Mark Bennett: AM radio carries on, despite its absence in some new cars
As a kid growing up in a small Hoosier town, AM radio brought the sounds of the world to me.
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As a kid growing up in a small Hoosier town, AM radio brought the sounds of the world to me.
Some radio station owners and advertisers contend that losing access to the car dashboard will indeed be a death blow to many of the nation's 4,185 AM stations.
Car manufacturers are slowly removing an old format.
Automakers, such as BMW, Volkswagen, Mazda, and Tesla, are removing AM radios from new electric vehicles because electric engines can interfere with the sound of AM stations.
In the early 1960s, President John F. Kennedy emphasized physical fitness, partly to counter excessive screen time for us, the first TV generation.