A popular bill will force car companies to put AM radios in vehicles at no extra charge, despite decreasing interest from drivers and potential electromagnetic interference.
    • Flying Squid
      5•7 months ago

      I think it would be very difficult and very expensive to build enough towers to cover states like Alaska. A lot of people listen to AM radio there.

      I’m guessing people will just start putting separate radios in their cars and use a bluetooth connector or something.

      • proleEnglish
        8•7 months ago

        I’m guessing people will just start putting separate radios in their cars and use a bluetooth connector or something.

        That’s fine and all, but it will just become a hobbyist thing like CB Radio…

        And since funding for NPR has been significantly cut again and again by Republicans over the past few decades and is propped up almost entirely by listener contributions, it wouldn’t last a year without mandatory AM radios in cars.

        I enjoy listening to NPR while I’m driving, but I doubt I would go through the trouble of buying a separate radio to keep sitting on my passenger seat or something?

        And hey, guess who produces all of your favorite podcasts? That’s right, NPR.

        • Flying Squid
          4•7 months ago

          Podcasts aren’t going to give you the latest news. Especially not the local, regional and state news that local public radio stations provide. Information you might want to know in a disaster in a place where FM radio might not reach.

          • @[email protected]
            2•7 months ago

            Like the idea of the app - hate the idea of the analytics from the app.

            Like the idea of radio where there’s no analytics to collect.