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Radio broadcasters are launching an all-out lobbying effort after some carmakers began phasing out AM radio.
The hosts of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, a syndicated program that airs on 400 stations and is considered the successor to The Rush Limbaugh Show, urged listeners to call their members of Congress and express support for AM radio. “We need it for safety and we need it for free speech,” they said. “We need it so there’s actually a place where we can continue to do the conversations we’re having here.”
