The only reason they want them out is because AM radios reveal the amount of radio spectrum pollution the vehicle electronics are spewing out.
Solution is for the automaker to spend a few bucks on RFI filtering for LED drivers, etc.
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The only reason they want them out is because AM radios reveal the amount of radio spectrum pollution the vehicle electronics are spewing out.
And the only reason Republicans want to keep them is because of the amount of bigotry and hate Republican hosts spew on the band. The party of GWB's response to Katrina and Trump's response to covid does not care about disseminating accurate information during a crisis.
I'm a radio enthusiast. I like listening to it at night because you can pick up stuff from thousands of miles away. When the ionosphere is higher and stronger. Especially camping out in the middle of nowhere.
And that's fine. You don't need a mandate for cars to have AM radios in order to continue doing that.
It's not like they're gonna put in more than the bare minimum to say they complied with the law anyway.
If AM broadcasts lose listeners due to the bands removal from vehicles, they will also likely lose income from marketing and other revenue streams. I assume AM radio is already in a precarious entertainment space and doubt they want more risk.
An AM radio can be put together for pennies. I've gotten them as giveaway swag before. This is the stupidest controversy. You could give everyone in America an AM radio for the cost of this lawsuit and they could just stick it in their car with the stereo jack.
I take no position on this. Seems to me the cost should be negligible if they are forced to include them and the harm will be negligible if they are removed.
My guess is this has been made a big deal by right wing media who see it as a threat to their ability to reach ~~imbeciles~~ listeners and this would be a footnote otherwise.
That being said, having an EBS receiver in cars isn't a bad thing. Cell networks are unreliable in emergencies. Cell phones didn't work for days after 9/11. Not that car radios would be particularly helpful in NYC with super low car ownership.
No, AM radio is part of the infrastructure governments can reliably use to inform citizens of danger etc. so it should not easily be removed. And if it's so cheap it can easily be included.