# Why do FM music stations still exist?

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**Created:** [March 17, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-fm-music-stations-still-exist/782413 "2017-03-17T15:29:00Z")\
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> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#):
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> The ads you hear are mostly for car dealers, insurance, contractors, law firms, not stuff millennials are buying.

On sports talk radio it’s divorce attorneys, hair replacement surgery, weight loss, cars, and sports bars.

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At least 4 new FM stations have come into being in the last 10 years in my area, a rural one with traditionally few options.

In the 1950’s-'60’s, there were _none,_ and only 2 AM stations within a 50 mile radius (although many farther away could be received, especially at night).

So new FM stations are all the rage around here. Not exactly a dying technology in some places.

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