AM Radio Continues to Disappear

Almost daily we learn about another radio station biting the dust. Mostly AM stations, but a few FMers get caught in the no audience, no cash crunch.

In the last few days two historically important stations died. What was the original radio station that went on-air in 1919 as XWA (experimental wireless apparatus), owned by the Canadian Marconi Company went off air Friday January 29th, 2010. XWA became CFCF AM600 was a powerhouse in Montreal, but now deemed forever unprofitable. In later years the frequency of the station became AM940.

The other station, also owned by Chorus Entertainment is CINF AM690. Originally the call letters were CKVL and the station opened in 1946.

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Reasons to Have Satellite Radio

There are two important characteristics that recommend satellite radio as a service most people would like to have in their vehicles or homes: quality and content. When talking about quality we mostly refer to how clear the sound output is from satellite radio when compare to terrestrial radio broadcasts. Content, on the other hand, refers to the quality of the transited material. This is where the two giants in the satellite radio industry - Sirius and XM Radio - battle it out.

The quality of the receivers and the technologies they both use are similar, but the difference can be made when it comes to exclusive high quality content. Let's have a look at both the satellite radio quality and content characteristics:
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