Who would do this? The government?
The government's approach to disseminating emergency information is to put it everywhere, not just AM radio.
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Saving AM Radio
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Who would do this? The government?
The government's approach to disseminating emergency information is to put it everywhere, not just AM radio.
Yes. A drop in the bucket compared to other things they do.
You think Elon would approve this expense? I don't. He wants to cut trillions.
Trillions of UNNECESSARY projects.
Musk considers AM Radio unnecessary. That's why he's eliminated it from his Teslas. He will not approve anything with AM.
He doesn't want AM integrated in his Teslas for obvious reasons, but.....
I would think that he'd reverse course because that'd be what the MAGA talkers and their representatives who he spent tens of millions of dollars to get reelected want.
But he turned against them on H-1B visas, so who knows what he'll do, given how infamously unpredictable and prone to sudden, rash decisions, he is....
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You can digitize all you want but if you STILL program garbage, garbage in digital is what you'll get.
Just received an email from the NAB. It's titled The Fight Continues. While the NAB acknowledges the bill went down in flames, they are not giving up, and are mobilizing for a bigger effort in 2025 to get it passed, and become law.
Nobody has yet made an argument for why (for safety reasons) AM radio is better in the dashboard than a battery/crank emergency AM radio in the glovebox.
The former requires trying to mitigate interference and then spending money dealing with customers who complain about the noise.
The latter is probably MUCH cheaper in the long run and is something that can be used outside of the car if the vehicle is destroyed or loses battery power.
From the perspective of the right-wing talkers who want the mandate, maybe people who would receive a portable AM radio with their new car would check it out, find programming they like, and look for that programming on the new radio-like iHeart app.
IOW, this solution would actually provide an excuse for keeping Ancient Modulation alive much longer than is likely without it.
The former requires trying to mitigate interference and then spending money dealing with customers who complain about the noise.
The latter is probably MUCH cheaper in the long run and is something that can be used outside of the car if the vehicle is destroyed or loses battery power.
From the perspective of the right-wing talkers who want the mandate, maybe people who would receive a portable AM radio with their new car would check it out, find programming they like, and look for that programming on the new radio-like iHeart app.
IOW, this solution would actually provide an excuse for keeping Ancient Modulation alive much longer than is likely without it.
It's not about what's better. Car companies are responsible for what's in the dash, not the glovebox. If you want to do a crank radio thing, then you don't need a law for car companies. You just have to come up with the money for the radios and a way to get them to people. It's a different process.
Animal House reference, the clip has been a meme since even before memes.
Sure, Congress either passes a bill to mandate AM in the dash or comes up with a program to provide emergency radios. Making them universally available would actually be a valuable service (probably costing less than all the Covid checks and test kits) and get the auto makers off the hook. A win-win in my book.
Only problem is they don't have a reason to appropriate this money. There needs to be a bill started, and that takes members of congress to get together and decide this is a good idea. Someone has to talk to them. How about you? Otherwise, nothing will get done.
If people want to buy crank radios, they are available and for sale. They don't need a big government program to buy them for them.
Congress can pass an act mandating everyone has to eat cauliflower, but they'll have to have US Marshals come drag my fat butt kicking and screaming to the plate and force-feed me the damn things before I'll comply.
Come to think of it, that's kind of what it might take to get new listeners to try AM Radio. US Marshals in every passenger seat! Damn the costs!
Praise the Lord! We CAN save AM! We'll cram it down your ears whether you like it or not!
Or, let the marketplace decide...You know. Freedom of choice does include whether or not you want to partake of something even if it's made available.
I agree, I'd MUCH rather the Government do nothing and let the marketplace decide. But given a choice between a dashboard mandate or crank radios I'll take the latter.
AM Radio today is like being able to have the choice of mash potato ice cream to me, and it was all I listened to when I was a kid.