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The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a bill Wednesday requiring new cars to have AM radio, which was introduced in response to an increasing number of vehicles coming out without the ...
Update to the story below: This legislation subsequently passed a House subcommittee on May 23; read our coverage. The wheels are turning in Washington, D.C., to bring the AM Radio for Every Vehicle ...
Washington — A panel of U.S. House lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday that would force automakers to install AM radio in all new cars. The measure, titled the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act ...
In the House of Representatives, Cathy McMorris (R-WA), Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee said, “Communities across the country rely on AM radio services for local news, weather reports ...
An NAB graphic highlighting the bipartisan congressional support for the AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act. The AM Radio in Every Vehicle Act now has a simple majority of co-sponsors in the U.S. House of ...
Shapiro then moved on from AM to needlessly attack other aspects of radio, saying, “Now broadcasters have repeatedly pushed Congress for laws to preserve their struggling business model.
“Radio conglomerates operating thousands of AM/FM stations across the U.S., make billions in profits, employ legions of lobbyists, and spend millions each year to influence lawmakers, all while ...
The study also revealed that AM/FM radio is still surprisingly popular in cars without phone mirroring software. 46% of the drivers listen to the radio while driving, and only 18% use a streaming ...
For the better part of 65 years, "Cousin'' Bruce Morrow has sat in front of a radio microphone. He's mostly done this for two stations, WABC/770 AM and WCBS/101.1 FM, where he's spun more Top 40 ...
There are 4,185 AM stations in the United States, and owners, hosts and advertisers are concerned that this could be the beginning of the end of the country's AM radio network.
Said NAB president-CEO Curtis LeGeyt on Dec. 2, “More than 250 bipartisan cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act, including a majority of the House of Representatives, stand with America’s ...
The U.S. is the only major country where radio pays no royalties to artists or copyright owners. The American Radio Fairness Act aims to address that.