https://www.radioworld.com/columns-...s/did-am-radio-just-get-hit-by-lightning

I understand why this is a trend.

But as one who heard stories from my grandfather
about building his first “crystal” AM radio from a kit and listening to KDKA in the early 1920s
it is a sad milestone.

India is switching to “static free” AM radio using the no fee DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) transmission type.
In the USA only 2 AM stations are using the “static free” 100% digital private USA company Ubiquity “Hybrid Digital” or HD AM transmission.

I am not against either FM radio or streaming.

It is sad that when it gets dark you cannot turn on your AM radio and get “static free” AM stations from 2000 miles away for free.
Stations like
650 WSM, 820 WBAP, 840 WHAS, 1020 KDKA and more
could be heard nightly static free and at FM like quality in every vehicle in the lower 48 states
if DRM had been adopted in the USA like is being done in India.