Many WTOP listeners have at one point listened to Washington’s all-news station on an AM car radio — Congress is debating a bill that would require automakers to ...

A new Critical Mass Insights study finds 96% of Americans say AM/FM radio is essential in cars, with 89% unlikely to buy ...

News item: Some carmakers are dropping AM radios from their new models because electric cars interfere with the signal. Your reaction: Gosh, what's next to go? Ashtrays? Maybe you dip into AM now and ...

In mid-2023, Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.), 77, sponsored a bill called the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. He just revealed that some 60 senators support the law, and that it has 246 co-sponsors in ...

With enough support for passage in both the US Senate and US House of Representatives, the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act looks set to become law. Supporters have argued that AM radio benefits rural ...

"Don't touch that dial!" That's what radio announcers said, back in the day. And that's what some legislators are saying now — with AM radio seemingly under threat from the auto industry. BMW, Tesla, ...

Unravelling the hype behind IT for creating useful CIO strategies. The most visible electronics in the cars people drove 40 or more years ago, was the transistor radio. And in every town, there were ...

WASHINGTON - JUNE 5: Congress will be holding a hearing on June 6 on the proposed legislation that would require all new car vehicles to come equipped with AM radio. (Photo by Stefan Zaklin/tty ...

When Mark Starling, on-air host for 570 WWNC in Asheville, North Carolina, sat down behind the microphone at 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 26, 2024, he knew he was in for a long shift. In a few hours, ...

The fight over the future of AM radio got a little more heated this week as organizations representing the auto and technology industries told Congress that its plan to mandate this mode of radio wave ...

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In-car entertainment has come a long way since the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation introduced its Motorola branded car radio in June of 1930. Since then, AM has given way to FM, while the 8-track ...