{"id":1937822,"date":"2023-05-25T10:08:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T14:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-reverses-course-plans-to-keep-controversial-item-in-its-cars-trucks-and-suvs\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T10:11:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T14:11:18","slug":"ford-reverses-course-plans-to-keep-controversial-item-in-its-cars-trucks-and-suvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-reverses-course-plans-to-keep-controversial-item-in-its-cars-trucks-and-suvs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford to Keep Controversial Item in Vehicles Despite Previous Plans to Remove It."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fford-reverses-course-plans-to-keep-controversial-item-in-its-cars-trucks-and-suvs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1937822&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Ford Changes Course, Keeps AM Radios in Its Vehicles<\/h2>\n<p>Ford Motor Company has reversed its decision to eliminate AM radios from its vehicle line, according to CEO Jim Farley&#8217;s recent Twitter post. The company will now include the feature on all 2024 Ford and Lincoln vehicles, citing the importance of AM broadcast radio as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-this-headline-about-apple-scanning-phones-for-extremist-content-and-firearms-is-not-real\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: No, This Headline About Apple Scanning Phones For \u2018Extremist Content And Firearms\u2019 Is Not Real\">emergency alert system<\/a>. For Ford EV owners without AM broadcast capability, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dominion-used-a-version-of-the-solorwinds-orion-platform-which-provides-backdoor-access-into-their-voting-machines\/\" title=\"Dominion Used a Version of the SolorWinds Orion Platform Which Provides Backdoor Access Into their Voting Machines\">software update<\/a> will be offered. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After speaking with policy leaders about the importance of AM broadcast radio as a part of the emergency alert system, we\u2019ve decided to include it on all 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ford?\">@Ford<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LincolnMotorCo?\">@LincolnMotorCo<\/a> vehicles. For any owners of Ford EVs without AM broadcast capability, we\u2019ll offer a software\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Farley (@jimfarley98) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimfarley98\/status\/1661024295110463491?\">May 23, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, Ford had announced that AM radio would be eliminated from most of its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-reverses-course-plans-to-keep-controversial-item-in-its-cars-trucks-and-suvs\/\" title=\"Ford to Keep Controversial Item in Vehicles Despite Previous Plans to Remove It.\">car models beginning<\/a> in 2024. The decision was based on the fact that most AM stations in the U.S. already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/banking-business-how-to-transfer-money-between-banks\/\" title=\"Banking business: How to transfer money between banks\">offer mobile apps<\/a> with internet streaming, digital, and satellite radio options. However, current and prospective Ford customers and other groups resisted the move, appealing to Congress to stop the industry from dropping AM radios. <\/p>\n<p>A bipartisan group of lawmakers even proposed an \u201cAM for Every Vehicle Act\u201d that would mandate AM radios in new vehicles at no extra cost. They noted \u201cAM\u2019s historic role in transmitting vital information during emergencies, such as natural disasters, especially to rural areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The Importance of AM Radio<\/h3>\n<p>Over 80 million people listen to AM radio each month in the U.S., citing data from the National Association of Broadcasters and Nielsen. In areas without reliable broadband or where FM signals falter, AM radio stands as a sturdy pillar of communication. It is a vibrant network that connects diverse communities across our nation. <\/p>\n<p>While some analysts express skepticism over the necessity to keep installing AM in new autos, Ford&#8217;s decision to keep AM radios in its vehicles is a win for those who value the historic role of AM radio in transmitting vital information during emergencies. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you to Ford&#8217;s product development and manufacturing teams for their quick response to make this change for their customers.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ford-reverses-course-plans-keep-controversial-item-cars-trucks-suvs\/\">Ford Reverses Course, Plans to Keep Controversial Item in Its Cars, Trucks and SUVs<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford Motor Company has reversed its decision to remove AM radios from its vehicles. CEO Jim Farley announced the change on Twitter, stating that the company had spoken with policy leaders and decided to keep the feature on most new cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2022,"featured_media":1937824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4803,8411,7454,10973,3641,8389,4987,10880],"class_list":["post-1937822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-controversial","tag-ford","tag-it","tag-item","tag-plans","tag-previous","tag-remove","tag-vehicles"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2022"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}