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Why does FM sound better than AM?

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259 points zdw | 1 comments | 13 Oct 24 22:32 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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johndavid9991 ◴[14 Oct 24 00:16 UTC] No.41832926[source]▶
I grew up listening to the radio and was always curious why FM indeed sounds cleaner than AM. My assumption before is that it's setup that way since FM is intended for music stations.
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1. timeon ◴[14 Oct 24 00:33 UTC] No.41833026[source]▶
I had AM associated with international broadcast while FM with local one.