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Apparently you don't know the USDOT runs an AM station called the Highway Advisory Radio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelers'_information_station...

There's nothing special about AM radio from a sending information to the populace perspective. If people are only listening to AM radio during emergencies then according to your thinking those same stations would be shut down.

No, let's cut through the BS. This is about a GOP-led Congress legislating the ability for their constituents to continue being able to listen to conservative talk radio and trying to, not so cleverly, frame it as assisting people during an emergency.

It should be easy to see it doesn't add up.

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> If people are only listening to AM radio during emergencies then according to your thinking those same stations would be shut down.

What? Sports radio is still very popular. I catch the baseball game that way sometimes.

AM radio is for listening to baseball, arguing about sports, arguing about politics and listening to oldies music in really low quality.

Even liking AM radio I have a very hard time seeing the reasoning for compelling car makers to support something that is nearly the equivalent of mandating support for CD players.

Because presumably there would never be talk radio on FM, oh no, definitely not.

> This is about a GOP-led

Yes, a GOD-led bipartisan thing.

Dude, you see conspiracy theories where there are none.

I see a do-nothing Congress butting their noses into something it doesn't need to be and I ask why? They don't do anything without some benefit to them. So, I ask, what's in it for them? Ever hear the term "follow the money"? There's a reason that term exists.

I should have also pointed out that NOAA operates the National Weather Radio and operate more than 1,000 transmitters in the U.S. and U.S. territories that continually provide weather updates and forecasts for your area.

That hand-cranked radio? It receives NOAA weather broadcasts.

Once again I say this GOP-led Congress is engaging in sleight of hand to maintain a market for conservative AM talk radio.

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