Never underestimate marketing people's disregard for privacy or for data security. I can't tell you the number of times I had to try to stop stupid things from happening (like clickable links in emails that looked a lot like the phishing emails we all get) because some marketing person had a bright idea for which they or their bosses hadn't thought through the risks. Not even the threat of a GLBA violation would stop some of those people.
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Saving AM Radio
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They still call it "TV" even though it never sees a TV tower or even a TV station - it's a video file stored in a data center somewhere, streamed on request over fiber optic to a screen in your living room. The only RF it sees is the wi-fi link from your router to your device.
@Miss Tuned Well, technically, the screens people generally use to watch those video files are still called "TVs."
And OTA stations still continue to exist. Somehow. So the concept of TV in the traditional sense isn't dead. Yet.
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And OTA stations still continue to exist. Somehow. So the concept of TV in the traditional sense isn't dead. Yet.
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Nobody is watching any of it, other than radio DJs who are struggling for something to talk about and fall back on "hey! did you see The Bachelorette last night?!".
Apparently the AM In Every Vehicle Act will not be voted on in this congress. Supporters were hoping it would be included in a funding bill, and it wasn't:
www.insideradio.com
Focus Turns To Next Congress As AM Radio Requirement Is Left Out Of Year-End Budget Deal.
House and Senate leaders have reached a compromise deal on a funding bill that will keep the federal government open through March 14, 2025. Broadcasters had hoped a bill requiring
GoodApparently the AM In Every Vehicle Act will not be voted on in this congress. Supporters were hoping it would be included in a funding bill, and it wasn't:
Focus Turns To Next Congress As AM Radio Requirement Is Left Out Of Year-End Budget Deal.
House and Senate leaders have reached a compromise deal on a funding bill that will keep the federal government open through March 14, 2025. Broadcasters had hoped a bill requiring
There is so much extraneous stuff in that bill it's kind of amazing that the act isn't in there.
This Congress (especially the House) is so highly divided and dysfunctional that I long ago concluded that it's fundamentally incapable of doing anything meaningful, and that it would rather spend much of its time kissing up to the incoming dissembler in chief and persecuting any critics of the same.
In other words, I'm not surprised the AM act isn't in there, and I likewise wouldn't be surprised if they shoot down the funding bill entirely and create a shutdown, if only to spite the outgoing administration, because spite and contempt is what this Congress does best.
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My view is that the 'AM in vehicles' act is not a priority at this time. I still get the emails from NAB to petition my local senator and representatives, but I stopped following through with those.
I'm sure they appreciate not having to send out another form letter reply. The NAB needs to focus on fighting against automakers creating subscription models for their infotainment systems, and not just on one band.
So now that bill is dead:
Trump opposes funding bill, pushing government closer to a shutdown
Elon Musk joined a wave of right-wing fury against a bill to keep the government open. Now, the president-elect says he wants big changes, too, before this weekend's deadline.
www.nbcnews.com
Yup, I figured that would happen.So now that bill is dead:
Trump opposes funding bill, pushing government closer to a shutdown
Elon Musk joined a wave of right-wing fury against a bill to keep the government open. Now, the president-elect says he wants big changes, too, before this weekend's deadline.
And it did.
Where's the popcorn? It's gonna be quite a show....
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I agree with Kelly.
That makes two of us
This isn't between the marketplace or the government. It's allowing corporate auto makers to decide for you what radios they will install in your cars. That's not letting the marketplace decide. Car makers have shown they aren't always motivated by the marketplace in making these kinds of decisions. Sirius bought their way onto the dashboard. That wasn't by the marketplace. It was by the checkbook. Corporate greed isn't the same thing as the marketplace.
That’s why there are used cars, aftermarket infotainment systems/radios, etc. and like I said, everyone should be more concerned with the automakers locking down the infotainment systems via a subscription model (like with SiriusXM), instead of caring whether or not ONE band is part of it.
Adding on to what I said earlier: if I owned or worked at an FM station right now, I’d be pissed that NAB had wasted time and goodwill with my state’s congresspeople on a bill that ended up not passing and was only focused on one band. From my understanding, the NAB is supposed to represent and lobby for all of the radio industry, not just one part of it. If they had focused on radio in general, or enshrining the ability to use aftermarket infotainment systems/radios in cars as part of HR 906 REPAIR Act, they could have actually gotten something passed.
I’m probably going to get an electric car as my next vehicle, as long as I can find a dealer willing to put the EV tax credit towards the purchase price. Whether or not it has AM radio is of 0 importance to me, and I stream an AM station every morning.
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I would buy that car quickly as the incoming admin isn't in favor of the EV tax credit.
I imagine most people feel this way. The only obligation a car company has under the law is to let you know there is no AM radio. To which you will shrug. This is why owners of AM radio stations don't really care about this bill.
The station I stream’s owner Steve does mornings (KCJJ) and I heard him ask people to contact their representatives about the AM Radio in cars bill when it was still in play, but he wasn’t constantly hyping it or anything. He got an app developed for the station that’s fantastic because he knows that like it or not, the future of AM is not in dash. That’s one of the reasons I like listening to him, because he is a realist, not a nostalgic fantasist. Also I enjoy when he rips other stations and calls his main competitor who gets off the air at 9 “Lazy Todd”, lol.
Even if they cut the EV tax credit, my trade in will make up for part of it and the maintenance and gas savings will make up for the rest over the timeframe I’ll own it, since I’ll keep my car for 10+ years. That all being said, I don’t know if the plan will come to fruition.
Don't forget the new tariffs on the battery materials and various microprocessors.