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    AM radio served the country for 100 years. Will electric vehicles silence it?

    by Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times Jul 31, 2023 5 minutes
    Edward Markey, D- Massachusetts wants to require car manufacturers to keep the AM dial in their vehicles.

    Sean Hannity is rarely on the same frequency as liberal Democratic lawmakers. Nor does he usually support legislation that makes demands on the private sector.

    But the conservative Fox News star and radio host is cheering on the efforts of Sen. Edward Markey, D-Massachusetts, to require car manufacturers to keep the AM dial in their vehicles.

    Hannity's daily program reaches more than 13 million terrestrial radio listeners a week, mostly on AM stations, which face obsolescence as major car manufacturers such as Volkswagen, Volvo and Tesla remove the band from their electric vehicles.

    "What they're trying to do would impact political opinion to a very big extent," Hannity said in a recent phone interview. "Thankfully, there are even Democrats who see the importance of this."

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