From ranickels at gmail.com  Tue May 23 13:40:06 2023
From: ranickels at gmail.com (Robert Nickels)
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 12:40:06 -0500
Subject: [AMRadio] Ford reverses course - AM Radios to stay!
Message-ID: <91445b6c-2f64-6997-45f6-3b7f648b0f07@gmail.com>

 From the Detroit Free Press today:

Ford CEO Jim Farley announced Tuesday morning that the automaker is 
reversing its previous plan to remove AM radio from vehicles, both 
electric and gasoline operated, in 2024.

Farley, in a post on his LinkedIn professional page and a tweet on 
Twitter, said:

"After speaking with policy leaders about the importance of AM broadcast 
radio as a part of the emergency alert system, we've decided to include 
it on all 2024 Ford & Lincoln vehicles. For any owners of Ford EVs 
without AM broadcast capability, we?ll offer a software update. 
Customers can currently listen to AM radio content in a variety of ways 
in our vehicles ?including via streaming ? and we will continue to 
innovate to deliver even better in-vehicle entertainment and emergency 
notification options in the future. Thanks to our product development 
and manufacturing teams for their quick response to make this change for 
our customers.?

73, Bob W9RAN

From jcandela at prodigy.net  Tue May 23 17:00:48 2023
From: jcandela at prodigy.net (Jim Candela)
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 21:00:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [AMRadio] Ford reverses course - AM Radios to stay!
In-Reply-To: <91445b6c-2f64-6997-45f6-3b7f648b0f07@gmail.com>
References: <91445b6c-2f64-6997-45f6-3b7f648b0f07@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <857375833.1285922.1684875648512@mail.yahoo.com>

 In the article, this caught my eye:
 ?For any owners of Ford?s EVs without AM broadcast capability, we?ll offer a software update? to restore it, Farley wrote. 

That tells me that the hardware was always there. Was the reason for clicking the switch to remove AM because of poor reception from RFI causes, or something else?
If it was poor reception from the EV drive system, or just RFI outside the car, then those problems will return again after the software update. 

Could the dominance of the programming content (religious stations and political talk radio) also have been a factor?

JimWd5JKO

    On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 12:41:05 PM CDT, Robert Nickels <ranickels at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
  From the Detroit Free Press today:

Ford CEO Jim Farley announced Tuesday morning that the automaker is 
reversing its previous plan to remove AM radio from vehicles, both 
electric and gasoline operated, in 2024.

Farley, in a post on his LinkedIn professional page and a tweet on 
Twitter, said:

"After speaking with policy leaders about the importance of AM broadcast 
radio as a part of the emergency alert system, we've decided to include 
it on all 2024 Ford & Lincoln vehicles. For any owners of Ford EVs 
without AM broadcast capability, we?ll offer a software update. 
Customers can currently listen to AM radio content in a variety of ways 
in our vehicles ?including via streaming ? and we will continue to 
innovate to deliver even better in-vehicle entertainment and emergency 
notification options in the future. Thanks to our product development 
and manufacturing teams for their quick response to make this change for 
our customers.?

73, Bob W9RAN
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