eli5: what’s the difference between AM radio and FM radio?

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i don’t understand when i google it so Whats the difference

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People all answered this from a technical perspective. I’ll answer from a practical and business one

FM is able to offer significantly higher quality audio than AM, coming in at a little under cd quality, this makes FM the best format for music. However this is at a loss of range. AM radio stations offer a longer range, especially at night, but have lower quality. FM is also more susceptible to interference, which could again lower the ability to receive the signal.

For music FM is the best. For talk or sports, AM actually does pretty fine.

For business. Radios popularity is waning but AM is getting it the worst. FM is king of radio and has been a long time. AM has been on the significant decline for a very long time and seems to be dying out sooner than later, and likely sooner than FM. It’s probable the AM frequencies will be repurposed for some other use when it’s finally fed or just, mostly dead.

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