{"id":50526,"date":"2023-05-24T12:07:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T16:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=50526"},"modified":"2023-05-24T12:07:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T16:07:07","slug":"ford-cars-will-still-have-am-radios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=50526","title":{"rendered":"Ford Cars Will Still Have AM Radios"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, Just the News<\/a> posted an article about Ford Motor Company and their reversal of the decision not to put AM Radios in their cars next year.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The Ford Motor Company on Tuesday announced that it would not eliminate AM radio from nearly all of its new vehicles amid considerable pushback from lawmakers and consumers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“After speaking with policy leaders about the importance of AM broadcast radio as a part of the emergency alert system, we’ve decided to include it on all 2024 [Ford] & [Lincoln] vehicles,” wrote<\/a> CEO Jim Farley on Twitter. “For any owners of Ford EVs without AM broadcast capability, we\u2019ll offer a software update.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Customers can currently listen to AM radio content in a variety of ways in our vehicles \u2013 including via streaming \u2013 and we will continue to innovate to deliver even better in-vehicle entertainment and emergency notification options in the future,” he continued. “Thanks to our product development and manufacturing teams for their quick response to make this change for our customers.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The company had not originally planned<\/a> to include AM radio in most of its new vehicles and had cited research indicating that less than 5% of in-car listening came from AM stations. The decision generated significant backlash from right-leaning pundits and lawmakers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle noted that AM radio is a key component in the U.S. Emergency Alert System, with Wisconsin GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher and New Jersey Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer urging\u00a0Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell to assert the importance of maintaining AM radio in vehicles.\u00a0 Talk radio host John Catsimatidis and former Vice President Mike Pence also teamed up to create a public service announcement in support of AM radio.<\/strong><\/p>\n

AM Radio is also the home of a lot of conservative talk shows. There is a possibility that the company may have been under pressure to eliminate AM Radio as part of the continuing effort to squelch conservative speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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