FTA: Lookitthat. A republican trying to keep The Mighty Wurlitzer oiled. FTA2: FTA3: Not a lot of smartphones to worry about in Fort Yukon, methinks.AM, however, remains the realm of conservative talk radio, including roughly 80 percent of the 600 radio stations that carry Rush Limbaugh. Talk radio has helped keep AM alive.
AM is now under siege from a new threat: rising interference from smartphones and consumer electronics that reduce many AM stations to little more than static.
AM’s longer wavelength means it can be heard at far greater distances and so in crises, he said, “AM radio is always going to be there.” As an example, he cited Fort Yukon, Alaska, where the AM station KZPA broadcasts inquiries about missing hunters and transmits flood alerts during the annual spring ice breakup.