Geerling Engineering | Not just cars: Where does AM radio go from here? @GeerlingEngineering | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 43 minutes ago.
Joe and Jeff Geerling discuss AM radio station ownership, emergency use, rural listeners, and more.

Mentioned in this video:

- Homemade radio (with a toilet paper tube): youtube.com/watch?v=_AI2Jixj5Bs
- AM Radio Tower Power: youtube.com/watch?v=uo9nGzIzSPw
- Hawaii PEP EMP-hardened Broadcast Studio: youtube.com/watch?v=nOKuDPaVxIg
- XKCD Devotion to Duty: xkcd.com/705
- Grid Studio iPhone 4S display: gridstudio.cc/products/grid®4s

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Contents:

00:00 - Tesla, Ford, and AM radio in cars
02:12 - Can emergency use save AM?
05:48 - Rural use and wide area coverage
06:52 - Ownership
08:18 - Old people vs free airwaves
09:19 - Local coverage
10:25 - Rising costs, fried frogs
12:12 - Trains are still here
13:38 - NRSC and the future of AM radio
15:00 - Father's Day gift time!