In Reply to: What is the future of AM & FM radio? posted by Mossback on May 10, 2015 at 16:59:16:
This is going to sound NUTTY, but broadcast radio with high-power transmitters is going away.
Why? Waste of power.
Network / low power / small dish is the obvious way to go.
Now the nutty part
This is why SETI gets no response. We are emitting a huge amount of RF which can be heard or detected for an ever-larger range. We're now up to maybe a 100 light year radius.
I think if there are (must be, right?) advanced civilizations, they have almost NO high power transmitters and might even try to keep a low profile.
So for those reasons I'd say FM / AM have NO future. at least long term being >50 years.
Too much is never enough
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