A lament about the demise of AM radio . Several automakers, most , have decided to stop putting AM radios in their . They claim their electric motors and insist that FM and are enough.
Given that people who listen to radio , a trend like this could threaten the of the over in the U.S. The radio industry has been fighting back, that would force carmakers to install AM radios as a matter of public interest.
These efforts led to the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act . U.S.
Sen. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat who sponsored the bill in the Senate, as "an essential tool in emergencies, a crucial part of our diverse media ecosystem, and an irreplaceable source for news, weather, sports, and entertainment for tens of millions of listeners." , I welcome hearing AM radio described as a public utility, particularly after decades of dominating discussions of its fate.
The story of a new medium When AM—short for " "—arrived at the turn of the 20th century, it was championed as a revolutionary technology that could bring a nation together in time and space. Over the next decade, engineers developed new technologies such as to send the signal and vacuum tubes to help amplify it upon reception, so that first voices and then music could be heard over AM broadcasts. While early radio amateurs harnessed its potential to connect and inform, the era of unlicensed amateur broadcasting due to fears that the new medium might be misused to spread foreign propaganda or divisive content.
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