There’s only static when the signal is bad and some delay due to the travel time of signals, but analog broadcast never lags or stutters like TV and radio broadcasted over the internet.
Also, what makes it possible for thousands/millions of analog TV’s and FM radios to view and listen to broadcasts without causing issues when TV and radio broadcasted over the internet requires packet scheduling and lots of servers to serve the same number of viewers and listeners?
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Digital TV broadcast is like a delivery service: you communicate with a service, order the product and it gets delivered to you specifically, as well as any other customer. You will get your package but if a delivery man with one of the parts gets stuck in a traffic jam, expect lag.
FM radio and analog TV are like tap water. No individual deliveries, no feedback from your side, just take the pipework (analog TV cable network or broadcast at specific frequency) and fill ALL of it with your product. Whoever needs it, opens the tap from their side and gets a portion.
Second approach is less selective and requires special infrastructure, but that infrastructure allows the signal to spread in all directions with little extra effort. Basically, a radio tower is like a giant TV screen seen from far away. No matter how many people are looking at it, it won’t affect the broadcast.
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