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by euroderf 654 days ago
Signage at the edge of town ? Some cities use those to radio stations/frequencies that (for example) inform people about traffic and weather.
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Wanna know how I know you're at least as old as I am ;)

People use maps on their phone for weather and traffic these days, along for music.

More so, signage is mostly useless. The problem is the world is covered in advertisements so much to the point that we all have our "AdBlock for Brains" coping mechanisms, that commonly lead us to bouncing off a door then realizing it says "use other door" and people asking why we didn't see it when every other square inch of the door is covered it words saying "Buy this addictive drug" or "Eat this sugar filled crap"

Simply put this is a much harder problem to solve then one would expect as we've allowed marketers to buy up all of our attention.

Last I was in the states, these kinds of signs are still up here & there. But heck yeah, maybe the stations are MIA and nobody has even noticed.
I remember (90's) those blue signs outside of cities or towns along the highway to "tune in for traffic information" on some AM station. These days some cars are being made without AM radio: https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/4004678-say-...