There was already strong bipartisan support in the U.S. Senate for a bill that would direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to require automakers to maintain AM broadcast radio in new vehicles at no additional charge. But with the addition of a dozen lawmakers’ names, the bill now has the required 60 votes to get past any potential hold on the legislation.
It also gives the proposed AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (S. 1669) the number of votes Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he needed to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. “Broadcasters are grateful for the overwhelming bipartisan support for the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act in both chambers of Congress,” NAB President/CEO Curtis LeGeyt said in a statement. “This majority endorsement reaffirms lawmakers’ recognition of the essential service AM radio provides to the American people, particularly in emergency situations.”
