Herb Squire on AM Radio

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

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WQXR Chief Engineer Herb Squire discusses the nature of AM radio broadcasting and the emerging problems for AM radio in preserving and improving audio quality in AM radio broadcasting. Squire plays and compares actual AM air checks from across the northeast from the 1930s to the present, comparing their sound quality over time.


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