NO. AM radio is not dead. Just wounded and resting on the beach - with the rest of boadcasting stations. The NAB is almost dead -- and will be --i if they do not get behind and give full support to AM stations moving to a new lower FM Band, using TV channels 2 thru 6. TV channels 5 & 6 (76 mhz to 88 mhz) some 60 new FM channels for relocation of AM broadcast stations and TV channels 2 - 4 (54 to 72 mhz) for use by TIS and educational FM stations. 90 new possible channels.
The NAB is not the NAB of years ago. It is less than weak and non-effective. It is a beached whale - along side of all of the AM broadcasting band.
Get rid of the still remaining 1900 "daytimers". then make the minimum power for AM stations 1 KW - both Day and night. Open up a "filing window" to allow existing stations to increase minimum power to 1,000 watts fulltime -- or be relocated to a new FM band channel.
Re-allocate or re-allot - the Clear channels -- or "adjust" the channels to "maximim-ize" the number of 50 KW stations more evenly through-out the US.
Move all low powered AM TIS stations to the new lower FM band. Clean up the AM band. Limit only Full-time use of the AM band with use of a minimum power level of 1,000 watts. Use 530 Khz and the upper AM band channels above 1600 Khz as a "guard band". Add 1710, 1720 and 1730 Khz. to the "extended guard" band. That would be a good start.
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