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AM stereo-now THERE's an answer to a question nobody asked ! I had an '88 Jeep Wagoneer Limited that had an AM stereo radio on it. Mine would decode only the Motorola-system broadcasts-all the rest it picked up as regular Angel Modulation. There was a station in Kingsport that did/does broadcast in AM stereo- but big deal, its AM & low-fidelity & lots of big-band music that isn't even in true stereo in the 1st place. I think a fair number of the larger towns had AM stereo stations,& some of the bg nitetime powerhouses, but unless you had a radio that would decode whatever system yr local station used,you were basically out of luck. Besides, big deal, AM stereo didn't offer any REAL advantages over regular AM & stations were turning away from music & going w/sports or talk in droves. Kinda like quad-if the FCC had said everybody's gonna use THIS system, AM stereo might have had a chance, but the way it was (mis)-handled, it certainly didn't.-Sandy G.
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