If radio wasn’t loaded with ads for the dumbest shit possible, I’d prefer radio to everything else.
I’m going to use this as a jumping off point to mention the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act.
It’s… pretty much what it says on the tin. Some car manufacturers are phasing out AM Radio from their cars so they can replace them with their own streaming services – this bill seeks to make them a mandatory feature.
As somebody whose day job is in radio, I totally agree that the amount of ads and the quality of the ads is ridiculous. Personally, I don’t find radio to be an amazing source of political news broadcasting.
But do you know what it is really good at? Providing emergency broadcasts during extreme weather events.
I want to make it clear I’m not an expert in this legislation or anything – this is just the stuff I know through working in the industry.
also: donate to your community radio station, give them listenership, volunteer there, fucking make non-commercial, non-profit radio better if you hate what iheartmedia and cumulus have done to commercial radio.
if you are in the US, are already part of a community radio station (which includes tribal stations and college stations), and you are not enrolled in the national federation of community broadcasters, please consider joining. they provide an enormous amount of resources and support to community stations of all sizes and budgets. some of the best people i’ve ever met are folks who work for the tiniest radio stations you’ve never heard of. (shoutout to mark from KGUA, you are a real one my man)
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