Broadcasters optimistic about the future of radio would have found plenty of company among elected officials during a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday as lawmakers considered a proposal to require AM radio to be included with every vehicle sold. “AM radio has been delivering for consumers for 100 years right now, and last year over 85 million Americans listened to AM radio,” said Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois).
Faced with growing bipartisan support for Congress stepping in to address a move by some carmakers to yank AM radio out of their dashboards, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents the auto industry, offered their first concessions. Alliance President John Bozzella told the subcommittee that automakers are willing to “disclose very conspicuously” if a model does not have AM radio. “You’re not going to see a lot of those except on electric cars,” he said. Bozzella said automakers are also willing to provide hand crank AM radios as part of the standard emergency kits they sell with vehicles.
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