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Rick Kaempfer Friday media blog

Posted by Media Reader <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Media+Reader' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 14, 2023, 9:55 am

Rick writes:

As always, if you have any media story you’d like to share or think that I might be interested in sharing, drop me a line at rick@eckhartzpress.com or amishrick@yahoo.com

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Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 14, 2023, 12:08 pm, in reply to "Rick Kaempfer Friday media blog"

Rick again is discussing AM Radio being removed from Ford cars. Ford has now announced it will be worldwide.

Ford might be shooting themselves in the rubber foot. You expect some farmer with no FM or solid 5G Data signal to be OK buying passenger vehicles which are usually trucks, w/o being able to be connected somehow? No warning of an emergency, no news delivery? I mean, really, is this going to make or break their profit goal? The band is not what it was, it is not dead yet, but man, say it. Nonsense!

Z

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Posted by Jeremy Andrews <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Jeremy+Andrews' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 14, 2023, 5:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Rick Kaempfer Friday media blog"

I've been out west. Ground conductivity is really good in those areas. Farmers rely on the AM signals. There's parts of this country where AM is really all they have still.

We drive a Ford. 2019 model. The AM tuner is actually pretty good. Newer models (Past 2020) are worse. FM reception is terrible on them. They seem to be putting their efforts more onto SiriusXM and streaming. I'm guessing they would prefer to remove FM too based on how reception is in the newer models.

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Posted by John from Wisconsin <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=John+from+Wisconsin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 14, 2023, 5:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Rick Kaempfer Friday media blog"

"Is AM radio dead? Tesla thinks so!" by
Geerling Engineering.... real the comments!

In my case, have a '21 Escape &'16 Mustang and have been Ford since 1986. Will NEVER buy a Ford again. Ever!

When I was a kid, there was GM Ford & Chrysler. Now, there are THIRTY-ONE companies that sell cars.

Go to the Ford FB or Mustang FB pages. TONS of comments on this. Most: negative.

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2023/04/01/ford-am-radio-commercial/70062845007/

COMMENTS section at bottom of page is interesting.

AM, should be an option. Ford can go to HELL!
I'm done!

Re: Rick Kaempfer Friday media blog

Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 14, 2023, 6:05 pm, in reply to "Re: Rick Kaempfer Friday media blog"

Tesla and Ford want AM radio gone, 1 reason at least, they can't or don't want to spend money to filter out the hash generated by electric motors and high voltage systems.

A lot of manufacturers have simply been making AM receivers really crappy, so the received audio sounds like horse dung. This has been getting worse year after year since AM Stereo faded off.

Z

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Posted by John from Wisconsin <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=John+from+Wisconsin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 14, 2023, 6:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Rick Kaempfer Friday media blog"

https://www.facebook.com/rwcrn scroll down to:
Why phasing out AM radio in vehicles is a bad thing–especially in Canada

This is what Jeremy said...how the AM signal travel out West.
The posts show the Top3 stations in Vancouver are AM.
Most people don't buy a vehicle for a radio, but I DO!

Re: Rick Kaempfer Friday media blog

Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 14, 2023, 6:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Rick Kaempfer Friday media blog"

John, Canada is an anomaly. They are so spread out where an FM signal is not capable nor is high speed internet. Proof positive why AM is still lifeline for many people.

Also, I think AM & FM are subject to Canadian content, as they have been for years.

Z

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Posted by John from Wisconsin <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=John+from+Wisconsin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 14, 2023, 6:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Rick Kaempfer Friday media blog"

Z. I think I'm a realist. To me, and I'm old, AM died with the death of KHJ or WABC. Most of my listening is FM. Yet, Am, for me, is nice for Baseball.

I wonder how companies like Good Karma or Civic Media (both, based in Wisconsin) feel about this. Most of their stations are AM. I know there are many others.
https://civicmedia.us/stations/
https://goodkarmabrands.com/

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Posted by PhilJSmith <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=PhilJSmith' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 14, 2023, 9:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Rick Kaempfer Friday media blog"

The bean counters at these companies know it’s far cheaper to simply omit AM than shield the electronics properly. But, spewing RF noise from the car also means the car is susceptible to external RF noise. I don’t want to be driving down the highway while some knucklehead next to me keys up his CB with 500W linear amp, and my car just shuts down.

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