Even in decline, AM radio matters more than you might think. A photo and audio tour of the hosts driving the conversation.
For decades, AM radio has felt as commonplace as a utility, such a basic fact of life that it’s taken for granted. But that’s changing: Across America, AM radio stations are dwindling in number and profitability, as better-sounding FM signals become cheaper to broadcast and would-be listeners turn to the internet for entertainment.
For devotees eager to preserve the format, AM has a would-be savior in Washington: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. Better known as a free-market “net neutrality” deregulator, Pai launched an effort to revitalize AM several years ago, shortly after becoming an FCC commissioner.
Since KRVN’s founding seven decades ago, the station has billed itself as the “voice of rural Nebraska,” a title the station’s reporters and on-air anchors, seen above in-studio, take seriously.Every morning, Armando Cruz drives an hour from Topeka to Kansas City to make his 7 a.m. shift on KYYS, a 25,000-watt Spanish-language station that plays regional Mexican music in Kansas and Missouri.
At top, former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, a Republican, discusses his 2020 bid with Jack Heath. At bottom, Heath speaks Hunt W. Kerrigan, a retired U.S. Army colonel, who describes carrying photos of his children with him on deployments.Broadcasting to the bayou-rich Louisiana Outback, KJEF is one of the only 24/7 Cajun music stations in America and likely the world. When Mike Soileau starts talking about Cajun music, it’s hard to get him to stop.
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