Bilbo,

When you diplex, your signal goes to crap. That is a known fact in transmissions.

GKB is not investing. They are saving a ton of money leaving the current site in Downers. The homeowners have been trying to rid of the antennas for years since everything grew around it. This is cost cutting, period.

This is a stopgap measure as all Diplexed signals are, before going away. Concerning Emmis, they are literally out of the radio business. They are ridding of all their AM sticks & land because they cost an arm and a leg to operate, like Audacy.

Let's be honest. How many stand alone (no FM counterpart at all) AM signals are Top 5 in the Top 5 markets? Top 10? Top 25? Add that to the fact that people under 40 are no longer listening or know what AM is. There is no return on investment blasting and maintaining AM signals that no longer bill or profit.

Sorry Bilbo, not coming down on you, but you are looking at this through rosy colored glasses when a hurricane is passing through!

Z