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Well, there's also the data point that demand is so low the AM radio industry has literally gone to congress and asked to make receivers mandatory.
by michaelt 2y ago
Well, there's also the data point that demand is so low the AM radio industry has literally gone to congress and asked to make receivers mandatory.
- dartos 2y agoConsumer demand in populated areas sure, but out in the boonies digital radio doesn’t work as well. Not being popular isn’t a reason to declare something as dead or useless. Tho none of that is a reason to force auto makers to include AM radio.
- stickfigure 2y ago> Not being popular isn’t a reason to declare something as dead or useless. Spectrum is a finite, shared resource. Especially these lower frequency bands.
- dartos 2y agoAnd AM has use as an emergency utility and FM is more accessible than digital radio.
- rblatz 2y agoWhy do you keep jumping from AM to digital radio? What does that even mean, are you talking about XM? You do know FM exists and is analog, right?
- dartos 2y agoDigital radio: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_radio https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_radio The commenter with the teslas was saying that AM is dead and FM is nearly dead.