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> AM radio is basically dead (as is FM radio) This is pretty out of touch. Drive-time AM radio is still a HUGE market in certain places. Think Rush Limbaugh

> AM radio is basically dead (as is FM radio) This is pretty out of touch. Drive-time AM radio is still a HUGE market in certain places. Think Rush Limbaugh et al. Although, that might be what you mean by "overt foreign propaganda by an unfriendly nation", the fact remains that it's 1) hugely popular by the numbers, and 2) directly beneficial to the certain congressional vermin.

aspectmin 3y ago
One might suspect that this is the real reason they are pushing it?
- KerrAvon 3y ago
  It seems to be bipartisan, so no.
  - aspectmin 3y ago
    Yah. In reading more, it appears centered a lot around emergency alerting infrastructure.
poo-yie 3y ago
Rush Limbaugh is basically dead.
mountainofdeath 3y ago
Oh no, I mean literal state propaganda. The parent company of Russia Today leased an AM radio station to spout literal Russian propaganda (English language of course). * Radio Sputnik for 6 hours a day* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCXL#Broadcast_of_Radio_Sputnik https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCXL#Broadcast_of_Radio_Sputni...