Like everything in this government, they recite news stories without verification. Pai refers to a Sun-Sentinel editorial that stated that all iPhones possess a software switch that could enable immediate use of the FM radio. From the editorial, "But Apple refuses to flip the switch that would let the iPhone work like an FM radio."

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-op-editori...

Apple has stated there is no such switch in older phones and newer phones do not possess those chips.