AM has a couple of things working in its favour. Power requirements and incredible range with those power requirements. It's no coincidence that sports, religio

AM has a couple of things working in its favour. Power requirements and incredible range with those power requirements. It's no coincidence that sports, religion, and talk shows are popular on that band. QR codes could be useful but between URL shorteners, geofencing, and RFID tags they are yet 1 entry in a crowded arena. I'm not exactly sure why it didn't take off but I assume a certain fruit company didn't think of it so didn't care to include it.