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taking AM/FM radio out of cars in 5 years or so,could it really happen ???

What people in the biz should worry about is not what might be taken OUT of the dashboard, but what's already being put IN.
CDs Players
USB ports for flash drives
Aux ports
iPhone and Smartphone ports.
Internet Radio
Pandora
Satellite Radio
GPS traffic and navigation units

And they will think of more. All things to listen to other than terrestrial radio. Radio used to have a monopoly on listeners in cars. Not any more. That's what the industry should worry about. People who could be listening to radio but who are listening to something else. Podcasts. Audiobooks. Their own music on shuffle.

Sure, not everybody is going to switch right away. But the people who don't switch are people who are least attractive to advertisers.
 
Correction:

Ford has ALREADY removed the CD players from their cars as outdated as the cassette. There is none, just a flash drive.

It is one of the reasons Consumer Reports has flunked "My Ford" and "My Lincoln" audio centers as SO COMPLICATED, they're a driving hazard. They are also so undependable, nearly 50% have been Dealer Serviced.

Add 12 volts, a speaker and a coat hanger for antenna to a Delco from a '63 Chevy with a Volume, Tone and Selector knob and it'll still fire right up after 50 years.

Try to get that EAS Severe Weather Warning from your Pandora channel.
 
amfmsw said:
Correction:

Ford has ALREADY removed the CD players from their cars as outdated as the cassette. There is none, just a flash drive.

It is one of the reasons Consumer Reports has flunked "My Ford" and "My Lincoln" audio centers as SO COMPLICATED, they're a driving hazard. They are also so undependable, nearly 50% have been Dealer Serviced.

Add 12 volts, a speaker and a coat hanger for antenna to a Delco from a '63 Chevy with a Volume, Tone and Selector knob and it'll still fire right up after 50 years.

Try to get that EAS Severe Weather Warning from your Pandora channel.
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I notice that Ford does have IHeartRadio, however.

Also try getting severe weather warning from automated, voice-tracked, satellite-delivered or syndicated stations which operate unattended or with a cluster newsroom 100 miles away. But weather radio in cars would be a good idea.
 
A few days after printing it, RadioInk retracted the article. Here's a quote from that retraction:

My mistake is that I put something in quotes from my recollections of the panel and the discussions afterward and my quote was inaccurate.

The reps from all the car companies have said they have no plans to eliminate AM/FM from their cars.
 
Yes. Eric Rhoads once again gets caught with his (fill in your own scatalogical reference here) in yet another thinly-disguised and desperate attempt to stampede radio people into adopting HD Radio.
 
I recently drove a Ford Escape with the Microsoft SYNC deal, and it still had a CD player. I think most cars still support CD. And will support AM/FM for years to come. Sorry, Internet guys, but until 4G (or better) coverage is 100% and free, AM/FM will be the dominant format.
 
I got to drive an older Subaru recently as a loaner car from my used car dealer & it had weather band which I think should be in all cal radios. I wonder if there are converters for weather band out there.
 
N1WVQ said:
I got to drive an older Subaru recently as a loaner car from my used car dealer & it had weather band which I think should be in all cal radios. I wonder if there are converters for weather band out there.
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I don't know but there are apps for that you can use to have your Smartphone notify you of weather alerts affecting your location.
 
and it'll still fire right up after 50 years.

Try to get that EAS Severe Weather Warning from your Pandora channel.
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You do know there are apps for that? If someone is using a smartphone for Internet radio they probably have a weather app or two.
 
N1WVQ said:
I got to drive an older Subaru recently as a loaner car from my used car dealer & it had weather band which I think should be in all cal radios. I wonder if there are converters for weather band out there.
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Versions of car radios intended for commercial trucks have weather band. They're the same as a car radio otherwise. You could just go to a truck stop and buy one if you'd like. Some CB radios also have weather band alert features.
 
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