Showing posts with label AM radio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AM radio. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Israel's AM radio pierces Gaza tunnels in a bid to soothe hostages

 

By Dan Williams
ERUSALEM, Jan 22 (Reuters) - After conquering a Hamas tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip, a group of Israeli soldiers went down it with some unusual kit in hand - not explosives, robot probes or pistols for close combat, but rather: old-style, dial-operated transistor radios.
Their mission was to descend until the devices could no longer receive AM transmissions from Israel. That point, they found, was at about 10 to 12 metres depth, generally the upper "storeys" of Palestinian militants' subterranean network.

The tunnel experiment dangled another possibility for a country tormented with worry for 132 people held hostage by Hamas-led gunmen in the enclave: reaching out to them with custom-composed, morale-raising Army Radio broadcasts.

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Thursday, March 09, 2023

How Would a Permanent Daylight Savings affect AM Radio?

 


Salem Warns of Dire Consequences If Congress Messes With Daylight Saving Time

Atsinger and Santrella say it could be a “death blow” to many AM operators

BY PAUL MCLANE 
PUBLISHED: MARCH 8, 2023

If Daylight Saving Time became permanent, it would deal a “massive blow” to AM radio operators across the United States, according to Salem Media Group.

Their warning comes as proponents of the change resume their push in Congress.

Salem owns approximately 70 AM stations and has about 750 AM radio affiliates. Co-founder and Chairman Ed Atsinger III and CEO Dave Santrella wrote this week to House and Senate committee leaders in both parties expressing opposition to legislation that would make DST permanent.

Daylight Saving Time will resume this weekend in most of the United States. Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican of Florida, is a proponent of making DST permanent; the Senate passed his “Sunshine Protection Act” last year but the legislation’s prospects have been uncertain.

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