From: michael.trew@att.net
On 5/20/2023 12:18, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> In article,
> Michael Trew wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> It's already dead. FM and satellite are not far behind. With 4G and
> 5G wireless there is simply no reason for anyone to still use
> broadcast radio: you can get all the same programming and much, much
> more, streamed to your mobile device which you control using CarPlay
> or Android Auto through the dashboard touch-screen.
>
> And guess what? Your phone gets the same emergency alerts as the radio
> stations do. That excuse simply doesn't hold water any more.
Satellite radio is built into every new car with subscriptions. I know
quite a number of people who use it (anecdotal, I know). Car
manufacturers must have something going with the satellite radio people
-- kind of like Microsoft of yore and Internet Explorer. Further, it's
easy to disable emergency alerts on the mobile phones; it's right there
in the settings. Flip phones tend to not have the emergency alerts.
The same can't be said for broadcast radio.
Either way, I'll take your point that it's moot to argue AM radio being
vital to emergency broadcast, in general. I'm probably the oldest 28
year old on the planet, but I enjoy my broadcast radio, and I
particularly enjoy pulling in distant clear-channel stations at night.
You'll regularly find me tuning into 650 AM WSM from Nashville on my 10
PM commute home in Western PA/Eastern Ohio. I'd like to see amplitude
modulation and broadcast radio, in general, to live on.
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