Comment by jillesvangurp

Does it actually still serve a purpo (other than putting people to sleep)? As in are sailors tuning in to figure out the weather in the middle of the night. Surely there are better solutions for this now. I know most airports have automated weather reports that broadcast continuously on dedicated frequencies (ATIS) at least. The same information is available digitally. Many pilots have tools providing them with near real time updates on weather. There are even dedicated ipad apps for this.