Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)

[JRDelirious]

BTW prior thread on the whole AM radio issue:

AM radio being removed from cars

Lets be clear, the AM part of a car radio is only a couple chips. The radio still needs a FM section, pre-amp and output amplifier. I used to repair car radios. A quick Google finds a NTE1624 chip that includes AM/FM and a power amp in one chip. Amazon sells that chip for $8.83. Link https://www.amazon.com/NTE-Electronics-NTE1624-Integrated-Circuit/dp/B008BYIQOE I think the greed to remove AM and save a couple bucks in IC chips is appalling. It’s true finding any decent programming on AM is c…