any sensible "artist" KNOWS that a mix which sounds good on cheap AM
    radios is an absolute necessity for commercial success in the US...

    -Dan Riley (dsr@crnlns.bitnet)

I am surprised to hear that.  In the market that I am familiar with,
Phoenix, Arizona, there is very little music of any kind on AM.  The
major radio stations of all parts of the spectrum (Top 40, AOR, MOR,
"classic rock", "progressive" rock, "new music", country, hispanic,
classical, jazz) are all FM stations.  The only AM stations to speak of
that play music are either simulcasts of FM stations (contributing a
small fraction to the FM side's Arbitron numbers) or limited interest
such as Big Band or Urban Contemporary (the latter having a much smaller
following here than in most metropolitan areas).  The AM band here is
dominated by news, talk, sports and religion.

There was an experiment in 1980 with a "new wave" -- the term was a bit
more in vogue then -- AM station.  The "all-modern-all-mono K15 -- your
AM radio is no longer obsolete" it's promos said, but it died a quiet
death after a memorable summer.