Conservative commentator Mark Levin blasted the Ford Motor Co. and other automakers for removing the AM radio frequency from their vehicles.
Levin labeled the move an assault on conservative talk radio.
The Fox News host’s complaint came during his own radio broadcast on Friday.
During the segment, Levin noted, “Ford is the latest manufacturer that says, the future production of cars will not include the AM platform. … Others have said it [as well] because it interferes with something or other. They finally figured out how to attack conservative talk radio.
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“Let me be the first one to say it right at the manufacturer level, rather than going after us through the FCC, rather than going after us through legislation, rather than going after us through boycotting advertisers and all the rest — just don’t make AM stations available in automobiles anymore, because not all, but most conservative talk shows are on the AM band.”
Levin named BMW as another carmaker that has opted for this route.
He argued that removing the AM band — whose revitalization was often attributed to the legendary Rush Limbaugh — in new car radios would prevent drivers from getting information from the conservative perspective.
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“This idea that all of a sudden, you’re going to remove the AM band from cars — that’s aimed at people like me to prevent people like you from just turning on your radio as you drive in your own local area or general area and listen to the station. That’s what that’s all about,” Levin told his audience.
“‘Oh, no, no, Mark. You can’t prove that.’ I don’t have to prove anything,” Levin continued.
“I’ve been around long enough. I figured things out. We’re way ahead of the curve here. That’s exactly what they’ve done. That’s exactly what they’re doing.”
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