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Oboy...here we go https://www.insideradio.com It now seems Ford is looking to phase out AM radio options in “most new and updated models.” The company earlier said it would not include AM in its 2023 F-150 Lightning EV trucks, which resulted in a response from Pete Gaynor, the former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security and administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “Experts at The Federal Emergency Management Agency — the agency I used to oversee — have been clear: eliminating the AM radio will put public safety at risk,” he wrote in an opinion piece published by the Detroit News. Seven former FEMA officials have asked the federal government to help keep AM radios in electric vehicles. In a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the group petitioned the government to seek assurances from automakers to maintain AM radios in EVs, arguing that the band is vital to the federal National Public Warning System. In a separate letter, FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington expressed his support of the former FEMA directors. Upon the news that Ford was dropping AM from its Mustang models, ARS Technica asked the automaker for clarification. A Ford spokesperson told the publication, "A majority of U.S. AM stations, as well as a number of countries and automakers globally, are modernizing radio by offering internet streaming through mobile apps, FM, digital and satellite radio options,” the statement read. “Ford will continue to offer these alternatives for customers to hear their favorite AM radio music, news, and podcasts as we remove amplitude modulation—the definition of AM in this case—from most new and updated models we bring to market." In reaction to the latest development on the discontinuation of AM radio in Ford vehicles, NAB Senior VP of Communications Alex Siciliano tells Inside Radio, “There’s no question that AM radio plays a critical role in informing Americans and keeping them safe; it is the backbone of the Emergency Alert System,” he said. “This is why numerous policymakers and FEMA representatives have sounded alarm bells for automakers. We are certain that Ford does not want to alienate the nearly 48 million Americans who listen to AM radio, and we’ll continue working closely with the Alliance for Automotive Innovation and individual manufacturers to keep this important service in cars.”
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Trying to keep you from listening to conservative talk radio...
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Trying to keep you from listening to conservative talk radio... That was my first thought. Hasbeen
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Trying to keep you from listening to conservative talk radio... Wouldn't doubt it...
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Sounds like they are going the way of Disney.
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Glad to see it go. Havent listened to AM for 50+ years.
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Glad to see it go. Havent listened to AM for 50+ years. LOL. Yeah, it's such a bother to not turn it on...
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Had nothing to do with conservative talk radio. Actually more Demonrat sports radio and Urban News radio will be impacted more if you look at the issue that way.
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Trying to keep you from listening to conservative talk radio... That was my first thought. Hasbeen Mine too. Everytime I turn around, I keep getting pushed toward Toyota.
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Wouldn't shock me if this isn't coming from Ford's radio supplier more than Ford. They're saying they don't want to bother with it but if Ford wants - they will. For a price....
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I listen to AM all the time. Mainly because the FM music stations play the same damn songs over and over and over and over and over and over......
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Found On Road Dead has always been a family of WOKE liberal bastards!!
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Absolutely this is an attempt to censor Conservative voices...
Make Gitmo Great Again!! Who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020?
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I agree with the above sentiments. We're in a civil war.
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Found On Road Dead has always been a family of WOKE liberal bastards!! Always?
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Sorry to rain on this schit show, but you do all have a cell phone. And if you have a cell phone you can access all your AM stations there and usually if you have an auto radio with wifi or a jack you can play all your AM radio stations through your auto's stereo speakers. click hereNext.
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Every several months I switch to AM radio out of the weird blend of curiosity and nostalgia that drives some of my decisions. I can usually last between 2 1/2 and 3 minutes. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems the ratio of advertising to content is about 4:1 and the “personalities” are raving lunatics. I have little or no interest in talk radio so, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t all that content just as available on FM radio?
I like my satellite radio. I can go on a thousand mile trip and never lose a station I like or have to locate something exceptable while dealing with interstate traffic several hundred miles from home.
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Glad to see it go. Havent listened to AM for 50+ years. If you don't listen to it, why are you glad? Isnt it as simple as not turning it on?
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Sorry to rain on this schit show, but you do all have a cell phone. And if you have a cell phone you can access all your AM stations there and usually if you have an auto radio with wifi or a jack you can play all your AM radio stations through your auto's stereo speakers. click hereNext. Oh yeah, thats so much simpler than just turning on the radio.
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if you have an auto radio with wifi or a jack you can play all your AM radio stations through your auto's stereo speakers. Minnesota holding up its reputation as a low IQ state.
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