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FCC Chairman Encourages Activation of the FM Radio Receiver Built Into Your iPhone
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Probably FM radio stations contributed to his election so he is pushing phone companies in support of FM stations.
It is good to have options, but least on my priority list.
Please increase competition in ISP/Cable market, that will fix lot of problems customers are facing.
You know I never knew that an iPhone didn't have an FM radio function - what a brain dead outcome. My old Nokia not only has an FM receiver, it has an FM transmitter too! I always thought it unlikely I'd ever buy an iPhone, now I know I never will.
As to DAB – it is true, there is some movement towards switching off FM and moving to DAB in Europe (some countries have done it, or are in the process of doing it). But that is no defence for Apple - if they can't do FM I can't see that they are going to do DAB.
(FWIW my old Nokia doesn't do DAB directly, but you could buy an accessory headset to link to that enabled DAB - and this is six-seven year old phone.)
There are lots of community radio stations on AM as well not just right wing propaganda. But this article is about FM radio chips instead.
Subjective, it is either my choice which is always good and if I do not like something it is a bad choice. One persons trash is another persons gold. No one is forcing you at gunpoint to use it
If not mistaken iHeartRadio requires a WiFi or 3G/LTE data connection. This is pertaining to FM radio. iHeartRadio has FM radio, however to use it on iOS you need to have an app with a data connection.
It depends on what stations you listen to. Our local NPR station is on FM. Our local classical station went public four years ago, no more commercials, just a few pledge drives a year.
However, most of the local sports broadcasts are on AM radio and sadly there's no circuitry for that in iOS devices. Not sure how feasible that would be, I understand that FM and AM radio antennas have significantly different requirements.
This is how it is done on all devices I've ever come across - Sony and Nokia phones, for example. I use mine in the car with my car stereo, because the FM radio and music options are better from the phone.
Subjective, it is either my choice which is always good and if I do not like something it is a bad choice. One persons trash is another persons gold. No one is forcing you at gunpoint to use it
Other people having choices I disagree with is LITERALLY HITLER.
You obviously don't get BBC R4, BBC R3, BBC R2, BBC 5 LIVE etc on FM etc in Los Angeles
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Just because it is this way in my local, that is how the world is mentality. Step outside that box or would it be the walled garden.
Lots of people listen to FM, except for those with beats headphones listening to beats station on iPhone. How unoriginal is the beats apple lifestyle! So packaged.
I had a Toshiba KT-R2 about that time - it has a special "cassette" module that received FM.
Do I detect sarcasm, I hope it was relayed as such from my comment you quoted.
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No only Apple knows music best. /s
Whoa! I had one of those too, or something similar. I totally forgot about that little gem. (This was after my first Sony Walkman ... a Christmas gift ... took a dip in the pool.)