A conversation with Ben Dawson about how to help AM radio
Ben Dawson is former managing partner of Hatfield & Dawson Consulting Engineers and now a senior consultant to the firm. He is a recipient of the Radio Engineering Achievement Award from the National Association of Broadcasters.
This interview is excerpted from the ebook “Maximizing Your AM Infrastructure.”
Radio World: What technical changes could the FCC make to help U.S. AM stations that it has not already made? Is it realistic to think the commission will ever change nighttime and critical hours protection of Class A AMs?
Ben Dawson: The FCC has simply been derelict in not moving forward with most of the allocation changes proposed in the AM improvement rulemaking. FM translators are nice, but they don’t solve the basic allocation problems of AM stations attempting to make improvements or…
