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Mike 03

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5. As someone who loved AM radio at a really young age, including all news and talk stations,
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:04 PM
Tuesday

I grieve for what AM radio was in the early 80s. But there are still a handful of fantastic all news radio stations in this country, many of them CBS stations (legendary KCBS in San Francisco, KNX in Los Angeles). I do not think we've seen the end of the usefulness of AM radio, and it's not just for people in cars.

The other point I think is important is that many cars receive the NOAA weather radio bands, consisting of 7 channels that give the weather forecast and crucial alerts during inclement weather. I can't overstate how important those stations are to some of us during particular times of the year. So I really don't want to see AM radio scuttled. And if it were to be vanquished, that would provide this toxic administration with one more excuse to nuke NOAA WX radio.

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