I have listened to a lot of AM over the years, but I don’t think there “oughta be a law”. Heck, I don’t even think the car ought to even be required to HAVE a radio.
AM radio became worthless once RUSH LIMBAUGH passed. Rush was the only reason AM stayed around this long. God Bless You Rush!
AM radio is driven by conservative talk radio. And a lot of that is drive time ratings.
Taking AM out of cars is an attack on conservative talk radio.
Emergency Broadcasting capability is important and a good argument for keeping AM, but I really think that the genesis of this was an attack on conservative talk.
It seems like deleting useful features for no good reason is all the rage nowadays.
Anyone remember when it was said the reason why cursive writing wasn’t being taught anymore was because The Constitution and The Bill of Rights were both written in cursive and the left didn’t want people to be able to read them anymore?
The same with AM radio? Many Conservative voices are on AM radio and is this the left trying to erase Conservatives here???
I don’t understand why auto manufactures would want to take away a feature that costs them virtually noting additional to provide with other features that are already standard. I don’t necessarily listen to AM radio much anymore, but I still don’t want the option taken away from me when I buy a car. For that matter I don’t listen to FM radio much either, but as long as you have a radio you might as well have access to both bands.
I live in a rural area and there are a lot of local news and events that are only broadcast on the AM side. I am not a big talk radio listener anymore but when I listen to AM it is for local stuff that is not available anywhere else.
Good decision Ford.
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GREAT decision.
The main technical difference between AM and FM radio lies in how they encode the audio signal. AM varies the amplitude of the carrier wave, while FM varies the frequency. AM radios are relatively simpler in design as they primarily involve the modulation and demodulation of the amplitude of the carrier wave. AM radios are generally simpler in design compared to FM radios, which can potentially result in lower manufacturing costs for AM radios. From a cost perspective, there is no inherent reason to exclude AM functionality in car radios.
Guess nobody at Ford Motor Company knew of the emergency broadcast system.
Conelrad ?
Thank you Ford! First the decision to keep ICE vehicles and now this.
AM SW radio bttt
He prob can't drive a manual transmission either.
This is like keeping land line phones for old people. With streaming these days, there’s no need for AM. The spectrum should be freed up for other uses…