Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars

Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars by loup-vaillant on Monday October 07, 2024 @08:53AM (#41765525)

> having a solution that requires people take action ahead of time and buy something new to replace something they had in the past is a non-starter

Do we have studies that test this hypothesis? Did people actually fail to replace the old thing by the new, or did it turn out okay?

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Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars by dymk on Monday October 07, 2024 @09:22AM (#41765741)

Yeah, how many bug out bags do you own? How many people do you know have one?

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Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars by stickfigure on Monday October 07, 2024 @09:49AM (#41765996)

How many people would actually know to try the AM band in an emergency? How many people even still know how to turn their radio to an AM band? And know what station to listen to?

I think this number is waaaay smaller than anyone thinks. Especially with modern buttonless car systems.

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Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars by SamBam on Monday October 07, 2024 @10:20AM (#41766277)

Where I am in Mass, highways often have big billboards saying "Tune to 1610 AM for emergency info" or whatever.

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Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars by zmgsabst on Monday October 07, 2024 @10:32AM (#41766404)

This is common in mountains in WA too.

To replace the AM in cars isn’t just the cars - it’s all the signage and transmitters, for regional information.

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