Is Am Radio Dead?

Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by rmason on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @06:20PM (#34603810)

All I listen to is AM radio in the car. If you're like me and your musical tastes are outside the mainstream then FM radio is useless. Unless you're in a big city or anywhere in Louisiana then quite simply you're not going to find any blues or Cajun music and probably little if any jazz.

Tesla ships without AM radio for technical reasons. The electric motors in EV's generate electromagnetic interference that interferes with the AM band. Ford EV's do have AM radio standard however.

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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by freetime2 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:03PM (#34605787)

> If you're like me and your musical tastes are outside the mainstream then FM radio is useless

If you're after a personalized experience, wouldn't a smart phone and bluetooth (or carplay, etc.) be the way to go?

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Re:Is Am Radio Dead? by MBCook on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @10:39PM (#34606045)

> Ford EV's do have AM radio standard however.

Had? My ‘21 has it but I’ve seen complaints from people with newer models that don’t have it.

But that could easily be due to some kind of parts shortage issues too. Hard to say these days.

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