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Congress is trying to force carmakers to keep AM radio − it should also use this opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past

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Several automakers have decided to stop putting AM radios in their electric vehicles.

They claim their electric motors interfere with the audio quality of the signal and that FM and satellite radio are enough.

The radio industry has been fighting back, lobbying for legislation that would force carmakers to install AM radios as a matter of public interest.

Writers: AM short for "amplitude modulation" arrived at the turn of the 20th century , it was championed as a revolutionary technology that could bring a nation together.

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 gave it all away, effectively ceding decisions about the future of AM and FM radio to corporate interests.

The FCC once asked stations to serve the public interest in exchange for their licenses.

Instead of providing farm reports, emergency information and local news, most corporate-owned AM stations air divisive, grievance-filled infotainment that serves the needs of ownership.

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