Even digital receivers are pretty cheap now, and it’s by no means uncommon for them to not even feature the AM broadcast band at all. Certainly this has driven an exodus of listeners to the ...

U.S. Sen. Todd Young and colleagues have reintroduced a bill to require standard AM radio equipment in all new vehicles in ...

"AM" stands for amplitude modulation and was the first method used to transmit broadcast radio signals. When AM radio became widespread in the 1920s, it changed the way Americans received their ...

Both signals are susceptible to slight changes in amplitude. With an AM broadcast, these changes result in static. With an FM broadcast, slight changes in amplitude don't matter -- since the audio ...

Some debate remains on whether driver safety is impacted by losing access to AM radio stations. A growing number of ...

and Europe is slowly pulling the plug on AM broadcasting. AM radio may become an historical footnote; however, in the U.S., there are more than 4,000 AM radio stations, a thousand of which ...

Senators Ed Markey, a Democrat, and Ted Cruz, a Republican, now have reintroduced the bill, which has 40 Senate co-sponsors.

He also added that tens of millions of listeners across the country have made clear that they want AM radio to remain in ...

Markey, who sits on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee that Cruz chairs, said citizens rely on AM radio to stay informed, especially during emergencies.