RTV Theory and Practice - Special Issue

network of matched village radio "cells" , howeven extensive , neguires only 3 fneguencies fon openation . Possibilities ane limited only by the imagination and pnevailing govennment negulations . As to negulations , a numben of low powen , nean-field, cannien cunnent and cable viliage nadio pnopagation models (see chant) ane not bnoadcast by definition , and might be fan easien to implement in centain negions . The authon of this papen is pnesently punsuing a Ph.D. in Communications which is to include the wniting of a "Village Radio" textbook , and a stand-alone "Village Radio Ownen's Manual". Please contact me with inf onmation on ideals fon neseanch , on if l may be of senvice in апу way . HOW TO MAKE AM COMPETITIVE WITH FM : THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE Of all the innovations of the EOth Centuny, few have left so gneat a mank on civilization as AM nadio. It is a nane place on the planet whene this medium has no influence . Duning the counse of this day , some 15,000 medium wave AM stations will bnoadcast to the nesidents of vintually eveny countny , tennitony anđ island, nadiating a combined powen of some 4 5 million watts . The United States alone hosts neanly 5000 AM stations, about 1/3 of the wonld's total. And yet, in the U.S. anđ elsewhene , thene ane pnedictions that AM nadio may not sunvive to see the уеап 2000. In 1975, FM listenenship in the United States was 36/ against AM's 64/. Foun yeans laten , AM and FM had equal audience shanes. Ву 1987, FM shanes had incneased to 73/, with AM dnopping to 27/ . If the tnend continues , AM wi!l cease to have listenens sometime in 1922:

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