That's exactly how I see it. I'd imagine if WJAG Norfolk (presently a Day-Timer) accidently stayed on at night, it would cause some interference to WBBM, even in the groundwave area.
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Here's the single most important reason why we need to pay attention to skywave. Although I would imagine that would just make people switch over to FM in a hurry if such a nightmare ever did happen.
Similarly, WBBM's skywave would probably trash some of the closer 780's. However, if you was right within about 5 miles of WBBM, you probably wouldn't notice as much.
Yup. FM sounds better, but AM wins the distance war time and time again.
That's interesting. Sort of clear up the AM band in order to allow some stations to relax their patterns! The thing is, that's what clear channels were supposed to do. I think a return of the Day-Timer could be good for this purpose.
Tell me about it! Even in the 2020's, I've been on road trips where cell-service has dropped out for a while, but the AM's were still hanging in strong, and the FM's were a bit on the weak side. Quite frankly, even Sirius-XM has dropout zones (but it's less likely).
Nearly $30 for radio is a bit absurd, especially considering that some stations still have advertising on them. However, considering most of SXM is commercial free, I would think $10-15 per month would be good.