[BrendaAnnD]

Radio is still magic. Internet is good, but prone to failure and does not, and likely never will have, anything like the total penetration of HF radio. Of course, the powers that be are doing everything they can to destroy terrestrial radio, using digital signals that purposely don't cover any more than (and often not even) the local market for the station. They've pretty much destroyed BCBDX, what with I-BLOCK, the addition of hundreds of low power nighttime licenses, the destruction of 'clear channels', and the fact that most all the stations you CAN still hear at night are running the same programming, e.g. Goerge Noorey and Rush Limbaugh. Virtually gone is the thrill of hearing interesting and diverse programming from all over the US, Canada and Mexico (and those were just the ones you could get on your pocket transistor!).

And now, the idiots want to turn off the analog altogether and go total digital on AM. Say goodbye, DX (or even 'local' reception outside the cities)