As a domestic band MW / AM is pretty much useless in towns and or city's as switch mode power supply's and all devises today are supplied have zero filtering. even most household products also have any filtering / suppressers for instance when you drive though or next to shops, businesses the noise is ridiculers thousands wood be listens are unable to listen due to this. Persons who live in such locations of which there are many hundreds of thousands just in London alone who just cant use AM, its a band that no one cares about any more not only is it being ignored by Ofcom the public just attempt don't listen via it anymore! Only us old farts try to. Most Company's no longer include the band on car radio's or home listening products any more. Most factories turn out gear with zero suppression or any form or filters designed to make AM usable! So apart from those living in the sticks the band is useless another reason why the public and domestic broadcasters are leaving the band. Ofcom are happy not having to Police the band and at the same time take money from fools who want to waste money by broadcasting on a graveyard band with very few listeners.

Garry Stevens