"A mechanic spotted shoddy workmanship on a repair that should be fairly easy—removing and replacing an antenna to fix static issues with a car radio. It also made everyone wonder: Who even still listens to the radio?... ..Digging in further, he does determine that the mechanic not only attempted to glue the antenna in place, but it appeared to have water damage leaving it corroded and unable to function... One wondered, “How much did you charge?” The creator responded, “$600.”... The Daily Dot has reached out to Nissan via email"
Interesting about the screens in all cars. Also the phones clipped on the dash in front of you.
Is there any difference with that then watching TV while driving?
People are willing to pay for apps to get radio stations streams then listen to free radio.
It's true, Terrestrial radio will go the same as over the air TV. Pay companies for it. People say I can listen to AM in the car via the streaming. Those stats about radio listening are a bit of a surprise to me.
Some still use an antenna for over the air TV and some will listen to over the air radio but not the big majority.
It's true, Terrestrial radio will go the same as over the air TV. Pay companies for it. People say I can listen to AM in the car via the streaming. Those stats about radio listening are a bit of a surprise to me.
Some still use an antenna for over the air TV and some will listen to over the air radio but not the big majority.
I disagree, digital signals are neither reliable enough nor do they carry far enough. Its ideal until it doesn't work and that's when terrestrial radio has to step in.. we've seen story after story over the years of it happening.
And as for the stats.. well though those should be taken with a grain of salt, I tend to believe they aren't too far off base. I also suspect people who watch OTA tv is not nearly as few as you seem to think.. I get nearly 40 OTA channels reliably, so it's not like the old days with only 3 or 4 channels to watch. And when you consider how predominant the cord-cutting mentality is, that presents a good indication of how much of the population consist of cord cutters.
But.. you might very well be right.. at least until the shtf.
@richpowers No, I didn't refer to digital over the air radio. I was referring to listening to radio stations via streaming vs over the air. They all stream and advertise go to this address and get us anywhere in the world. My point, if a car has no AM or no radio one can pay for in car internet or an app and get the radio stations. A Tesla owner I know does just that. Says who cares about over the air. I will not do it but the majority will. That's why everyone that buys a Tesla doesn't care about no AM...they all stream.
Isnt streamed radio digital? I think I'm missing something.
@richpowers Isn't it different than over the air digital? You can get streams anywhere you get internet? Over the air digital is local free radio still.
But what do I know? Maybe Artisan can weigh in on this? If you stream you are world wide. Yes it's digital but through internet? Isn't that the point of streaming? To get a station, even a part 15 station anywhere?, as opposed to terrestrial over the air? How does it degrade?
Anyone?
@mark yes, it's available over the internet anywhere - as long as the cell towers (which the internet is dependent on) of that particular area are active and maintain communication with the next cell tower in the link of its network. The radio receinved over the internet is only as reliable as the network itself. Terrestioal AM radio is not dependent on such things.
That's how I understand it. But maybe my reasoning is flawed.