Ford to drop AM radio in new models, except commercial vehicles

Re:Ford to drop AM radio in new models, except commercial ve... by 1letterunixname on Sunday April 02, 2023 @09:22PM (#35417393)

This sounds regressive and pointless. FM/AM vs. FM radio has to be pennies. In some mountainous areas, only AM radio works.

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Re:Ford to drop AM radio in new models, except commercial ve... by dmonitor on Sunday April 02, 2023 @10:46PM (#35417937)

It should be required by regulation, to be frank. Many places still have emergency broadcasts on AM radio.

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Re:Ford to drop AM radio in new models, except commercial ve... by alden5 on Monday April 03, 2023 @01:10AM (#35418793)

especially considering a backup camera and an accompanying display became a requirement in the states, AM radio would be nothing

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Re:Ford to drop AM radio in new models, except commercial ve... by Denvercoder9 on Monday April 03, 2023 @05:07AM (#35420534)

If we're going to regulation route, we could also require those emergency broadcasts to move to FM.

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Re:Ford to drop AM radio in new models, except commercial ve... by zamnos on Monday April 03, 2023 @06:00AM (#35420960)

The cost of issuing new regulations by the government is far lower than the cost to retrofit FM hardware to all stations.

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Re:Ford to drop AM radio in new models, except commercial ve... by the_fury on Monday April 03, 2023 @04:52PM (#35431107)

FM frequencies do not propogate in nearly the same way as MW do.

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