Aiming At AM
The vitality of AM radio, and why it needs to be protected
As if I did not already have enough reason to despise what is coming with the ‘Electric Vehicle’ [EV] assault, those behind its Agenda have been targeting another nostalgic - yet still critical - American tradition: AM radio.
What is different this time, however, is that there are more than a few in D.C. who are actually fighting back. And they - we - may just win this one.
Referred to as the "AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act" [AM Act], this Senate bill will require automobile makers to include an AM radio in every car manufactured, or advise the customer beforehand if the radio is not present. The act enshrines AM as a critical tool for providing vital information in the event of an emergency, due to the reliability of AM signals and the distance with which they can be broadcast.
The bill, which made it out of committee in late July, headed to the senate floor for consideration today. It initially came about due to automakers announcing that they were going to eliminate AM from future vehicles; treating the technology as an antiquated relic, they claim that emergency alerts are now received via smartphones, and that - here comes the EV angle - AM signals can interfere with the functions of an electronic vehicle.
Oh no, now isn’t that just terrible! (I assume you can actually hear my eyes roll as I type that.)
The AM Act is a rare bird, indeed, in that it has truly bipartisan support. Senators Ed Markey [D-MA] and Ted Cruz [R-TX] co-sponsored the bill; yes, you read that correctly - Markey and Cruz. Furthermore, there are 25 additional co-sponsors, with names like Klobuchar and Blackburn attached to it.
As I said… rare bird.
And those sponsors are 100% correct: AM radio IS necessary for disseminating information. While cell towers are now prolific they do not provide anywhere near 100% coverage, meanwhile you would be hard pressed to find a plot of land anywhere in America that does not receive some form of AM broadcast signal. In that vein, cell technology is still not foolproof - in fact, it can be terribly un-reliable - so the vitality of AM radio cannot be cavalierly dismissed.
There are also the needs of smaller, more-rural communities to consider. AM radio stations are relatively inexpensive to operate compared to FM stations, and eliminating AM radios from cars would be an additional step in wiping out local radio concerns. This would essentially reroute the information pipeline into channeling non-stop Federalized propaganda to those communities, cutting citizens off from diverse local opinions and important news updates.
That could, in turn, serve to further drain those communities of identity and resources and people, helping to 'encourage' residents to move to larger - dare I say '15 minute' - cities. Ever remember, every action must be viewed through the scope of the Globalist Agenda, and ‘rural living’ has been under assault by those serving that Agenda for decades.
AM radio is, simply put, a hill we must all be willing to defend. It has become a small yet undeniable component of Liberty here in our Republic, and it is one of those things which - if eradicated - we will regret treating with indifference.
Contact your senators, and tell them to support the ‘AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act.’
AM definitely needs to stick around. I tune in most days to listen to Bongino on am 580 around here. I can remember Saturday nights when I was a kid tuning in the Grand Ol Opry on a transistor radio. Used to be a lot less static and that was several hundred air miles away. Now I can be looking at a cell tower a few hundred feet away and still can't make a call. Something just doesn't make sense.