And most shortwave (SW) broadcasting is still AM . AM radio is talk radio, that is, news, weather, traffic, sports and opinion. There are still some AM music stations around but mostly the music moved to FM.
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An AM signal may be either long wave (LW), medium wave (MW) or short wave (SW) depending upon whether the frequency of the carrier wave is low, medium or high. Medium wave (MW) signals are transmitted using amplitude modulation (AM) and the terms are used interchangeably.
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Medium wave (MW) is the part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM radio broadcasting . The spectrum provides about 120 channels with more limited sound quality than FM stations on the FM broadcast band.
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