FM Radio vs. Am Radio

Radio commercial/station are no different then a T.V. commercial or a magazine ad. They all want to target a specific audience, though they would have target the whole planet. Since people are have different likes and dislikes, it is hardly possible to get everyone out there. There are some difference amongst the FM stations and AM stations.

I think the real only problem with AM radio is the amount of static. Nobody wants to hear that. We want to have a clear, crisp radio signal in the car. I found that most AM stations consist of talk shows and traffic and news. If you need a traffic report then AM is the way to go. If you want to hear about a particular subject than AM is the way to go. Sports, family life, religion are all on AM. These station are for basically adults. I was listening to one radio station back home called "Stardust 910." They bascially play oldies and old school rock'n'roll. Their ads consisted of foot cream, the new back doctor, and vacation homes in Vegas. What kind of kid wants to worry about foot cream? There was only one kids station and it was "Radio Disney." If you do not know about Disney than you need to get out more. They had ads about fast foods and toy shops.

I couldn't really find an older adult show on the radio (FM radio). These radio station focus in on current desires and local events. At the sign time, they are advertised locally all over the place. The most popular FM station in my home is "94.3 The Duck." It plays "... today's Hip-Hop and R&B and all your favorite hit music," accoding to Mike. The station frequently says who owns the station as well as what is going on in the community. Yon can even hear the high school football games on it and the most popular Art Laboe show. The Spanish radio station also compelled me, 95.9 aka El Punto Nueve. They played old school Latino music and advertise local hispanic shops or store sales. FM is for everyone. I really recommend XM radio because there is no commercials and they label their station so you don't have to search every station for what you want.

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Pros and cons:	AM has poorer sound quality compared to FM, but is cheaper and can be transmitted over long distances.	FM is less prone to interference than AM. However, FM signals are impacted by physical barriers.	hide
Range:	AM radio ranges from 535 to 1705 kilohertz	FM radio ranges in a higher spectrum from 88 to 108 megahertz.	hide
Stands for:	AM stands for Amplitude Modulation	FM stands for Frequency Modulation	hide
Origin:	AM method of audio transmission was first successfully carried out in the mid 1870s.	FM radio was developed in the United states mainly by Edwin Armstrong in the 1930s.	hide

The King Has Returned

I found it very interesting what it said in the book about singers going into movies. In the movie "Don't Be a Menace to South Central..." one of the characters even say that all the singers are taking the acting job. My Grandpa told me this happened way back in the day with Elvis. He remembers him from Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, and Viva Las Vegas. My personal favorite of his is G.I. Blues. Singers in movies seem to be a building trend now. T.I. did it, Bow Wow did it, Snoop, Miley Cryus, Diana Ross etc. It does make me want to see if they can act.
The movie industry has come so far along. My old coach use to call players that were not performing well the "Keystone Kops." That coach was like 40 something. They date back to the early 1900s in silent films.

I do like to watch old movies as well. Tell me someone who has not watched Casa Blanca or Gone With the Wind. One of my favorite black and white films is "To Kill a Mockingbird." That movie itself could not have presented the racist arguement as well without the black and white background. Just look at the image yourself. It sure helps me to make a decesion. Why else do you think it is in black and white.

To me, magazines are dead. I really only read them to order stuff and when I am sitting down waiting for someone. Still, I'm only one person. Others are still reading and subscribing to magazines. One could save themselves some money and research it on the internet. I could do the same when I'm trying to by some cleats but I guess I perfer it the other way.

Then and Now

The book industry and the newspaper industry has dramatically changes in my lifetime, and I'm only 20. In the past century, only educated people were reading books. Now anyone can do it but we don't. I think as the years go by books will be nonexistent. With books now being put online (e-books) and books becoming movies people aren't reading as much. If it wasn't for textbooks, book sales would be seriouly in trouble. I too am gulity of not reading. Still, one of my favorite books ever is Hamlet. The subject matter is extremely well written. I've only read the "sparknotes" edition of the book which translate the wording to modern English. I really did not understand "to be or not to be" until I read this book. What really shocked me is the recent list of band books. I remember reading such books like The Chocolate War, Goosebumps, and Harry Potter as a kid. Books like The Giver, Of Mice and Men, A Wrinkle in Time, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Outsiders, etc. were required reading in my home state.

I was just looking at some of the best selling books of all time and guess which books were up there? To Kill a Mockingbird just by itself as sold over 30 million copies since it was first published in 1960. The Goosebumps series has sold over 300 million copies since it was first published in 1992. Also, they made 62 of those books. On top of the Goosebumps series is the Harry Potter series which has seven books and has sold over 400 million books and still counting. The 7th book itself, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has sold over 40 million copies and was also voted the "Best Book for Young Adults" by the American Library Association. Goosebumps and Harry Potter are both children books and are both on the banned list. Maybe the association banning books used look into the books they are banning and see why they are doing so.