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Lobbyists Looking to Mandate FM Radios in Cell Phones

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I don't use and won't play FM radio anyway

mingkee

Aug 19, 2010, 1:25 PM
Why should we play such low quality, distorted, and badly compressed sound?
Moreover, a handset cable is required as antenna to make FFM radio to work properly.
There are thousands of internet radios available online including NPR, why should we listen to FM anyway???
This is United States, not China. We are free to choose the way to listen.
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kevinski

Aug 19, 2010, 1:33 PM
I don't listen to FM radio, but I can understand others wanting access to the content. Thing is, why bother incorporating an FM tuner into the phone when these broadcasts could (and should) simply be set up as digital streams available through data connections?
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wdfichtel

Aug 19, 2010, 2:05 PM
I can see the point if there is severe weather and your nearest tower is knocked out. No data = no radio. But for situations like that I have a handcrank weather band radio in my car.
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Versed

Aug 22, 2010, 10:05 AM
wdfichtel said:
I can see the point if there is severe weather and your nearest tower is knocked out. No data = no radio. But for situations like that I have a handcrank weather band radio in my car.


And what if the severe weather took out the radio stations? We can go on and on with this. Like if the boar had tits it be a sow?
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Jayshmay

Aug 19, 2010, 3:22 PM
Much, much better reception through data connections than FM. The days of static are long, long gone!
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