the fight to save the am dial on your dashboard is intensifying federal lawmakers today including three of New Jersey's Representatives introduced a bipartisan Bill requiring automakers to keep AM radio in their vehicles the am for every vehicle act calls on the national highway traffic safety administration to hold manufacturers accountable supporters of saving AM radio cite public safety concerns and note am's historic role getting information out to the public during emergencies and natural disasters Congressman Josh gottheimer today called it the backbone of the country because it can transmit longer distances than FM radio will makers of electric vehicles have cited possible electromagnetic interference with new cars powertrains other automakers have dropped am citing it as an obsolete technology