Re: AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries is close to passing

On 2024-05-02 10:02, Jan Panteltje wrote:

On a sunny day (Thu, 2 May 2024 08:28:35 +0200) it happened "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in <kdobgkxras.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>:
 

On 2024-05-02 07:24, Jan Panteltje wrote:

AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries is close to passing
   https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/am-radio-is-a-lifeline-lawmakers-say-tech-and-auto-industries-disagree/
A recent test of the emergency alert system found only 1 percent got it via AM.
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Strange. most is FM these days, or digital?
Something to do with Soros buying radio stations ;-) ?
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You are talking of the USA?

 Yes USA
 

I would think that there are areas over there where FM in cars does not
work, and people have to use AM.
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It happens in Spain, which is far smaller, so surely it happens in the USA.

 I think most if not all high power AM medium wave stations are gone now here in the Netherlands.
Lots of FM stations though.
 All I hear at home on the AM medium wave band is interference from wallwarts
and  maybe solar panels, what not..
Electric cars would create more interference...

The other day I had to tune the station I was listening to in AM instead of FM, because the car would not find the local station or it did not exist. And the area is very populated (south-east of Spain).
Not the first time.
Yes, I might tune it on internet instead, but it is a pain. Stations want you to use their own app instead of a generic one, and the generic often fails (probably because they change the url). I refuse to use the specific app that requires us to login, so the station can track its listeners by name.
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Cheers, Carlos.