I dated a logger from south west va. Granted very long time ago. The AM radio was how he knew the work schedule. Same for mine workers. We used it for winter school closings. And Listening to Art Bell Coast to Coast High Desert. Fun times. As for cell phone getting emergency notification that depends in your signals. Might get it in my yard but not down my driveway and never sitting in the dollar general parking lot or in our hospital waiting room. Who knows we might not be able to afford a cell phone, computer with internet. Our town uses the volunteer fire alarm with different sounds for different events, fire call, tornadoes, bomb attack.
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I suspect if the any of the news reporting mentioned that sports are aired on AM radio the uproar would be different. I suspect most of the pampered arm chair quarterbacks pay hundreds of dollars a month for the paid channels and satellite feeds so they wont care but when driving around in rural areas You will be lucky to find a decent FM signal.
Once the sun starts to set AM radio is filled with a large variety of channels, many from several states away.
NOTE: I don't care much about sports but I used to listen to NASCAR when playing in the hills, and occasionally it allowed me to catch a Michigan/Detroit team if they were playing someone on the western half of the country. I usually did not listen to the entire broadcast but I would check in from time to time.
Once the sun starts to set AM radio is filled with a large variety of channels, many from several states away.
NOTE: I don't care much about sports but I used to listen to NASCAR when playing in the hills, and occasionally it allowed me to catch a Michigan/Detroit team if they were playing someone on the western half of the country. I usually did not listen to the entire broadcast but I would check in from time to time.
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If they remove AM radio, what are all the States going to do with the road signs that say something like:
"For important travel information, tune into AM 1610"
"For important travel information, tune into AM 1610"
I don't use AM a lot, but here in Iowa our predominant news radio station is AM1040. Yes, it carries conservative talk programming. The gen z's hate 1040. But 1040 also carries Iowa Hawkeye games and it's far and away the best radio station for weather reports. I keep a 15 year old boombox in my kitchen just to be able to get 1040 because there aren't any other AM stations I listen to at home.
Since my job requires a lot of long distance driving I search for AM sports stations when I'm on the go. That's another good reason to keep AM in cars.
Since my job requires a lot of long distance driving I search for AM sports stations when I'm on the go. That's another good reason to keep AM in cars.
Then why can't they buy themselves an AM radio? Why should their need for one morph into a government mandate that ALL new cars have them?
I require a flashlight and a knife in each of my cars. Should the government mandate that ALL cars have these because I think they are necessary?
Government mandates usually suck. A "good" mandate is quite rare these days. The market should choose this AM radio thing, not the government.
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I think that the car companies were about to eliminate the AM radio, possibly the FM too in new cars, forcing everyone to go to pay for usage satellite radio. and the bean counters were betting on life-long subscription fees. This would really impact everyone in the the long run. Us mature folks tend to think of car entertainment systems as AM/FM and something else, the corporate types would like to force us to all switch to something else. My cars all have the capability to receive satellite broadcasting, but I refuse to pay the toll.
In a true SHTF event, the satellite wavelengths would be flooded with people trying to make cell phone calls and things would go south quick...
In a true SHTF event, the satellite wavelengths would be flooded with people trying to make cell phone calls and things would go south quick...
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Remember when you could tell your neighbor was vacuuming because of the interference on your television?
Virtually every electronic device sold in the US has a small label stating that it conforms to a FCC regulation. That regulation says the device does not emit blah...
The same interference can be emitted by electric cars if they want to cut engineering costs.
Ben
Do EV's not have to conform to this same FCC regulation? I thought we were talking about automakers not wanting to install AM radios in their cars as the default. Are we actually talking about EV's no longer having to comply with the FCC interference rule(s)? Those are two very different things.
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About all that I can get up here is AM radio. But I agree, there shouldn't be a need for a law. The auto makers should install AM radios out of common decency.
There is no radio in my car
I just always transport my a little pocket radio am-fm
I just always transport my a little pocket radio am-fm
*shrug* OK, I guess I'll just have to install my own if I want one.
