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A selection of recent Letters to the Editor

Dan Slentz recalls when his GM took dilithium crystals a bit too seriously

Call letter IDs spoken throughout a broadcast hour isn't feasible, writes K.M. Richards

DXer Carl Dabelstein finds slogans instead of calls all too commonplace

Ira Wilner reacts to John Caracciolo's ideas for life after CBS News Radio

K.M. Richards explains how he managed to bury a not so beloved COL

Our repairs, when finally completed, were conducted safely with no accidents

When hazards strike and cellular service fails, radio is there, writes Midland's Bruce Jones

Stephanie Battaglino talks about topographic DXing challenges

Archie Stulc wonders how eight radio stations per market isn't enough

Jon Ellis also shares his DX logs from camping in northern Minnesota

Leonard Roberts notes the co-channel and adjacent collisions near Baltimore

Engineer Ben Dawson wonders about a condenser from the past

Ian Kranitz used the mic as a student in the '70s

Archie Stulc recalls an incident involving a 3 a.m. work call, a 5 kW...

Mark Fine takes issue with Ira Wilner's view on software-defined radio listeners

The mic met its match during the 2018 Paradise Fire

Jock Elliott writes that these local AM outlets are like mom-and-pop diners

Mike and Teresa Worrall gave Chester its first FM service atop Keddie Peak

Ron Fitch writes that it is about listening to distant stations regardless of apparatus

Hal Kneller asks if legislation needs to mandate both AM and FM in cars

Stephanie Donnell has happy AM memories

Rural towers are sitting ducks, president of FM hit by copper thieves says

A Missouri reader recalls the annual lighting of KWIX's tower

Information Station Specialists set up a portable EventCast Radio System to help direct 30,000...

Cris Alexander identifies with Paul McLane's "stick" fascination

Paul Dobosz says subchannel dropouts and AM hybrid woes led to consumer rejection

2 of the 3 Louisville Public FMs no longer broadcast digitally

Strategic subchannel usage could fill in coverage gaps, writes John Covell

In May 1960, the industry watched with great interest, John Schneider writes

These mics may be entering retirement, but they'll be around for a while yet

A reader questions claims that electromagnetic energy from AM towers can be linked to...

Dennis Jackson tells us when he heard three 800 AM stations battle it out