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12. That's a really bad argument...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #6)

Sun Jan 28, 2024, 07:31 PM

Jan 2024

Both AM radios and cell phones can only reach the people that have them.

I suspect more people are carrying around a cell phone than are carrying around an AM radio.

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Car Industry Seeks to Crush AM Radio; Congress May Rescue It [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 OP

Plus, w/o AM radio, no local news, sports, weather, and traffic. no_hypocrisy Jan 2024 #1

a.m tends to be more rubust in emergencys than f,m. AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #2

Come on, car manufacturers, what could it cost to include AM radio in cars, something done for over a century? brush Jan 2024 #3

It's not the money; it's the electrical interference. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 #5

Explain pls. We've lived with it for over a century. brush Jan 2024 #7

Not in the form of broadband and switching power supplies. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 #9

That's not explaining anything. Millions of cars, new and old, have AM... brush Jan 2024 #10

What's changing? mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 #13

🙈 A.M. is the voice of the Right Wing tirebiter Jan 2024 #4

Only in part. I fall asleep listening to AM radio every night. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 #6

That's a really bad argument... Think. Again. Jan 2024 #12

Why is this a legal thing? A broadcast band that's antiquated....why should the Government care? Hell. FM is probably OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2024 #8

Thank you... Think. Again. Jan 2024 #11

Yet more socialism for the owning class. Voltaire2 Jan 2024 #14