{"id":56666,"date":"2023-05-19T06:25:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T10:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=56666"},"modified":"2023-05-19T06:25:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T10:25:46","slug":"axios-congress-moves-to-preserve-am-radio-in-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/axios-congress-moves-to-preserve-am-radio-in-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Axios: Congress moves to preserve AM radio in cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Black-and-White-Spectrum-Dark-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54621\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Black-and-White-Spectrum-Dark-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Black-and-White-Spectrum-Dark-1.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Black-and-White-Spectrum-Dark-1-300x115.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Black-and-White-Spectrum-Dark-1-624x239.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/05\/17\/am-radio-congress-cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> via Dennis Dura)<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Scoop: Congress moves to preserve AM radio in cars (Axios)<\/h1>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to make it illegal for carmakers to eliminate AM radio from their cars, arguing public safety is at risk, Axios is first to report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Why it matters:\u00a0<\/strong>AM radio is one key way that government officials communicate with the public during natural disasters and other emergencies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Officials worry that if drivers don&#8217;t have access, they might miss important safety alerts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Context:<\/strong>\u00a0Some manufacturers are\u00a0<a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/13\/electric-cars-am-radio\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"eliminating AM radio\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/03\/13\/electric-cars-am-radio\" data-vars-content-id=\"2cae012d-1f1e-45ea-ba60-88825545fba0\" data-vars-headline=\"Scoop: Congress moves to preserve AM radio in cars\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" rel=\"noopener\">eliminating AM radio<\/a> from their electric vehicles (EVs) because of interference from the electric motors that results in annoying buzzing noises and faded signals. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/05\/17\/am-radio-congress-cars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue reading at Axios&#8230;<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: Axios via Dennis Dura) Scoop: Congress moves to preserve AM radio in cars (Axios) A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to make it illegal for carmakers to eliminate AM radio from their cars, arguing public safety is at risk, Axios is first to report. Why it matters:\u00a0AM radio is one key way that government [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,3],"tags":[10216,625,10219],"class_list":["post-56666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-news","tag-am-in-cars","tag-am-radio","tag-axios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-eJY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56064,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/radio-waves-exploring-a-super-tower-former-bbc-hq-ota-radio-when-all-fails-and-saving-historic-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":56666,"position":0},"title":"Radio Waves: Exploring a Super Tower, Former BBC HQ, OTA Radio When all Fails, and Saving Historic Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"March 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Radio Waves:\u00a0 Stories Making Waves in the World of Radio Welcome to the\u00a0SWLing Post\u2019s Radio Waves, a collection of links to interesting stories making waves in the world of radio.\u00a0Enjoy! 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