Does anyone plan to use AM radio in their Mach-E?

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The one am radio station I listen to regularly is news, traffic, and weather. They have an fm sister station that is sports talk, which really doesn’t matter for the sake of this conversation. This sister station broadcasts HD radio, and one of the side channels they broadcast happens to be my news radio am station, but without the annoying am squeal.
check with your am stations to see if they are being rebroadcast similarly.
 

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AM is only for those long lonely night rides where you can listen to boring talk shows.......
 

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Yes. News-talk only.
 


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AM is only for those long lonely night rides where you can listen to boring talk shows.......
There's always a boatload of music available 24x7. But some find the talk shows less boring than that (thus why they often choose talk over music).

Most importantly, we have options. Any one thing can get boring and repetitive after a while.
 

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Listened to the Brewers game today on AM.
 

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I haven't listened to AM radio since Beaker Street went off the air on KAAY in 1985.
 

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You guys that do listen to AM could probably find a free app to stream the stations you listen to in much higher fidelity than the AM radio (and you could listen across the country as well).
You are correct. The static on the Mach-e AM is stronger than on my wife's camaro. I got around the problem with listening using "Simple Radio". A key advantage is that it is supported as an Android Auto app. I have Android Auto on all the time and can select my favorite AM stations that I had saved on Simple Radio. You have to keep in mind that they are streaming the station about a minute behind the live station. For FM and SiriusXM, I prefer the live broadcast.
 

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Local news and talk.
As for streaming...about 12 years ago the entire county of San Diego lost power for 24 hours. Cell service was unusable due to overload. AM radio was the full time news source. Wildfire coverage is superior too. I suppose one reporter in a jeep gets around better than a TV news van.
 

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Just curious. Such a pain to implement in electric vehicles.
Yep, listen to the post game show on the way home from UCLA football and basketball games.
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