Driving home from Burlington, VT after the eclipse. Traffic was crawling. Cell data wasn’t working. FM seemed like all automated stations from far away. Yknow what did provide information on traffic and scaled to the huge influx of people in the area? A news station on AM radio.

But that brings up a bigger problem, many many radio stations are essentially on autopilot or run from a distance without the ability to address local situations. Without support for truly local stations, AM radio may be present, but generally without significant value.