Interference and fidelity have been the bane of AM radio broadcasters and listeners since the medium was developed in the early 1900s. In fact, what drove Edwin Armstrong to invent FM radio was that ...

In the modern age of information overload, AM broadcasting may be going extinct in modern cars, and safety advocates are sounding the alarm. Automakers like Tesla, BMW and Ford are opting to cut AM ...

It's time to fine tune the answer about a longstanding debate -- AM versus FM. Have you ever wondered why AM radio has so much more static than FM? To VERIFY, we reached out to our friends at 99.5 ...

A lament about the demise of AM radio has been rising in the halls of Congress. Several automakers, most notably Tesla and Ford, have decided to stop putting AM radios in their electric vehicles. They ...

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 ...

While Electric Vehicles (EVs) can serve as a tool to help curb our fossil fuel dependency, they also pose a surprisingly large threat to the radio industry — more specifically AM radio. Some EV ...

AM and FM radio accounts for 86% of ad-supported audio listening — by far the most consumed audio medium behind the wheel — according to a new data analysis from Cumulus Media and its affiliated radio ...

A lament about the demise of AM radio has been rising in the halls of Congress. Several automakers, most notably Tesla and Ford, have decided to stop putting AM radios in their electric vehicles. They ...

With streaming services multiplying and habits fragmenting, radio still stands at the center of America’s daily listening. Edison Research’s Q3 2025 Share of Ear finds AM/FM commanding the majority of ...

Here’s a question: when did you last listen to an AM radio station? If your answer is “recently”, chances are you are in the minority. You might ask: why should you listen to AM? And you’d have a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am grounded in autos but range broadly. Yes, you can stream AM radio stations on your smartphones and bring them into the car ...