Microphone in the WLS-AM 890 studio.
AM radio has a decadeslong history in Chicago, but the industry faces the prospect of losing easy access to listeners in their cars. Richard A. Chapman / Chicago Sun-Times
Microphone in the WLS-AM 890 studio.
AM radio has a decadeslong history in Chicago, but the industry faces the prospect of losing easy access to listeners in their cars. Richard A. Chapman / Chicago Sun-Times

Proposed federal legislation would require cars to have AM radio. It comes as some auto companies plan to phase it out in electric vehicles.

Microphone in the WLS-AM 890 studio.
AM radio has a decadeslong history in Chicago, but the industry faces the prospect of losing easy access to listeners in their cars. Richard A. Chapman / Chicago Sun-Times
Microphone in the WLS-AM 890 studio.
AM radio has a decadeslong history in Chicago, but the industry faces the prospect of losing easy access to listeners in their cars. Richard A. Chapman / Chicago Sun-Times

Proposed federal legislation would require cars to have AM radio. It comes as some auto companies plan to phase it out in electric vehicles.