HD Radio question: Will the distant AM stations disappear when stations change to HD radio ?

Question

I love the distant AM stations from Chicago,Canada,New York and other locations .
What will happen to these signals with HD Radio ?
Will we only have our local stations to listen to ?

Answer 1

It will be many years before HD radio catches up. HD is used mostly by FM stations and nobody forces them to stop transmitting in regular analog FM (or AM) . So, nothing to worry.