![]() ![]() The letter seems to conflate AM and FM radio, saying things like “AM radio has long been an important source of information for consumers…” This is followed by, “Before the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly 90 percent of Americans… listened to AM or FM radio each week…” Our guess is a lion’s share of that 90% was on FM radio. But the days of high-power, general-interest AM radio stations are pretty much gone. There are also some microbroadcasting stations serving limited areas. Before you dash off to the comments to provide your favorite counterexample, sure, there are pockets of more general broadcasting and a few FM translators. But these days, the AM bands are mostly fringe broadcasters with some sort of political, religious, or non-English programming that doesn’t have the listener base to support an FM station. In addition, it was fun to tune in far away stations at night when propagation could often put distant cities and even countries into your radio receiver. It was exciting to be able to build simple radios and hear something you liked hearing. So does that mean AM lives? Or will the car makers kill it off? The letter requests that the companies answer several questions, including if they plan to discontinue AM or FM radios in the near future and if they support digital broadcast radio.ĪM Radio Kit – CC-BY-SA-2.0 by We must admit we miss having robust AM radio stations with general interest programming. Markey, has started a letter-writing campaign to the major car makers urging them to retain the AM radio in their future vehicles. They play digital media or stream Bluetooth from your phone. So why have them? For that matter, many aftermarket head units now don’t even have radios at all. ![]() Let’s face it, there isn’t much on AM these days, and electric vehicles have been known to cause interference with AM radios. Car makers have been phasing out AM radios in their cars for quite some time. ![]()
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