Streaming apps like TuneIn are redefining in-car listening, but Washington wants to keep a century of broadcast tradition alive.

In a rare display of bipartisanship in Congress, the House Energy and Commerce Committee recently voted 45-2 to require automakers to include AM radio access in new electric vehicle models. As ...

The Massachusetts Broadcasters Association honored Senator Ed Markey at the 2025 Sound Bites conference in Milford.

There are various reasons for this difference. In the early days of recorded music, songs tended to be about three minutes due to the technology of the time. The 45 RPM records (and earlier 78s) ...

Every month, more than 80 million Americans listen to AM radio. They rely on AM to provide them with news, especially local news, as well as safety alerts, talk radio, sports and music. Now, several ...

What AM radio’s waning reach means for the future of politics and public safety In recent years, podcasts and streaming internet content have been challenging AM radio for listeners. Now, there’s ...

Amplitude modulation radio, better known as AM radio, has been around for over a century, and, originally, was a technological advance as big as television or the internet in terms of revolutionizing ...

The outlook for AM radio has generated much interest among Radio World readers, who have reacted to our recent articles on the topic. This is a sampling. Radio World readers have had a lot to say ...

After many carmakers quietly removed AM radios from their vehicles, the US lawmakers pushed back with new legislation to keep the potentially life-saving technology alive. Ford decided that the AM ...

NEW YORK — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pushing to keep AM radio in the nation's cars. A bipartisan group in Congress has introduced the “AM for Every Vehicle Act." The bill calls on the National ...

BMW, Mazda and Volkswagen are among the automakers that have decided to stop putting AM radios in new electrical vehicles, citing electric engines interfering with the sound of AM stations. There are ...

The AM debate is fiercer than ever, as EVs stand to cut out the band on the grounds that EV operations create too much radio frequency interference for AM to be viable. David Schutz, of Hoffman Schutz ...