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I remember seeing a TV/AM combo once or twice before... (didn't Emerson make a portable like that in the '60s?) I do remember thinking that was rather weird though-- after all, a TV already has about 95% of an FM radio receiver just as it is-- in fact, adding an AM radio tuner to a TV would probably be more complicated and more expensive than to add an FM radio tuner.
As a matter of fact, I seem to remember seeing in old late-40's-era electronics magazines ads for conversion kits to install a DuMont "Imputuner" in various other-brand TV sets; since the Imputuner had a continuous dial and had coverage of the FM broadcast band, it would have had the side-benefit of turning your regular TV into a TV/FM combo (though of course the TV's video and HV circuitry would still be running when using it as an FM radio...).
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