Minor Moves – not really progress yet – on Digital AM Radio

Digital-Only AM Proposal Gets a Closer Look by the FCC: article at Inside Radio, link and commentary at The SWLing Post.

Hm, this could either be the first pebble in an avalanche, or just a random pebble rolling a couple of feet down a hillside then stopping.  Time will tell, but the time is about right for this to begin.

Sidenote: Does it bother anyone else that knowledgeable people are in effect using the phrase "digital modulation amplitude modulation radio"?  Yes, we all know what is meant here, i.e., "digital modulation on the medium wave broadcast spectrum."  I promise not to go around correcting people about this at cocktail parties.