{"id":63977,"date":"2025-09-18T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63977"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:00:52","slug":"house-committee-backs-am-radio-bill-with-strong-bipartisan-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/house-committee-backs-am-radio-bill-with-strong-bipartisan-support\/","title":{"rendered":"House Committee Backs AM Radio Bill with Strong Bipartisan Support"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Dennis Dura, who shares news via Radio World<\/a> that the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (H.R. 979) has cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee with overwhelming bipartisan support (50-1). If passed, the bill would require automakers to include free, easily accessible AM radio receivers in all new vehicles, including EVs, for at least the next eight years. Lawmakers emphasized the ongoing importance of AM radio for emergency alerts, public safety, and reliable communication. You can read the full article here: House Committee Advances AM Radio Bill \u2013 Radio World.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dennis Dura, who shares news via Radio World that the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (H.R. 979) has cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee with overwhelming bipartisan support (50-1). If passed, the bill would require automakers to include free, easily accessible AM radio receivers in all new […]<\/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":[10216,10350],"class_list":["post-63977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-news","tag-am-in-cars","tag-am-radio-for-every-vehicle-act"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gDT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61880,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/the-am-radio-for-every-vehicle-act-is-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":63977,"position":0},"title":"The ‘AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act’ is Back","author":"Thomas","date":"January 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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