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Article: Tower of power; Ford, suppliers search the dial for better sound with digital radio.(Insight)
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- Automotive News
- Article date:
- October 21, 2002
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Byline: Lindsay Chappell
Ever since the electronics and auto industries hit on the idea of bringing the Internet into vehicles, the possibilities have run wild - backseat movies, stock market reports, e-mail, news
If any technology appeared destined for dinosaur status, it was the scratchy old analog concept known as local radio. Why would drivers want to continue listening to static-laced commercials and 1970s hits when the Web beckoned?
But rumors of the demise of the old-fashioned car radio may have been exaggerated. A small technological flanking maneuver is occurring in automotive circles. Some of the country's largest radio broadcasting ...