Way back when Radio Shack actually sold radios and FM was first being broadcast, one of my managers was trying to explain the new AM/FM radio that had just come out to an older couple..After about 15 minutes, the frustrated husband blurted out “It’s AM in the morning and FM at night.” .The manager said, “Exactly!” and sold them the radio.
Is there really anyone in the universe who thinks that you can only get AM stations in the morning? Sound like something Gracie Allen would have come up with.
AM stations achieve over-the-horizon transmission by reflecting their signals off the ionized upper atmosphere. At night that layer rises, allowing stations to reach much farther than during the day. But to prevent interference between stations, small stations are required to go off the air roughly from sundown to dawn. So in a sense, at least for certain stations, it is AM in the a.m. but not in the p.m.
Plods with ...™ about 8 years ago
Way back when Radio Shack actually sold radios and FM was first being broadcast, one of my managers was trying to explain the new AM/FM radio that had just come out to an older couple..After about 15 minutes, the frustrated husband blurted out “It’s AM in the morning and FM at night.” .The manager said, “Exactly!” and sold them the radio.
Ricky Bennett about 8 years ago
Must be a European strip. AM stations in the US are on the even 10 KHz. But she said 1205 which isn’t a legal US frequency but might be in Europe.
paullp Premium Member about 8 years ago
Is there really anyone in the universe who thinks that you can only get AM stations in the morning? Sound like something Gracie Allen would have come up with.
Jim Kerner about 8 years ago
Is this Treggi’s mom?
pschearer Premium Member about 8 years ago
AM stations achieve over-the-horizon transmission by reflecting their signals off the ionized upper atmosphere. At night that layer rises, allowing stations to reach much farther than during the day. But to prevent interference between stations, small stations are required to go off the air roughly from sundown to dawn. So in a sense, at least for certain stations, it is AM in the a.m. but not in the p.m.