REGINA – Those who know me well know that I am not only a heavy media consumer in general, but also a very heavy radio listener.
Because of my heavy preference for information and news, and especially sports, I have been a particular devotee of AM radio. That’s been the way it is for years — you tuned in to FM for the music, and AM for the spoken word stuff.
So imagine my horror when I read the stories a couple of weeks ago about how car manufacturers are planning to phase out AM from the car radios in their new models, and in particular their electric vehicle lines.
The excuse we are getting is that the electricity interferes with the AM. Right. From what I gather, what manufacturers really want to offer more “proprietary” services where they…
