Most Android phones no longer have an active FM chip. Even if yours does, your carrier probably disabled it. That means if you want to listen to AM or FM radio on your phone in 2026, you almost ...

Just as television supplanted AM radio for drama, comedy and variety shows in the 1950s and FM radio became the medium of choice for music by the 1980s, streaming internet and podcasts have been ...

For many commercial broadcast radio has lost its luster, leaving an unknowable number of perfectly serviceable AM/FM radios to lie dormant. But they don’t have to. As [Dan Gebhardt] shows in his ...

Radio World’s “Guest Commentaries” section provides a platform for industry thought leaders and other readers to share their perspective on radio news, technological trends and more. If you’d like to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The pending death of AM broadcasting is a common refrain these days. Claims based on highly publicized station closings (e.g., author Stephen King), over-generalized personal experiences, the ...

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 ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...