I hadn't thought about AM Stereo in a long time. I had an old car with a 2nd hand "Voxson" AM Stereo unit in it, the stereo light would light up on 2CA (in the

I hadn't thought about AM Stereo in a long time. I had an old car with a 2nd hand "Voxson" AM Stereo unit in it, the stereo light would light up on 2CA (in the ACT in the late eighties). Unfortunately for AM stereo, Australia didn't really have widespread FM stations outside of the major cities until a similar period and the hype was all about FM. Australia is huge and AM radio stations were able to broadcast much further than the first FM stations, so if you were looking for an FM station on a long trip you'd be fiddling with the radio trying to find another station, even with new-fangled digital tuners and seek functions. I suppose it didn't help that AM stereo, in practice, was somewhat underwhelming compared to FM when you could find it, especially in a noisy car with a pair of sun damaged 6" speakers and the windows down because you didn't have A/C.