From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 5/18/2023 11:13, Bill Horne wrote:   
   > On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 12:48:36PM +0000, danny burstein wrote:   
   >> Background: Electric cars, thanks to their motors   
   >> and circuitry, cause lots of radio frequency interference.   
   >>   
   >> If done cheaply, this badly crashes any attempt to   
   >> listen to an AM radio.  Hence many car manufacturers   
   >> are choosing the skinflint option of simply not including   
   >> AM radios in their vehicles.   
   >   
   > As should be their right. AM radios in motor vehicles have always been   
   > subject to interference from a variety of sources, including spark   
   > plugs in converntional engines, electric windshield motors, and the   
   > display panels used to replace old-fashioned speedometers, and oil   
   > pressure and temperature gauges.   
      
   As Marco said, in many new cars, you can't install an after-market   
   radio.  One part of me wants to agree with you, that it's the   
   manufacturer's right to not include an AM radio... but setting that   
   precedent will be the death of broadcast AM.  Most people only listen to   
   broadcast radio in their cars, and it seems that manufactures want to   
   shut the dial down.  I listen to AM radio on a daily basis.   
      
   > The point is that those whom profit from existing methods of   
   > distributing a nation's propaganda always fight tooth and nail to hang   
   > on to their privileged positions and profit model when new   
   > technologies such as FM threaten them, and our leaders have always let   
   > them get away with it.   
      
   I'm aware that most of AM radio has become talk-radio.  I don't care for   
   Mr. Limbaugh, or his programming, but he sure did save the AM band.   
   Now, I still listen to a number of music stations on the AM dial,   
   including many oldies and polkas on Sundays.  I still tune into News   
   radio 1020 KDKA in Pittsburgh (first commercial radio station).   
      
   > The Congress doesn't give a tinker's damn about "public safety:"   
      
   Perhaps they are talking about in the case of a flood, fire, or   
   wide-spread power outage, where some might only be able to receive   
   broadcast radio in battery-power units?  I've been on plenty of highways   
   with signs "Tune into 1680 (or whatever) AM radio for an important   
   safety message from DOT".   
      
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