{"id":61880,"date":"2025-01-31T08:09:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T12:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=61880"},"modified":"2025-01-31T08:09:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T12:09:37","slug":"the-am-radio-for-every-vehicle-act-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/the-am-radio-for-every-vehicle-act-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act’ is Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following news via Radio World:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Markey, Cruz Reintroduce AM Bill in the Senate (Radio World)<\/a><\/h2>\n

The legislation would require AM radio reception in new cars<\/p>\n

The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act has been reintroduced on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

The legislation passed the Senate Commerce Committee in 2023 and the House Energy and Commerce Committee in 2024, and many legislators have expressed support. Yet backers could not get it across the finish line at the end of the recent Congress in December.<\/p>\n

Senators Ed Markey, a Democrat, and Ted Cruz, a Republican, now have reintroduced the bill, which has 40 Senate co-sponsors. [Continue reading…<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following news via Radio World: Markey, Cruz Reintroduce AM Bill in the Senate (Radio World) The legislation would require AM radio reception in new cars The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act has been reintroduced on Capitol Hill. The legislation passed the Senate Commerce […]<\/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":[373,433,3],"tags":[625,10350],"class_list":["post-61880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-am-radio","tag-am-radio-for-every-vehicle-act"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-g64","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63317,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/senate-report-flags-public-safety-risks-in-removing-am-radios\/","url_meta":{"origin":61880,"position":0},"title":"Senate Report Flags Public Safety Risks in Removing AM Radios","author":"Thomas","date":"July 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent Radio World article summarizes a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee report raising concerns about the removal of AM radio from new vehicles. 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