Introduced by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) in response to automakers removing AM radio from some new vehicles. My man Pallone gets his emergency scoreboard alerts from 66 WFAN too
On one hand, fuck AM radio. All the worst right wing talk shows are there.
On the other, in the event of a crisis AM radio just keeps on trucking.
This is the correct reply. AM is trash, but we even have highway signs that mention AM stations for certain road condition alerts and stuff. Most places don’t rely on it, but when you’re in the mountains it’s useful.
Hell, even here in CA we only barely started getting cell signals in places like Malibu pass and the like. I can usually get cell service and FM on the 5 or PCH but the moment you leave those, all bets are off.
I wonder what it would cost to balance that out by broadcasting secular and left-wing media. Wouldn’t it be rad if AM was transformed into something great? Of course even as I’m typing this I can just see the future where some startup sees a monetization strategy in AM and does something shitty with it, like filling it up with LLM generated talk shows, especially if it’s low cost.
Good point. If Brandan Carr or whatever the fuck the cuck in charge of the FCC is named requires talk shows like Kimmel to do equal time for both candidates, it’s only fair that we have both sides forced onto AM.
Sure, it’ll be a bunch of ranting talking heads at 6 AM, but like others have said, you don’t have to listen.
This will probably end up backfiring when Stephen Colbert or Matt Stone/Trey Parker take over AM radio with guest spots, using clips of Alex Jones on 55 AM “The Frog”.
How do we listen to am radio on our phones?
Man that’s one thing they should have never taken from phones, AM/FM radio. So now you can’t just tune to a station, you gotta download their fucking app that’s filled with extra ads.
Does the app require internet? If there’s a catastrophe, the first thing to go out is internet and phone reception because of high demand.
AM radios are also dead simple to implement compared to FM radios too, which is great if you’re the prepper kind.
In the event of a crisis, the only thing I need isn’t radio. The last thing I need is to be told “everything is under control & being handled by the best people” right before “the best people” destroy the planet.
You should re-evaluate your crisis planning. Communication is a key safety item, even if it is one-way. I’ve got a pair of GMRS walkie-talkies that can pretty reliably broadcast a little over a mile. Put them in scan mode and you can pickup chatter from other sources. This has fuck all to do with an AM radio, but they also have the ability to pick up the automated weather reports from the airport. So when it looks real stormy out, I turn one on (to test it) and to get continuous updates directly from the weather station instead of waiting for the news to catch up. Communication in a crisis, even if it’s just one way, is still a critical lifeline.
If I was 10 years younger, sure; I’d be worried about this.
I’m old enough now to know that I’ve already done the best things I could do & I did them before the apocalypse.
You’ll thank me when you find 20 Terabytes of data collected over 25 years, buried in lead containers at the location I sent out 12 years ago.
… consider it a side quest.
(But in all honesty, you seem to have your shit together when it comes to this. Hopefully dire situations need not arise or require this knowledge, but I’m glad you have it.)
Many of the mountain towns rely on AM because it travels better…
This has serious implications for a nation already crippled by stupidity, fear & hate.
I mean, without AM… the options become FM and 5G/WWW. FM is a known quantity and the WWW is waayy worse than AM: the Klan broadcasts over the WWW.
What if…
(motions you to come closer)
^morse ^code ^can ^say ^racist ^bullshit ^also
Exactly. Just because a medium can be used to broadcast rascist bullshit doesn’t mean we should eliminate it.
No, but I’ll turn the other way if you want to eliminate racist bullshit
I think any lessons they have to teach, has already been learned from enough
Is that why it’s bleeped?
All the real hipsters use amplitude modulation. Posers use frequency modulation.
Does circuit bending a keyboard count?
…'cause that I can do.
It should all be digital over 5G cellular and require a separate subscription. I don’t understand why people want stuff for free.
/s
Goddamn communists
Priorities
This reminds me of the film “hot rod” starring Andy Samberg.
AM radio has the exclusive rights to a visual spectacle.
The thing about American freedom is that its freedom of the powerful over everyone else.
Oh, there’s no more AM radio to broadcast right wing news? Force it in all cars. Customers don’t deserve the freedom to choose.
Yet they call themselves the free world.
Read your comments and reply. Otherwise, I’m assuming you’re a bot or shill.
What? I don’t have lemmy push notifications or sobering, I see stuff when I log in.
